Delegations from many foreign countries are expected to take part in the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) that kicks off on Sunday in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok. India, China, Laos, Mongolia and Myanmar will have the largest contingents at the event, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev, …
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Ukraine on Sunday to pledge support and meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, while US First Lady Jill Biden made a separate trip to meet with Zelensky’s wife. While US President Joe Biden has not traveled to Ukraine, visiting Kiev has become a rite of …
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NATO members Latvia, Estonia and the Netherlands will hold joint naval exercises with Finland in the Baltic Sea, the Finnish military said, noting the drills will focus on “mine countermeasures.” The training mission will be held between Thursday and Friday following a visit to Turku, Finland by NATO’s Mine Action …
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Speaking with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on Monday, Biden praised Finland’s decision to buy 64 jets from Lockheed Martin, to replace its aging American-made F/A-18s, calling the purchase “a strong foundation for even closer bilateral defense ties for years to come.” The two leaders also “discussed their shared concerns about …
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“Welcome home, #Michaels. CSIS joins all Canadians in welcoming you back to Canada,” the country’s Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) tweeted on Friday in English and French, hours after an exchange of detainees between Ottawa and Beijing was announced. The two individuals in question are Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who …
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As is always the case with a transfer of this magnitude, Messi joining the Ligue 1 giants from FC Barcelona at the turn of the week is already having a domino effect on European football. Wonderkid Mbappe, who arrived at the Parcs des Princes in the same summer as Neymar …
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“I welcome the Department of Justice’s filing today, which commits to conducting a fresh review of documents where the government has previously asserted privileges, and to doing so as quickly as possible,” Biden said in his statement. Survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and family members of victims recently disinvited …
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That’s according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who spoke to Russian TV on Wednesday morning before the first-ever summit between the two leaders. “Clear signals were sent to Moscow on the eve of the US-Russian talks. The rhetoric was in favor of the need for dialogue, which is undeniably positive,” …
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“We were delighted to know that another very strong team of scientists from Australia and the US have developed a similar drug,” Musa Haitov, the head of the Immunology Institute of the Russian Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA), told RT, commenting on a recent announcement by the Australian scientists. …
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The aircraft carrying some 20,000 doses of the Russian vaccine touched down in La Paz on Thursday. On its way to Bolivia, the precious cargo made a stop in Argentina – which received another 220,000 doses of the Russia-made vaccine – before it was loaded up on a separate plane …
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