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Blinken in Kyiv says US arms will make a difference as Ukraine reels from a new Russian offensive
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that American military aid on its way to Ukraine will make a “real difference” on the battlefield More »
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Russian president Putin to make a state visit to China this week
The Chinese Foreign Ministery says Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week More »
Top US and Chinese officials begin talks on AI in Geneva
Top envoys from the U.S. and China huddled Tuesday in closed-door talks in Geneva to lay out their national approaches to both the promise and perils of artificial intelligence More »
EU agrees on a new migration pact. Mainstream parties hope it will deprive the far right of votes
European Union nations have officially endorsed a major overhaul of the bloc’s failed asylum system More »
France imposes curfew in New Caledonia after unrest by people who have long sought independence
Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have announced a two-day curfew and banned gatherings after violent unrest on the vast archipelago with decades of tensions between indigenous Kanaks seeking independence and colonizers’ descendants who want to remain part of France More »
A French court clears director Roman Polanski of defaming a British actor
A French court ruled Tuesday that filmmaker Roman Polanski did not British actor Charlotte Lewis, who has accused him of raping her as a teenager More »
Georgian lawmakers approve a divisive foreign influence bill that has sparked weeks of protests
Georgian lawmakers have approved a “foreign influence” bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union More »
Army whistleblower who exposed alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is sentenced to prison
A former Australian army lawyer has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for leaking classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan More »
Migration tracking group says 76 million people were displaced within their countries in 2023
A top migration monitoring group says conflicts and natural disasters left nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, a new record More »
2 French prison officers killed and 3 injured in an attack on a prison van in Normandy
An attack on a prison convoy in northwestern France has left two prison officers dead and three others seriously injured More »
