From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps
The former Cold War adversaries are in talks to off pull off yet another historic exchange
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Month: July 2022
Russia-held Kherson ‘virtually cut off’ as Ukraine’s counter-attack ‘gains momentum’
Vladimir Putin’s troops in city of Kherson highly vulnerable, UK’s Ministry of Defence says
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South Africa’s energy crisis escalates
On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom’s Emalahleni office in the heart of South Africa’s coal belt. Workers at Eskom, the nation’s state-owned electricity utility, have been embattled in four rounds of wage negotiations with the […]
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UNAIDS calls for urgent global action as progress against HIV falters
New UN data released on Wednesday showed that the decline in new HIV infections which can lead to full-blown AIDS has slowed.
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Macron criticizes the ‘hypocrisy’ of some African leaders on the Ukraine war.
President Emmanuel Macron of France, visiting West Africa, said some countries had failed to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because of “diplomatic pressures.”
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U.S. Offers to Swap Arms Dealer for Griner, Whelan
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said that Washington had offered to trade Viktor Bout and that he expected to raise it soon directly with Russia’s foreign minister.
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Belgian foreign minister’s old trip to Crimea causes bad blood between Kyiv and Brussels
A trip to Crimea by Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib when she was still working as a journalist is putting a strain on relations between Brussels and Kyiv, just two weeks after she was appointed to lead Belgium’s diplomacy. Lahbib traveled to Crimea in July 2021 to shoot a documentary. She later told Belgian media […]
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For a Syrian in Europe, It’s Either Migrant or Mercenary
A decade after its outbreak, the Europe migrant crisis is still treated as a temporary disease, a vexing ailment that could be cured never to return again. The European governments are persistent in their efforts to curb the influx of migrants and prepare the grounds for the return of those already living in the European Union as refugees. These policies are usually justified by economic considerations, […]
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What to See, Eat and Do in Prague
Public spaces, provocative exhibitions, new restaurants and unexpected neighborhoods offer visitors a deeper look into Czech culture.
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Nissan’s profits plunge on COVID lockdown, chips crunch
Japanese automaker Nissan says its profit in the last quarter plunged to less than half of what it was a year earlier, as the COVID-19 lockdown in China and a global semiconductor shortage slammed production
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