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Japan PM to call Ukraine leader over invasion fears: media

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later Tuesday, local media…

German leader flies to Kyiv to calm ‘critical’ Russia war threat

by Dmitry ZAKS Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lands in Kyiv on Monday before visiting…

Russian warship chases off US sub near Pacific islands: Moscow

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- A Russian anti-submarine destroyer chased off a US submarine near the Kuril Islands, forcing it…

NATO chief warns of ‘real risk’ of war amid Russia tensions

  MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania (AFP) -- NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Friday of the "real risk for a new armed…

Biden warns American citizens in Ukraine to ‘leave now’

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday urged American citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, and…

‘Everyone is afraid’: Fear of unknown in Ukraine warzone

by Yulia Silina Agence France-Presse KARASNOGORIVKA, Ukraine (AFP) - Third-grader Maria Shanovska is mulling which toy to pack in her…

Ukraine faces ‘massive displacement’ if conflict escalates: NGO

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) - Up to 2 million people living along the front line in eastern Ukraine risk displacement if…

Russia, US clash at UN over Ukraine crisis as oligarchs threatened

by Philippe RATER Russia and the United States clashed over Ukraine at the UN Security Council Monday, as London and…

Blinken to speak with Russian counterpart Lavrov Tuesday

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia said Monday that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would hold a telephone conversation with US Secretary…

Top oil producers to meet amid record crude prices

by Emeline BURCKEL Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - The world's top oil-producing countries will meet on Wednesday to…

Ukraine tensions jumble up Germany’s energy puzzle

by Florian CAZERES Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Rising tensions with Moscow over Ukraine have exposed Germany's problematic dependence…

Russia loses a million people in historic population fall

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia's population declined by more than one million people in 2021, the statistics agency Rosstat…

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