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Placeholder while article actions load UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is set to meet separately with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine next week to make urgent, face-to-face pleas for peace, the world body said Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Guterres is to meet Tuesday with…

Let me be very clear: Russia is committing war crimes right now, even as we are sitting here in our embassy in Washington. In addition to causing widespread destruction and death, Putin’s war is having a profound impact on the global economy. Check against delivery It has been two months…

Fight for Mariupol has been biggest battle of warPutin says Russia has 'liberated' the cityU.S. to send newly developed 'Ghost' drones to UkraineKYIV/MARIUPOL, April 22 (Reuters) - Russia pressed its new offensive in eastern Ukraine on Friday while in the port city of Mariupol, teams of volunteers collected corpses from…

Maksim Syroizhko kisses his girlfriend, Yana Matvapaeva, next to sandbags at an underpass at Independence Square in Kyiv, on April 21. The couple said that they had not seen one another since Feb. 27, when the war with Russia began.David Guttenfelder/The New York Times News Service If Russian President Vladimir…

Reuters NowPosted 04/20 Russia said on Wednesday it had conducted a first test launch of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new and long-awaited addition to its nuclear arsenal which President Vladimir Putin said would make Moscow's enemies stop and think.This video contains graphic images. Read More

French President and LREM party candidate for re-election, Emmanuel Macron (L) and RN presidential candidate Marine, Le Pen pose prior to taking part in a live televised debate in Paris, ahead of the second round of France’s presidential election.  Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFPFrench President Emmanuel Macron attacked his…

Good morning. Russian energy imports are back in focus this morning after France called on other European nations to support fresh sanctions. Bruno Le Maire, France's finance minister, said it was necessary "more than ever" to implement a ban on Russian oil, cutting off a key source of revenue for…

Screenshot: Command & Conquer It’s 2022 and Microsoft is in the process of tying up a deal to purchase Blizzard. This isn’t the first time the computing giant has tried to buy the company, though; according to Ed Fries, who led development of the first Xbox console, it’s actually the…

The last time Russian forces tried to topple an internationally recognized government it was in a country far from Eastern Europe and on a far smaller scale than today’s war in Ukraine. But what I saw in Libya was no less terrifying for civilians and similarly corrosive to national sovereignty—a…

The Ukrainian president also urged the world to prepare for a scenario in which Vladimir Putin uses tactical nuclear weapons...Read More