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Berlin, Aug 16 (EFE).- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that Russia’s refusal to agree to a cease-fire before embarking on negotiating a peace deal complicates the situation. «We see that Russia rebuffs numerous calls for a ceasefire and has not yet determined when it will stop the killing. This...

Washington (EFE).- United States President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska to discuss a possible end to the war in Ukraine. “The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin,...

Washington DC (EFE).- United States President Donald Trump may impose additional tariffs on China over its continued purchase of sanctioned Russian oil, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said Thursday. «I think the president said yesterday everything’s on the table,” Lutnick told Fox Business when asked about China’s ongoing oil...

Moscow (EFE).- With less than two months until Moldova’s crucial parliamentary elections on Sep. 28, the European Union and Russia have ramped up efforts to win favor among Moldovans, who remain divided between a pro-European path and closer ties with Moscow. Tensions escalated further this week after Yevgenia Gutsul, a...

Washington (EFE).- United States President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines in response to what he described as «provocative statements” by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who warned of a possible war between Russia and the United States. “Due to the provocative statements made by...

Moscow, (EFE).- Fishermen in Russia have spotted great white sharks in the waters off the Russian island of Sakhalin, in the Far East, where they have reportedly migrated due to the effects of climate change. The video the fishermen recorded shows great white sharks eating their catch of tuna in...

Kyiv/Moscow (EFE). – Russia on Thursday claimed to have fully seized the eastern Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar after over a year of intense fighting, as a fresh wave of missile and drone strikes on Kyiv left at least 11 civilians dead, including a six-year-old boy. “As a result of...

Istanbul, Turkey (EFE).- Ukrainian and Russian delegations met briefly in Istanbul on Tuesday, for another round of negotiations aimed at ending the ongoing war, but the talks concluded in less than an hour with no progress, officials from both sides confirmed. The meeting, held in Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace, lasted less...

Washington (EFE).- United States President Donald Trump issued a sharp warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, threatening to impose so-called “ secondary tariffs up to 100% unless a peace agreement on Ukraine is reached within 50 days. “One of the reasons you’re here today is because I’m very...

Moscow (EFE).- More than 200 Russian couples will say ‘I do’ at the Wedding Festival that started this Tuesday at the Rossiya Center in Moscow, as part of Family, Love, and Faithfulness Day. Under the slogan ‘Russia, connecting hearts’, the event includes wedding ceremonies, concerts, master classes, exhibitions, and other...

By Carlos Meneses Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 7 (EFE). – The BRICS leaders’ summit ended tumultuously on Monday in Rio de Janeiro following threats from United States President Donald Trump, to which the group responded emphatically by asserting its autonomy. «It is not right for a country the size...

By Rostyslav Averchuk Kharkiv, Ukraine (EFE).- Russia has stepped up its campaign to hinder Ukraine’s military mobilization by launching targeted drone strikes on army recruitment centers across the country. Despite mounting internal criticism of the mobilization process, Ukraine continues to enlist up to 27,000 new soldiers each month. On Monday,...