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'This is momma': Tears in Oval Office as families speak to prisoners freed in swap
WASHINGTON - Tears of joy flowed in the Oval Office the moment families of prisoners such as Evan Gershkovich, freed by Russia in the...
Aug 2, 20242 min read
Germany plays key role in prisoner swap with Russian assassin release
BERLIN - The German government played a key role in Thursday's prisoner swap between Moscow and the West with its release of Vadim...
Aug 2, 20243 min read
Factbox-Major Russian and Soviet prisoner exchanges
MOSCOW - An extensive east-west prisoner swap, involving 26 people, took place in Ankara on Thursday, the Turkish presidency said. What...
Aug 1, 20243 min read
Olympics-Gymnastics-Olympic champion Nagornyy hits out at Russia's exclusion from Paris Games
PARIS - Olympic champion Nikita Nagornyy found it unacceptable that Russian gymnasts were barred from competing at the Paris Games due to...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Russian drone debris found in Romania, NATO says no sign of intentional attack
KYIV - Romania said it found Russian drone fragments on its territory on Thursday and NATO said it saw no sign of an intentional attack...
Jul 27, 20242 min read
Russian drones knock out Ukrainian power facilities near Kyiv
KYIV - Russia attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in two regions between the capital Kyiv and the Russian border with drones overnight,...
Jul 27, 20241 min read
Exclusive-Russia deploys cheap drones to locate Ukraine's air defences
LONDON - Russia has begun including new, cheaply-made drones in its long-range attacks on Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film...
Jul 26, 20242 min read
Olympics-Court of Arbitration for Sport dismisses Russian appeal over Valieva medal
PARIS - A Russian appeal against the decision to strip them of the figure skating team gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was...
Jul 26, 20242 min read
Russia accuses France of paranoia over refusal to accredit some Russian journalists for Olympics
MOSCOW - Russia said on Wednesday that France's refusal to accredit some Russian journalists to cover the Paris Olympics on security...
Jul 26, 20241 min read
G7 framework deal on $50 billion Ukraine loan seen in Oct, EU's Gentiloni says
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Group of Seven wealthy democracies are likely to have a framework deal for a Russian-asset-backed $50 billion loan...
Jul 25, 20242 min read
Putin meets Syria's Assad to discuss Turkey and Israel
MOSCOW/AMMAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Bashar al-Assad in the Kremlin as Moscow nudges the Syrian leader towards a meeting...
Jul 25, 20242 min read
Russian military intelligence officer injured in Moscow car bomb attack, Kommersant says
MOSCOW - A car bomb injured an officer from Russia's military intelligence agency in northern Moscow on Wednesday, the Kommersant...
Jul 24, 20241 min read
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