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US State Department says the move is part of ongoing campaign to destabilise Ukraine amid Russian troop build-up.
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Plastic waste and new technology to produce alternatives to plastic are focus areas for the family’s investment fund.
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Deal seeks to end a months-long political crisis that raised concerns Tbilisi is backsliding on democracy.
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A group of the richest football/soccer clubs announced Monday plans for the breakaway league starting in August.
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New US sanctions are aimed at state-owned enterprises that support the government of Belarus President Lukashenko.
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Climate activist denounces unequal access to coronavirus vaccines as WHO chief issues warning about rising infections.
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An Abu Dhabi art gallery owner offered to procure COVID-19 vaccines for the Czech government amid global jab shortfall.
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Pentagon also said Russian military build-up is an ‘unprovoked escalation’ aimed at ‘destabilising’ Ukraine.
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UEFA threatens to ban clubs and players joining a breakaway Super League that has plunged European football into crisis.
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Study commissioned by Rwandan gov’t alleges France ‘did nothing’ to prevent ‘foreseeable’ April and May 1994 massacres.
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Quo Vadis, Aida? tells the story of a Bosnian UN translator rushing to try and save her husband and sons from execution.
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United Kingdom authorities are thinking of creating a new digital currency to be issued by the central bank.
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UN working group slams controversial report commissioned by the government, but PM Johnson stands by findings.
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Baerbock will run in the election, and polls suggest there is rising support for the Greens amid climate concerns.
