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Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by telephone with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday and pressed him to accept a U.S. proposal for the return of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. The top U.S. diplomat, speaking to reporters at the State Department, offered no indication that…

A ship loaded with Ukrainian grain was preparing for departure from a port in Odessa on Friday. The shipment comes after a U.N.-led deal was signed last week to resume food exports aiming to ease the looming global food crisis. Photo: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesUpdated July 29, 2022 10:27 am ET KYIV,…

President Muhammadu Buhari says the degenerate welfare and working conditions of the nation’s judiciary are “serious and would be treated as such,” even as he cautions on the dire state of the country’s economy “currently battling insecurity, corruption and economic challenges,” aggravated by the COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine.…

KYIV — Ukraine stepped up its drive to retake the Russian-controlled south of the country by trying to bomb and isolate Russian troops in hard-to-resupply areas, but said it saw evidence that Moscow was redeploying its forces to defend the territory. Ukraine's southern Kherson region, which borders Russian-annexed Crimea, fell…

By Jonathan Beale Defence Correspondent Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The report describes as "perverse" the decision to cut the number of troops in the regular army from 82,000 to 73,000 Planned cuts to the British military leave it vulnerable at a time of rising threat, a report from…

By Paul Adams and Leo Sands BBC News, Kyiv and London Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Ukrainian soldiers inspect artillery at the frontline in Kherson in July Ukraine's campaign to retake the occupied Kherson region is "gathering pace", Western military sources say. A key bridge into the city of…

Elon Musk will not go on vacation to Russia.  The Tesla  (TSLA) - Get Tesla Inc. Report CEO, turned-global influencer with more than 102 million followers on microblog website Twitter, doesn't really care about Moscow. He never hid it.  When President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Musk…

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration, prompted by Kyiv’s recent successes in blunting Russia’s offensive in Ukraine, has begun reversing course on potentially providing advanced weapons like fighter aircraft that it earlier said could escalate the conflict with Moscow. On Friday, the White House announced that the Pentagon was exploring ways to provide…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR World 25 Jul, 2022 08:42 PM4 minutes to read Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gestures during a joint news conference with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry. Photo / AP Russia's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to…

It's five months since Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine and four since Russia published any kind of casualty count. 1,351 Russian servicemen killed, they said then, with no update since. No word on the missing either. "The families aren't told where they've gone missing or the circumstances," says Valentina…