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China prepares for naval drills with Russia in sign of continuing support amid Ukraine conflict
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China Russia Navy: China prepares for naval drills with Russia in sign of continuing support amid Ukraine conflict | World News

BEIJING: China said on Wednesday it has dispatched navy ships in preparation for joint exercises with Russia’s sea forces, in a sign of Beijing’s continuing…

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Russia Night Attacks: Russia launches intense night attacks across Ukraine, targeting southern port city for second night | World News
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Russia Night Attacks: Russia launches intense night attacks across Ukraine, targeting southern port city for second night | World News

KYIV, UKRAINE: Russia launched an intense series of night-time air attacks using drones and missiles against targets across Ukraine, and targeting the southern port city…

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'Hanging tough': Ukraine fights new Russian advance
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‘Hanging tough’: Ukraine fights new Russian advance

LYMAN FRONT, UKRAINE: The towers of smoke rising over the verdant valley betray positions the Russians are pounding in their new thrust into eastern Ukraine.It…

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Crimea Bridge: Crimea bridge: Why it's important and what happened to it
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Crimea Bridge: Crimea bridge: Why it’s important and what happened to it

Traffic on the road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula was stopped early on Monday due to an “emergency situation,” the Russian-backed head of…

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Vladimir Putin: Putin says Russian mercenary group has no legal basis so 'doesn't exist' | World News
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Vladimir Putin: Putin says Russian mercenary group has no legal basis so ‘doesn’t exist’ | World News

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Wagner private military company ‘simply doesn’t exist’ as a legal entity, in comments adding to the series…

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Nato to give 'path' for Ukraine to join, but no 'timetable:' White House
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Nato to give ‘path’ for Ukraine to join, but no ‘timetable:’ White House

VILNIUS: Nato will lay out a path of reforms for Ukraine so that it can eventually join the alliance, but without giving a “timetable,” White…

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Explainer: What's a cluster bomb that has divided the West backing Ukraine
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Explainer: What’s a cluster bomb that has divided the West backing Ukraine

The US has decided to comply with a Ukrainian request to supply it with controversial cluster munitions.Several human rights groups have criticised the move as…

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Zelenskyy hails 'brave' Ukraine on 500th day of war
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Zelenskyy hails ‘brave’ Ukraine on 500th day of war

KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed “brave” Ukraine on the 500th day of Russia’s invasion on Saturday, as the war’s toll mounted with eight deaths reported…

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Moscow Airport: Russia shuts Moscow airport for three hours after drone attack | World News
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Moscow Airport: Russia shuts Moscow airport for three hours after drone attack | World News

Russian authorities halted flights at one of Moscow’s three major airports after downing what officials said were several Ukrainian drones.Air defenses destroyed four drones and…

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Moscow Drone Attack: Drone attack near Moscow a 'terrorist' act by Kyiv: Russia | World News
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Moscow Drone Attack: Drone attack near Moscow a ‘terrorist’ act by Kyiv: Russia | World News

MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday slammed as a Ukrainian “terrorist act” a drone attack in the Moscow region that disrupted the functioning of the Vnukovo international…

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