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Biden and Xi to meet ahead of G20
NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping will arrive on the Indonesian island of Bali on Monday for a long-awaited meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, ahead of a Group of 20 (G20) summit set to be fraught with…
Oleg Zubkov steals raccoons and other animals from Kherson Zoo
Comment on this storyCommentRussia’s military has gained a reputation for looting its way across Ukraine, taking washing machines, electronics, cultural artifacts and even the bones of the lover of Empress Catherine II. But the latest…
Sledgehammer execution of Russian mercenary who defected to Ukraine shown in
Unverified video shows a man executed with sledgehammerIn video, man says he changed sides to UkraineWagner chief calls the man a traitorLONDON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Russia's Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin,…
Exiled Iranian Who Inspired Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Terminal’ Dies At Paris
<!-- -->It was in 1988 that Mehran first settled at the airport. (File)Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the Iranian exile whose time spent at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport inspired filmmaker Steven Spielberg's movie 'The Terminal', on…
UAE meddled in U.S. political system, intelligence report says
Comment on this storyCommentU.S. intelligence officials have compiled a classified report detailing extensive efforts to manipulate the American political system by the United Arab Emirates, an influential, oil-rich nation in the Persian…
Banksy artwork unveiled in Ukrainian town of Borodianka
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Renowned street artist Banksy has unveiled his latest artwork in an Instagram post – a mural in the liberated Ukrainian town of Borodianka.
The artwork…
Biden arrives in Cambodia looking to counter China’s growing influence in
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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President Joe Biden underscored the US partnership with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries on Saturday as “the heart of my…
Guangzhou lockdown: Chinese are criticizing zero-Covid — in language censors
Hong Kong
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In many countries, cursing online about the government is so commonplace nobody bats an eye. But it’s not such an easy task on China’s heavily censored…
Kherson: Ukrainian troops enter key city after Russian forces retreat, dealing
Kyiv, Ukraine
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Ukrainian forces swept into the key city of Kherson on Friday as Russian troops retreated to the east, delivering a major victory to Kyiv and marking…
‘It’s as if we found oil’: Tuscan town savours discovery of spa trove | Italy
Since she was a child, Martina Canuti has been venturing down the steep hill flanking the Tuscan town of San Casciano dei Bagni, known by residents as “the sacred mountain”, to take a dip in the two ancient hot springs famed for their…