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Fear gripped global markets this week – but was it all overblown?
This week has been a rollercoaster ride for investors. Financial markets across the world were gripped by a fearsome selloff that...
Aug 8, 20243 min read
Olympics-Tennis-Italy's Errani and Paolini win women's doubles gold
PARIS - Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini claimed Italy's first ever Olympic tennis gold medal as they beat Mirra Andreeva and Diana...
Aug 5, 20242 min read
Ukraine finally deploying US-made F-16 fighter jets, Zelenskiy says
Ukrainian pilots have started flying F-16s for operations within the nation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, confirming the...
Aug 5, 20243 min read
Venezuelans march over contested election, number of detained rises
CARACAS, Venezuela - Thousands of Venezuelans marched across the South American country on Saturday over its contested election, as...
Aug 4, 20242 min read
Smoke rises from gutted homes after Russia shelling kills one in Pokrovsk, Ukraine
POKROVSK, Ukraine - Russian shelling of a residential area killed one person and injured two on Saturday in this strategic logistical hub...
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says
MOSCOW - A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under...
Aug 3, 20243 min read
Analysis-Prisoner swap a legacy boost for Biden but critics see risks
WASHINGTON - The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West in decades could help U.S. President Joe Biden burnish his foreign...
Aug 2, 20245 min read
Americans, Russian assassin freed in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap
MOSCOW/ANKARA/WASHINGTON - U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan returned to the United States on Thursday,...
Aug 2, 20244 min read
'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
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