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Men’s tennis tour the ATP has criticized the decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from this year’s Wimbledon tournament, describing the step as “unfair” and suggesting it was discriminatory. Officials at the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) – which organizes the grass court Grand Slam showpiece – confirmed …

The foreign ministry of Ukraine said on Wednesday that Kiev is in favor of a four-day “Easter ceasefire” proposed by the UN secretary general, and remains committed to resolving the conflict with Russia peacefully and through diplomacy. However, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, had a day earlier, contradicted this stance by telling French media the …

The Geneva-based World Federation of International Music Competitions has expelled the Russian International Tchaikovsky Competition from its ranks over the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev. The decision was taken by the group last week and made public on Wednesday. The Federation sent rather mixed signals explaining the reasoning behind …

Russia’s launch of the new RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was a routine test and not a threat to the US, the Pentagon told reporters. It also did not come as a surprise, since Moscow notified the US in advance under the terms of the still-existing arms control treaty. …

The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) said on Tuesday it will stop disclosing the identity of participants in the System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS), the country’s alternative to SWIFT. Until recently, the list was posted on the regulator’s website. “Under the current circumstances, we decided not to disclose …

The Solomon Islands is a sovereign nation, so twisting its arm to prevent it from signing a security pact with China would have been the wrong move, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison argued on Wednesday. He was responding to opposition criticism of his government’s failure to stop the deal, which …

April 20, 2022 has every chance of going down in the history of modern international relations as the day that led to the sudden demise of the G20, which represents the leading economies of the Western and non-Western world. The events taking place in Washington as part of the meeting …

China has called on Western states to refrain from freezing the foreign reserves of other nations, saying that the measure undermines world economic stability. The Chinese ambassador to the UN, Zhang Jun, made the remarks at a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine on Tuesday. The call comes a month …

New RS-28 Sarmat ICBM was launched successfully from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia, the country’s military said Wednesday. The test launch was the first in a series of trials required for the adoption of the new missile by Russia’s strategic forces. The missile flew across the whole country, touching …

Commenting on the stalled negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, President Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, has told journalists that Russia forwarded to Ukraine a “draft document” with concrete wording. “The ball is in their court, we are awaiting their response,” Peskov said on Wednesday. When asked if there was a deadline …