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Russia hits illegally annexed Ukraine areas from ground and air
Russian forces have used ground-and-air-fired missiles, rocket launchers, and weaponised drones to bombard the provinces of Ukraine they have illegally annexed but don't fully control, causing casualties, building damage and power outages.
Fencing-World Cup event cancelled as federation rejects proposal on Russian athletes
WARSAW : A fencing World Cup event in Poland has been cancelled by the local federation after the sport's international governing body rejected a proposal to make Russian and Belarusian athletes sign a statement opposing the invasion of Ukraine.
'Putin has decided to become the new Stalin': Exiled Russian dissident Vladimir Osechkin
Speaking from Biarritz in southwestern France, Osechkin explained why he believes the Russian secret services tried to kill him last September. Gulagu.net, an NGO he founded a decade ago, revealed the "torture system" taking in place in Russian prisons, he said, and the "secret services are afraid [of facing the] International Criminal Court" were the world to find out about their human rights violations.
Starting to sting? Putin denounces sanctions as oil revenues contract
While Europe has now come out of a mild winter and only mild discomfort from the cut in Russian gas, oil prices have failed to meet Moscow's expectations, with Russia already selling crude at a discount. We ask if that's about to change and whether Moscow can benefit. The fact is that those oil exports have continued, much to the delight of the likes of India. What's next on that score?
UK says its Challenger 2 tanks for Ukraine will include shells containing depleted uranium
Britain said that together with its Challenger 2 tanks, it would also be sending Ukraine armour-piercing shells containing depleted uranium (DU).
Trump indictment, Protests in Israel, King Charles in Germany, French pension reform
A demonstration of support was seen outside the US embassy in Tel Aviv after the US president lost patience with Israel's prime minister when he on the one hand pledged to pause a judicial overhaul that is tearing the country apart, and on the other did nothing to stop the bill from graduating from committee to the floor of the Knesset.
IOC Russia Recommendation Not Binding For Paris 2024: French Minister
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals is not binding for Paris' 2024 Olympics, French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera said on Thursday. IOC recommendations were "a step which does not pre-judge what we will do" for Paris 2024, Oudea-Castera told reporters on a visit near Paris. "If the international federations decide that there will be participation by individual athletes, it will be under a strict neutrality regime, without a Russian flag or the national anthem," she added. Voices from western governments, civil society and athletes have been raised against allowing any Russian participation in the Games following Moscow's invasion last year of neighbour Ukraine.