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War in Ukraine
1/7/2025 4:35:42 PM
Kyiv's army said on Tuesday it was clinging on to part of Kurakhove, a strategic town in Ukraine's east that Russia said it had seized the previous day.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/6/2025 10:48:12 PM
Several dozen Ukrainian soldiers have deserted while training in France, a French army official told AFP on Monday.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
1/6/2025 5:22:38 PM
The Russian embassy in Egypt, located in Port Said, held a ceremony on 4 January to lay wreaths on the graves of Russian sailors who perished on that day in 1917 when the battleship Peresvet struck a German mine near the Suez Canal.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/5/2025 5:33:21 PM
Russia said Sunday that Ukraine had launched a "counterattack" in the western border region of Kursk, where Kyiv's forces began a shock ground offensive last August.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/3/2025 4:59:11 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview aired Thursday that US President-elect Donald Trump's "unpredictability" could help end the war with Russia.
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Sports
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Omni sports
1/2/2025 10:48:52 AM
Rising stars Mirra Andreeva of Russia and Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard underlined their Australian Open potential with impressive wins at the Brisbane International on Thursday.
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International
12/31/2024 7:41:56 PM
The United States unveiled sanctions Tuesday against Iranian and Russian organizations, alleging they had sought to interfere in the US election.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/31/2024 2:14:42 PM
Russian forces advanced by 3,985 square kilometres (1,539 square miles) in Ukraine in 2024, seven times more than in 2023, according to an AFP analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
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World
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Region
12/30/2024 9:00:44 PM
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga urged new Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday to expel Russia from the country during an unannounced visit to Damascus.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/30/2024 7:05:51 PM
Russia and Ukraine swapped more than 300 prisoners of war on Monday in an exchange brokered by the United Arab Emirates ahead of New Year's Eve, officials from both countries said.
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International
12/30/2024 6:12:00 PM
Azerbaijan said on Monday that Moscow had promised to punish those responsible for the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku says was shot at by Russian air defences.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/30/2024 3:05:14 PM
The United States announced Monday a $2.5 billion security assistance package for Ukraine as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
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World
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Region
12/30/2024 1:18:05 PM
New Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa held talks on Monday with Ukraine's foreign minister, the official news agency SANA reported, weeks after Russian-allied president Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/30/2024 11:37:30 AM
Russia is against the deployment of Western peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as part of any settlement to end the nearly three-year conflict, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/30/2024 9:33:50 AM
A Russian court on Friday sentenced a singer who burned his passport in protest at Moscow's Ukraine offensive to five and a half years in prison.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
12/28/2024 9:57:00 PM
The government has been at pains to meet its commitment to reduce public expenses throughout the year.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/28/2024 6:50:48 PM
Five months after their shock offensive into Russia, Ukrainian troops are bloodied and demoralized by the rising risk of defeat in Kursk, a region some want to hold at all costs while others question the value of having gone in at all.
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World
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International
12/28/2024 3:46:53 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people.
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World
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International
12/28/2024 2:46:13 PM
Several airlines have announced the suspension of flights to Russian cities, after Western experts and the US suggested the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines this week may have been caused by a Russian anti-aircraft missile.
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World
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International
12/27/2024 3:58:19 PM
Russia's aviation chief said Friday that a Ukrainian drone attack was under way in the region of Chechnya at the time an Azerbaijani airliner attempted to land before diverting to Kazakhstan and crashing there earlier this week.
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