Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev has become the first Russian official to arrive for the historic event
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, a key figure behind the negotiations between Moscow and…
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Putin's envoy touches down in Alaska ahead of Russia-US summit
Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev has become the first Russian official to arrive for the “historic” event
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, a key figure…
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Sudan cholera outbreak kills 40 in a week as health centres overwhelmed | Global development
The “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières.
Overwhelmed medical centres are resorting to treating patients on mattresses on the…
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Oil falls as Chinese, US economic data raise fuel demand concerns
(Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Friday as concerning economic data from the U.S. and China, the world’s two largest oil users, increased worries about fuel demand while investors also await the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and…
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Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon’s national security trial to begin hearing final arguments
Who is Jimmy Lai?published at 01:50 British Summer Time
Image source, Getty ImagesJimmy Lai was born in 1947 in Guangzhou, a city in southern China, to a wealthy family that lost everything when the communists took power two years…
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US, China agree to 90-day tariff truce, easing trade tensions
Washington, DC [US], August 15 (ANI): The United States and China have agreed to extend their tariff truce for 90 days, CNN reported, citing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
This move averts an immediate surge in duties that…
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Putin ‘ready to make deal’ and VJ Day 80 years on
The Daily Telegraph leads on comments from the head of Britain’s armed forces, ahead of the talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said “the West must not be cowed by…
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Newspaper headlines: Putin ‘ready to make deal’ and VJ Day 80 years on
A mix of stories lead Friday’s papers, but several preview the high-stakes summit between US President Trump and Russian President Putin. Trump is focusing on “economic incentives” ahead of talks with Putin, the Times reports, as the US president…
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Jimmy Lai’s last interview as a free man
The BBC’s Danny Vincent spoke to Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, in his last interview as a free man just hours before he was arrested on 2 December 2020.
The 77-year-old British citizen is being accused of foreign…
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Serbia police arrest dozens of anti-government protesters – DW – 08/15/2025
Police fired tear gas at anti- government protesters Thursday evening in at least two Serbian cities, including the capital Belgrade and the northern city of Novi Sad.
Anti-government protesters attacked the Novi Sad headquarters of the
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