The UN’s decision comes as the organisation expects further cuts to its funding as the US moves to advance Trump’s “America First” vision.
Category: 4. World
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UN to cut 25% of global peacekeeping force amid US funding shortfall
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“Putin Does Not Want to Attack NATO”
Upon returning from Sochi, where the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club had just concluded, our Editor-in-Chief, Fyodor Lukyanov, was interviewed by the Die Weltwoche daily (Switzerland). In this interview, he reflects on the transformation of the global system, Russia’s role in…
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Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan Turn Away From Putin’s Russia
When Vladimir Putin joins summits of former Soviet states in Tajikistan this week, the leaders around the table will most likely declare their close bonds with Russia. In reality, many have been distancing themselves from Moscow since the…
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Ex-captives and hostage families respond with tears, relief to news of upcoming release
The announcement by US President Donald Trump that Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a deal that will see the immediate release of the remaining living hostages held in Gaza set off a flood of emotion earlier Thursday morning…
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Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to implement the first phase of Gaza peace plan, Trump says
Trump took to social media to announce the striking of a deal between Israel and Hamas to implement the first phase of his 21-point peace plan, unveiled late September, which aims to fully end the war across multiple phases.
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Another shot at Nobel? White House’s ‘peace’ post after Donald Trump pulls off Israel-Hamas Gaza deal
The White House appeared to make another concerted push for Donald Trump’s long-sought Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday (local time), shortly after the president announced a breakthrough Israel-Hamas agreement brokered by the US and Qatar to…
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