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  Washington (AFP) April 20, 2025 Cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens picture their 70th birthday. But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). A Soyuz capsule carrying the American and two Russian cosmonauts landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday, the day of Pettit's milestone birthday. "Today at 0420 Moscow time (0120 GMT), the Soyuz MS-26 ... read more |
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Trump, Norwegian prime minister discuss ending Ukraine WarWashington DC (UPI) Apr 24, 2025 Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, President Donald Trump and others discussed the need to end the war in Ukraine during an afternoon White House meeting on Thursday. ... more  
'Vladimir, STOP!': Trump tells Putin after deadly Kyiv strikeWashington (AFP) April 24, 2025 Donald Trump called Thursday on Vladimir Putin to halt attacks on Ukraine, in a rare rebuke of the Russian leader after Moscow fired missiles and drones at Kyiv in the deadliest attack on the capital in months. ... more
Zelensky says Russia putting 'pressure' on US with Kyiv strikePretoria (AFP) April 24, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russia's large-scale missile attack on Kyiv, the deadliest strike on the Ukrainian capital in months, was designed to put "pressure" on the United States. ... more  
Zelensky says Russia used North Korean missile in Kyiv attackKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 24, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia used a North Korean ballistic missile in deadly Kyiv attack that killed 12 and wounded dozens. ... more |
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Ukraine calls in Chinese envoy to express 'serious concern' over war activitiesKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 23, 2025 Ukraine's foreign ministry called in China's ambassador on Tuesday to raise "serious concern" over claims that Chinese fighters were in the Russian army and Chinese companies were helping Russia make military hardware. ... more |
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Russian drone strike kills 9 in Ukraine bus, governor saysKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 23, 2025 A Russian drone struck a bus transporting workers in the central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk early Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding dozens more, the region's governor said. ... more 
UK hosts new Ukraine talks after Russian strikes shatter brief truceLondon (AFP) April 23, 2025 Envoys from Washington, Kyiv and European nations gathered for talks in Britain on Wednesday amid a new US push to end Russia's war in Ukraine, where a brief Easter truce was shattered by fresh air strikes. ... more 
Vladimir Putin says he's open to holding direct, 'limited', cease-fire talks with UkraineWashington DC (UPI) Apr 22, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday held out the prospect of direct peace talks with Ukraine for the first time since the early days of the war amid mounting pressure on both Moscow and Kyiv from the United States to move swiftly to bring an end to the three-year-long conflict. ... more  
Spain to hike defence spending to 2% of GDP in 2025: PMMadrid (AFP) April 22, 2025 Spain will invest more than 10 billion euros to increase its defence spending - proportionally NATO's lowest - to two percent of annual economic output this year, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday. ... more |
Russia resumes attacks on Ukraine after Easter truceKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 21, 2025 Russia launched a wave of aerial attacks at Ukraine on Monday in an abrupt end to a fragile 30-hour Easter truce between the two sides. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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Rubio: U.S. 'done' with Ukraine-Russia peace talks if progress not made`Washington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2025 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is "not our war" and that if it's not possible to reach a peace deal within days "we're done." ... more  
Equatorial Guinea denies sending Russia troops to fight in UkraineMalabo, Equatorial Guinea (AFP) April 19, 2025 Equatorial Guinea's vice president on Saturday denied the central African country was sending troops to fight alongside Russian soldiers in Ukraine, contrary to an AFP report published earlier this week. ... more
Russia blames Ukraine for breaching Easter truceKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 20, 2025 Russia and Ukraine on Sunday accused each other of violating an Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. ... more 
US officials split on Ukraine truce prospectsKharkiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 18, 2025 Top US officials gave mixed signals about the prospect of a Ukraine ceasefire on Friday, bringing uncertainty to the peace process just as Russia abandoned a moratorium on striking Ukrainian energy targets. ... more |
Russia rains missiles on Ukraine as US mulls ending truce effortsKharkiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 18, 2025 Russia fired a fresh volley of missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight, wounding dozens of people, Kyiv said Friday, as the United States warned it could end efforts to broker a ceasefire if it did not see progress soon. ... more 
Tears and defiance in Sumy as Russia batters city; EGuinea denies sending troopsSumy, Ukraine (AFP) April 18, 2025 Sofia Stasyuk flinches every time she hears the increasingly frequent missile blasts and thuds of air defence over her Ukrainian hometown of Sumy. ... more
China says 'never provided lethal weapons' to parties in Ukraine warBeijing (AFP) April 18, 2025 Beijing on Friday denied giving any party in the Ukraine war lethal weapons, after President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed he had "information" that China was supplying arms to Russia. ... more  
Sultan of Oman to meet Putin in MoscowMoscow (AFP) April 19, 2025 The Sultan of Oman will visit Moscow Tuesday to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin and Muscat said Saturday, as the Gulf state mediates high-level talks on Iran's nuclear programme. ... more |
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Black Sea oil spill hits Russian beach holiday plansMoscow (AFP) April 18, 2025 A massive Black Sea oil spill prompted Moscow's consumer watchdog on Friday to urge Russian holidaymakers to reconsider their summer plans, warning that the popular seaside resort of Anapa's beaches were unsafe. ... more 
US-China: the clash of the titansParis (AFP) April 17, 2025 As the trade war between the United States and China escalates, here is a point-by-point comparison of the world's two biggest economic powers. ... more 
Macron to meet Rubio, Witkoff amid transatlantic tensionsParis (AFP) April 16, 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US envoy Steve Witkoff, the Elysee palace said, as transatlantic tensions soar over the war in Ukraine. ... more  
Ukraine ready to buy 'at least' 10 Patriot systems from US: ZelenskyKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 17, 2025 Ukraine wants to buy at least 10 Patriot missile defence systems from the United States to shield against Russian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday. ... more |
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Putin praises Musk, compares him to Soviet space heroMoscow (AFP) April 16, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk on Wednesday, telling university students he was a pioneer comparable to legendary Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev. ... more |
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Finland developing device to counter alleged Russian satellite jammingHelsinki (AFP) April 15, 2025 Finnish researchers are working on a device to counter jamming of satellite positioning systems, which has spiked in the country since 2022, the project leader told AFP on Tuesday. ... more 
Russia jails woman for criticism; as Sumy buries victims of Russian double strikeMoscow (AFP) April 15, 2025 A Russian court on Tuesday jailed a woman for more than five years for criticising the army on social media, allegedly after she was denounced by her neighbour. ... more  
No proof Chinese ship cut Baltic cables deliberately: probeStockholm (AFP) April 15, 2025 Swedish authorities said on Tuesday they had found no evidence that a Chinese-flagged bulk carrier was intentionally dragging its anchor when it severed two subsea cables in the Baltic Sea last year. ... more
Ukrainian drone strike kills one in Russia's Kursk: authoritiesMoscow (AFP) April 15, 2025 A Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian city of Kursk on Tuesday killed an elderly woman and wounded nine others, local authorities said. ... more |
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