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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a news conference in Moscow

Kremlin dismisses speculation Putin to declare war on Ukraine on May 9

May 4, 2022

FILE PHOTO - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. Sputnik-Aleksey Druzhinin-Kremlin via REUTERS-File Photo.

U.S. relieved as China appears to heed warnings on Russia

May 3, 2022

Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting outside Moscow

US: Russia plans fake independence votes in seized Ukraine territory

April 28, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Illustration shows Facebook logos

Russia says it’s blocking Facebook in alarming new censorship push

March 4, 2022

This handout picture released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, shows firefighters extinguishing a fire in the Kharkiv regional police department building, which is said was hit by recent shelling, in Kharkiv on March 2, 2022. (Photo by UKRAINE EMERGENCY MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE / AFP) /

Russia pounds Ukraine as Kyiv rejects ‘ultimatums’

March 2, 2022

The German federal police said it had already registered 5,300 refugees who arrived in Germany from Ukraine, with significantly more expected, the spokesman for the German interior ministry, Maximilian Kall, said on Wednesday.

Interior ministry: Over 5,300 Ukrainian refugees arrive Germany

March 2, 2022

YouTube has suspended Donald Trump’s channel for seven days, saying content had violated its policies on inciting violence. Lucy Nicholson-Reuters

YouTube blocks Russian news channels RT and Sputnik

March 1, 2022

FILE PHOTO: High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell attends a news conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium, February 27, 2022. Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via REUTERS

EU defence ministers to meet to coordinate arms deliveries to Ukraine

February 28, 2022

The United States Embassy in Nigeria on Tuesday said it’s expanding its services to assist qualified nonimmigrant visa applicants.

Report: All American diplomats leave Ukraine

February 24, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin looks up during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after their talks, in Moscow, Russia, February 7, 2022. Thibault Camus/Pool via REUTERS

Russia: Ukraine’s air defence systems ‘eliminated’

February 24, 2022

Mutinying soldiers free Burkina Faso general imprisoned for 2015 coup attempt

January 24, 2022

Japan Foreign Minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, called on Japanese citizens in Ethiopia to leave amid rising military tensions, adding that there had been no reports about Japanese casualties so far.

Japan urges citizens to leave Ethiopia amid mounting tensions

November 30, 2021

Travellers queue at an area for PCR Covid-19 tests at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on November 27. Phill Magakoe-AFP via Getty Images

South African Medical Association says new coronavirus variant causes ‘mild disease’

November 28, 2021

Former Taliban minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrives to the signing of a US-Taliban agreement in the Qatari capital Doha on February 29, 2020. - Washington and the Taliban are set to sign a landmark deal in Doha that would see them agree to the withdrawal of thousands of US troops from Afghanistan in return for insurgent guarantees. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Taliban to be invited to high-level meeting of Afghan neighbours

November 17, 2021

Some call it “experimental”, some don’t trust the government, some even buy fake certificates — as their country sees a record coronavirus surge, Russians are proving stubbornly resistant to the country’s Sputnik V vaccine.

Sputnik jab proves ineffective against resistant Russians

November 1, 2021