Shakira to face trial for tax fraud in Spain
A Spanish judge has approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud
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Month: September 2022
How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack?
Vladimir Putin earlier this year placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’
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How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack?
Vladimir Putin earlier this year placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’
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Japan summons Russian ambassador after its diplomat is ‘brutally interrogated’ in Moscow
Russia says the diplomat was caught red-handed carrying out espionage activities
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Silvio Berlusconi, 85, celebrates as girlfriend Marta Fascina, 32, wins parliamentary seat
Marta Fascina was elected in Sicily
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Huge explosions detected close to Russian gas pipeline after leaks caused by ‘sabotage’
‘There is no doubt that these were explosions,’ says expert
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Russia says referendum votes are valid as Moscow expected to announce annexation this week
Russia warned it could resort to nuclear weapons to defend what it claimed as its own territory, including newly acquired lands
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Finns have a plan for Russian draft dodgers: Build a fence
Finland’s border force wants to build a fence. In a report, the Finnish Border Guard recommended a physical barrier be built on part of the country’s border with Russia due to “recent changes in the security environment,” local media reported Monday. Finland has seen a massive uptick in Russians legally crossing the border over the […]
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Japan blasts Russia, demands apology after diplomat detained
Japan on Tuesday accused Russia of unacceptable behavior and warned it will take “appropriate measures” in response, a day after the Russian federal security agency, the FSB, detained a Japanese diplomat in Vladivostok. The official, identified in reports as Tatsunori Motoki, was accused of being a spy. Motoki is a consul at the Japanese Consulate […]
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German conservative leader accuses Ukrainian refugees of ‘welfare tourism’
BERLIN — German opposition leader Friedrich Merz accused Ukrainian refugees of taking advantage of Germany’s social welfare system by seeking protection in the country, collecting benefits and then returning to Ukraine. “What we’re seeing is welfare tourism on the part of these refugees to Germany, back to Ukraine, to Germany, back to Ukraine,” Merz, the […]
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