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UN credibility crisis: The US veto shields Israel’s destruction of Gaza
Mail & Guardian
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June 13, 2025
The United Nations Security Council in session. Photo: Reuters Once again, the United States has used its veto power at the United Nations Security Council to protect Israel from international accountability. Amid growing global concern over...
Russian Railways on brink of bankruptcy - Ukraine intel
Ukrinform
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June 14, 2025
The load on Russian Railways (RZhD) has been falling for 20 consecutive months, effectively bringing the national operator to the verge of bankruptcy. This was reported by Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service (FISU), Ukrinform saw. Last year,...
Africa’s Strongest Military Has Over 1,000 Military Aircraft at the Ready
24/7 Wall St.
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June 14, 2025
Key Points Countries like Egypt and Algeria have emerged as leading military powers, each leveraging large defense budgets to modernize their forces What separates the top militaries on the African continent from the rest is their air superiority...
UN advocates financing opportunities to scale-up e-mobility innovations
Ghana News Agency
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June 14, 2025
By Edward Acquah Accra, June 14, GNA – The United Nations (UN) has called for the creation of financing opportunities to support innovators in electric mobility for a scale-up in production to boost Africa’s transition from fossil fuel to green...
Chinese Tech Giants Boost 'Made-In-India' Exports To US, Africa, And West Asia
MENAFN
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June 14, 2025
(MENAFN- KNN India) New Delhi, Jun 14 (KNN) Chinese smartphone and electronics manufacturers such as Oppo, Realme, Hisense, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Transsion are increasingly exporting products manufactured in India to key global markets including the...
Russian Occupiers Confiscate Firewood in Zaporizhzhia’s Polohy District
Mezha
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June 14, 2025
In the Polohy district of Zaporizhzhia region, currently under the control of Russian occupiers, raids are being conducted in villages during which the invaders confiscate firewood from local residents intended for heating. This firewood is used...
Russia ready for new Ukraine talks, Putin tells Trump
Punch
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June 14, 2025
Moscow has signaled readiness to resume peace talks with Kyiv later this month, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who spoke with United States President Donald Trump on Saturday, AFP reported. The conversation marked the fifth phone...
Russia and Ukraine conduct a fourth POW swap
Deutsche Welle
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June 14, 2025
Ukraine and Russia conducted another prisoner of war exchange on Saturday, the fourth such exchange in a week. Earlier that month in Istanbul, the warring sides reached an agreement that included a series of swaps. "We continue bringing our people...
Russia Has Had A Record "brain Drain" Since The 90s
Charter 97
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Scientists are fleeing even to Armenia and Kazakhstan. In recent years, Russia has been losing its scientific elite at a furious pace. Over 60,000 researchers have left the country in six years alone. The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine...
Russia's Rosatom, China's CNNC to lead consortiums to build first nuclear power plants in Kazakhstan
The Sun Daily
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June 14, 2025
ASTANA: Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom and state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation have been tapped to lead separate consortiums to build the first nuclear power plants in Kazakhstan, the country's atomic energy agency said on...
Russia and China to lead efforts in building Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plants
The News International
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ASTANA: Russia’s Rosatom and China’s state-run CNNC will head separate consortiums tasked with constructing Kazakhstan’s first-ever nuclear power plants, the country’s atomic energy agency announced on Saturday. The oil- and gas-rich nation of 20...
Russia's Rosatom to lead consortium to build first nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan
The Hindu
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June 14, 2025
In this photo released by Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, is greeted by Rosatom's Director General Alexey Likhachev, left, during their meeting at...
China, Russia firms to lead building of Kazakhstan's 1st nuclear power plants
Nikkei Asia
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ASTANA (Reuters) -- Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom and state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation have been tapped to lead separate consortiums to build the first nuclear power plants in Kazakhstan, the country's atomic energy...
Russia's Putin makes birthday call to Donald Trump, both agree ‘Israel-Iran war should end’
Hindustan Times
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June 14, 2025
US President Donald Trump on Saturday stated that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed in a phone call that the conflict between Iran and Israel "should end." US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed...
African Roots of a Caribbean Odyssey of Occultism in the Age of the Internet of Things
The Voice
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June 14, 2025
Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler By Earl Bousquet Saint Lucians living in Lalaland got a rude awakening Tuesday night, that sent shivers up spines and set many hearts a-throbbing, thanks to unexpected revelations of an aspect of living...
Russian army disaster as Ukraine attack destroys whole convoy of soldiers
Daily Express
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June 14, 2025
A Ukrainian HIMARS attack destroyed a Russian military column in occupied Donetsk, causing many casualties. Some initial reports suggest that over 20 soldiers were killed and many wounded in the strike that happened near Makiivka.The industrial...
Russia’s summer offensive in Ukraine gains ground with new tactics
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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KYIV -- Russia’s summer offensive in eastern Ukraine, launched in May, is showing battlefield gains across multiple fronts, probing and attacking with small, fast-moving units as fighting escalates daily. With its advance, Russia has shifted the...
Russia and Ukraine Exchange Third Prisoners Group Under Istanbul Agreements
teleSUR
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Ukrainian soldiers who were captive in Russia come back after Moscow’s diplomatic effort to carry a prisoners exchange, Photo: x June 14, 2025 Hour: 9:47 am Russia and Ukraine today carried out the exchange of the third group of prisoners of war...
China Weighs In on Israeli-Iran Conflict as U.S. Support Emerges
Modern Diplomacy
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June 13, 2025
The Israeli military announced the commencement of airstrikes against dozens of targets across Iran, claiming they were directly linked to the Iranian nuclear program and other military facilities. The operation was codenamed “Nation of Lions.” In...
Russians launched 58 drones over Ukraine overnight. Most were neutralized by air defenses
Babel
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On the night of June 14, the Russian army attacked Ukraine with 58 drones from the directions of Bryansk, Oryol, Millerovo, Shatalovo, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia. This is reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The main...