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A good way to start the New Year: The New York Times and Washington Post have run excellent post mortems on why Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has been a disaster so far. The larger question, however, is whether this failed invasion was a surprise. Many countries, particularly the United States, have blundered in using force and starting wars,…

BLOCKCHAIN At the outset, 2022 has been diametrically opposite to the rising market value of cryptocurrency assets as well as Bitcoin and Ethereum in 2021. Initially there was the collapse of TerraUSD and Luna, resulting in the crash of 3 Arrows Capital and Voyager Digital. This happened on account of…

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha crime branch has found no indication of foul play in the deaths of Putin critic Pavel Antov and his friend Vladimir Bydanov in a Rayagada hotel. It will take Interpol's help, if required, said the Odisha DGP Sunil Kumar Bansal said on Sunday the state police's Crime Branch…

A hospital in the Luhansk region of Ukraine has treated hundreds of Russian soldiers, Ukraine's military has claimed. A statement carried on the Facebook page of Ukraine's Ministry of Defence said: "The enemy continues to lose manpower. "During the last week, only about 350 wounded servicemen of the invaders were…

Speculation and mockery abounded on social media after an eagle-eyed journalist spotted what appeared to be the same woman playing different roles in photos with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The oddity was first highlighted on Twitter Saturday morning by London-based Belarussian journalist, Tadeusz Giczan. In his post, Giczan shared three…

He and fellow party organizer Tamara, 24 — who declined to give her last name out of security fear because she is an active service member — said that many of the revelers were military personnel on leave and that the event had been held early to allow them to…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. FILE/AP. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said he was expecting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to make a state visit early next year in what would be a public show of solidarity from Beijing as Russia’s invasion…

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)   BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia should strengthen strategic coordination to bring more benefits to the two peoples and inject more stability into the…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met remotely via video link Friday — an indication of Moscow’s latest efforts to strengthen ties with Beijing as Russia’s isolation grows because of its invasion of Ukraine. As Western nations have imposed sweeping sanctions and distanced themselves from Moscow, China…