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Greek shipper pleads guilty to smuggling Iranian crude oil and will pay $2.4 million fine
A Greek shipper has pleaded guilty to a charge over it smuggling sanctioned Iranian crude oil and agreed to pay a $2.4 million fine, US federal court papers seen Thursday by The Associated Press show.
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Southeast Asia summit offers chance of direct diplomacy for sparring world powers
US Vice President Kamala Harris, China’s premier and Russia’s foreign minister will gather at a Southeast Asia summit in Indonesia on Thursday, offering a rare chance of direct, top-level diplomacy between their sparring nations.
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French president wants Russian flag banned at Paris Olympics, citing Moscow’s ‘war crimes’
French president Emmanuel Macron insisted Wednesday that “the Russian flag cannot be at the Paris Olympic Games... at a time when Russia is committing war crimes.”
Quizzed on the possible presence of Russian athletes in Paris competing…
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Romania says parts of possible Russian drone fell on its territory
Parts of what could be a Russian drone fell on Romanian territory, Romania’s Defense Minister Angel Tilvar said on Wednesday, two days after Ukraine said Russian drones had detonated on the NATO member’s land.
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UK to ban Russia’s Wagner Group as ‘terrorist’ organization: reports
LONDON: Britain is to ban Russian mercenary outfit the Wagner Group as a terrorist organization, media reports said on Tuesday, quoting Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
The UK was set to make the Wagner Group a “proscribed” organization…
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Jill Biden positive for COVID, President Biden tests negative
US first lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 just days before President Joe Biden, who tested negative for the virus, is due to travel to a Group of 20 summit in India, the White House said on Monday.
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Eritrean troops ‘committed war crimes’ in Ethiopia after peace deal: Amnesty
Eritrean troops allied with Ethiopia’s government “committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity” in Tigray, raping, enslaving and executing civilians for months after the signing of a peace agreement, Amnesty International said…
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France evacuates five Afghan women ‘threatened by Taliban’
France on Monday was due to receive five Afghan women “threatened by the Taliban” after repeated requests it create a humanitarian corridor for women shut out of public life, an official said.
Since returning to power in August 2021,…
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Biden ‘disappointed’ that China’s President Xi will skip G20 summit in India
US President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed disappointment that Chinese leader Xi Jinping would not attend the G20 summit in India this week, as Washington seeks to repair relations with Beijing.
Asked about Xi reportedly not planning to…
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Cyprus police make more arrests as racism-fueled violence spreads
Police in Cyprus have made 20 arrests after a spate of racism-fueled violence against migrants which erupted in the west of the island last week and spread to its southern city of Limassol in a weekend rampage.
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