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Russia, Ukraine agree day-long evacuation corridors: Ukraine official

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday agreed a day-long ceasefire around a series of evacuation corridors to…

10 dead in strikes in Severodonestk in eastern Ukraine: local official

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- At least 10 people were killed in a Russian military attack in the eastern Ukrainian town…

Putin nuclear threats ‘extremely dangerous’, ‘blackmail’: ICAN

by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is using nuclear "blackmail" to keep the international community…

Lacking oversight, Telegram thrives in Ukraine disinformation battle

by Louis BAUDOIN-LAARMAN Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on…

IAEA says loses contact with Chernobyl nuclear data systems

VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - The Chernobyl nuclear power plant is no longer transmitting data to the UN's atomic watchdog, the…

US rejects Poland offer of jets for Ukraine as not ‘tenable’

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - The United States on Tuesday rejected a Polish offer to send MiG-29 fighter jets…

In nod to Russia, Ukraine says no longer insisting on NATO membership

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is no longer pressing for NATO membership for Ukraine,…

Germany calls on OPEC to increase oil output

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Tuesday issued an "urgent appeal" to OPEC oil producers to…

US intel paints Putin as aggrieved, angry over Ukraine war

by Michael Mathes US intelligence chiefs on Tuesday branded Russia's Vladimir Putin an "angry," isolated leader craving global clout, frustrated…

US is ‘concerned’ that Russia wants to seize Ukraine bio-research

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday it was working with Ukraine to prevent invading Russian…

US bans Russian oil imports over Ukraine invasion: Biden

  President Joe Biden announced a ban on US imports of Russian oil on Tuesday, in the administration's most far-reaching…

Why people rush for iodine tablets over nuclear, cancer risk

by Par Isabelle CORTES et Isabelle TOURNE European countries have seen stocks of iodine fly off the shelves due to…

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