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Amid Setbacks, Putin Looks To Restore Russia’s Standing At Bishkek SCO Summit Putin

Amid Setbacks, Putin Looks To Restore Russia’s Standing At Bishkek SCO Summit

Facing increasing confrontations with the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking eastward to restore his country's standing in the region at a major summit in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital. It comes at a time of increased difficulties for the Kremlin leader, with Russia's economy in tatters due to Western…
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August 31, 2026
Death toll rises to 38 from Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year Volodymyr Zelensky

Death toll rises to 38 from Russia’s deadliest attack on Ukraine this year

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse west of Kyiv, the war’s deadliest attack this year, rose to 38 with four people still missing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. The Friday night strike on the warehouse, which Ukrainian officials said was storing…
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August 30, 2026
Venezuela vowed not to ‘hand over’ its oil. Trump aims to grab a windfall. Maduro

Venezuela vowed not to ‘hand over’ its oil. Trump aims to grab a windfall.

As Nicolás Maduro’s vice president in Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez once accused her political rival of planning to hand over the country’s riches — its vast oil reserves — to the United States. “They are her owners,” Rodriguez said in 2024 of María Corina Machado, then the U.S.-backed opposition leader. “Her…
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August 30, 2026
Trump to use Venezuelan oil to refill US petroleum reserve; details of deal remain unclear Maduro

Trump to use Venezuelan oil to refill US petroleum reserve; details of deal remain unclear

US President Donald Trump has said oil from Venezuela will be used to replenish the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which he claimed was “virtually emptied” under former President Joe Biden. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: “The ‘topping out’ process will begin very shortly, and is a…
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August 30, 2026