Uruguay’s century-old Russian colony troubled over war from afar
Far away from Kyiv and even further from Moscow, residents of the small Uruguayan village of San Javier,…
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Turkey hosts top Russia, Ukraine diplomats in bid for peace
The Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers will Thursday hold face-to-face talks in southern Turkey…
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Guatemala Congress ramps up prison sentence for abortion, bans gay marriage
Guatemala’s conservative-led Congress approved on Tuesday a law ramping up the prison sentence…
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Harris heads to Poland as US rejects fighter-jet offer
US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Poland on Wednesday to discuss how to provide “military…
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Shackleton’s lost shipwreck discovered off Antarctica
Explorers have found one of the most famous shipwrecks in history, Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance,…
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Rights group combats underage marriage in Morocco’s ‘marginalised’ areas
Najat Ikhich, head of the YTTO rights group which has been working for more than ten years to combat…
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Russia and Ukraine agree on day-long evacuation ceasefire
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk says Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a day-long ceasefire around…
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Dozens killed in violence in disputed SSudan region
Several dozen people have been killed in a spasm of intercommunal violence in a disputed area of South…
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Tanzania opposition leader’s release stirs cautious hope
The release of Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe last week raised hopes of an easing of political…
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Children fleeing Ukraine could be ‘victims of trafficking’: EU
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson says she is worried about “unaccompanied children…
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