Last December, Syrian rebels ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, who brutally suppressed pro-democracy protests in 2011, triggering a civil war and sweeping international sanctions. Some leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, have since called for these sanctions to be lifted to…
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FDA significantly limits access to COVID-19 vaccines
The new framework unveiled May 20 says new COVID-19 shots should go only to those ages 65 and up or with underlying medical conditions.
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New intelligence suggests Israel is preparing possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, US officials say
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The US has obtained new intelligence suggesting that Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as the Trump administration has been
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Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp,’ a Story Collection, Wins International Booker Prize
A collection of stories about Indian Muslim women’s daily struggles with bothersome husbands, mothers and religious leaders, on Tuesday won this year’s International Booker Prize, the major award for fiction translated into English.
Banu…
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Ukrainians Mourn Mother Who Died Protecting Her Child From Russian Attack Drones
The Russian air strike that killed Ukrainian mother Anna Yefymenko near Kyiv on May 18 was part of a swarm of hundreds of Shahed drones launched by Russia that night.
She was killed while protecting her four-year-old son, Mark, with her body after the family apartment was hit.
Yefymenko — a…
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Does The EU Still Have The Sanctions Cards Needed To Hurt Russia?
With the ink still drying on the European Union’s freshly printed 17th sanctions package on Russia, work is already under way on a next step that European leaders say will be “massive.”
But some analysts warn that, in many ways, the EU has already played its best cards and doesn’t have many…
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President Zelenskyy has announced plans to arrange continued peace negotiations involving Ukraine, Russia, and the US and states his readinesss to sign a ceasefire agreement.
President Zelenskyy indicated that Ukraine is exploring the option of an international meeting that would include high-level delegations from Russia, the US, and potentially representatives from the EU and the UK. This meeting could be held in Turkey, the Vatican, or…
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The war in Ukraine is preventing Russia from moving all of its troops to the NATO borders, though the aggressor is building up its military presence near Finland.
Western intelligence suggests that once the fighting in Ukraine concludes and a lasting ceasefire is established, Moscow could swiftly reposition troops to the borders of Finland, Norway, the Baltic states, and Belarus, directly adjacent to Poland’s eastern border. The…
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The EU and Britain have imposed new sanctions on Russia, as the US refrains.
The EU Council has approved its 17th package of sanctions against Russia, targeting nearly 200 ships in the shadow fleet. As a result, the total number of sanctioned vessels transporting Russian oil, weapons, and stolen Ukrainian grain has risen to 342. In addition to…
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Zelenskyy will offer Trump a free trade agreement between Ukraine and the US,
said Ukrainian Trade Representative Taras Kachka. He indicated that this topic will be discussed in the next stage of bilateral talks. Kachka noted that the Ukrainian side is interested in such an agreement, even though the US is not Ukraine’s largest trading…
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