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Ukraine PM Defies Putin, Says Mariupol Defenders Will Fight to the End

Web News 18 April 2022 398 0

Defenders of the besieged city of Mariupol will fight to the end against Russian forces, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says. The port city has not fallen despite an ultimatum from Moscow to remaining fighters to give up, he said. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Continue Reading

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Ukraine War: Russia Bans Boris Johnson from their Country

Web News 16 April 2022 457 0

Russia has banned Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior ministers from entering Russia over the UK’s “hostile” stance on the war in Ukraine. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other senior politicians – mostly members of the Cabinet – have also been barred. Moscow said the decision had been made […]Continue Reading

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British Embassy Guard Charged with Spying For Russia

Web News 7 April 2022 504 0

A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin suspected of spying for Russia has been extradited to appear in court charged with nine offences under the Official Secrets Act. David Ballantyne Smith, 57, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The UK national was arrested by German police on 10 August. […]Continue Reading

News Analysis

Ukraine: Between Donald Trump, Joe Biden

Web News 31 March 2022 998 0

On January 20, 2021, baton changed hands in Washington, Trump gave way to Biden, after the horror of the January 6 Capital riot. Over a year after, Biden finds himself marshalling Europe to confront what the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, 30 nations body has tagged Putin war against Ukraine. And Biden has not spared […]Continue Reading

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Russia Responds to Sanctions from Japan, to Conduct Drills on Disputed Islands

Web News 26 March 2022 473 0

Russia has said it is conducting drills on islands that are contested by Japan, days after withdrawing from peace talks in response to Toky’s decision to impose sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Four islands – which Russia calls the Southern Kurils and Japan calls the Northern Territories – are the subject of […]Continue Reading

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EU Signs US Gas Deal to Curb Reliance on Russia

Web News 25 March 2022 338 0

The US and the EU have announced a major deal on liquified natural gas, in an attempt to reduce Europe’s reliance on Russian energy. The agreement will see the US provide the EU with at least 15 billion additional cubic metres of fuel – known as LNG – by the end of the year. The […]Continue Reading

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Macron Meets Putin Over Threats to Ukraine

Web News 7 February 2022 3015 0

In a bid to avert a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine, French President, Emmanuel Macron will meet Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on Monday afternoon. The French leader said the meeting was aimed at dialoguing with Russia to reduce escalating tension. Macron had said “it is essential to prevent a degradation of the situation” and […]Continue Reading

Health

Russia Reports Nearly 10,000 Coronavirus Cases, 379 Deaths

Web News 8 June 2021 475 0

Russia has reported 9,977 new COVID-19 infections over the past twenty-four hours. The government coronavirus task force reported on Tuesday that the tally included 3,817 cases in the capital, Moscow. This brings the official national infection tally to 5,145,843. The task force also said 379 people had died of coronavirus-related causes in the last twenty-four […]Continue Reading

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Surgeons Perform Heart Operation amidst Hospital Fire in Russia

Web News 3 April 2021 483 0

A medical team at a Russian hospital successfully completed open-heart surgery on a patient while firefighters battled to contain a serious blaze engulfing the old building’s roof. More than 120 people were evacuated and no injuries reported at the hospital in Blagoveshchensk in the far east. The surgery continued thanks to an emergency electricity cable […]Continue Reading

Sport

Doping: Russia hasn’t changed – Rodchenkov

Web News 27 July 2020 2056 0

Former doping mastermind-turned-whistleblower, Grigory Rodchenkov has said that no Russian athletes should be allowed to take part in the postponed Tokyo Olympics next year. Rodchenkov told newmen that Russia had not changed despite being banned from all major sporting events for four years last December for manipulating laboratory data. The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) Continue Reading

Security

Ijoba apapo gbe igbese lati dekun igbesunmomi

Web News 22 October 2019 765 0

Ijoba apapo ti seleri lati raa awon nkan ijagun tofimo awon oko oju ofurufu tiwon nlo fun ijagun lati ile Russia nidi gbigbogunti igbesimomi ati iwa odaran nile yi. Olubadamoran pataki saare foro iroyin ati ibaraalusoro, Malam Garba Shehu lo so eyi di mimo ninu atejade kan. Olubadamoran pataki ohun to k’owo rin pelu aare […]Continue Reading