RUSSIA has greenlit a draft agreement to construct a major oil pipeline in the Republic of the Congo, marking a significant step in strengthening its influence in Africa. The pipeline will stretch from the port city of Pointe-Noire to Makoulou Pichot, a settlement northeast of Brazzaville, and will pass …
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INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than two years ago. Indian foreign ministry spokesman in New Delhi said ahead of the trip that Modi would likely discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict during his visit. …
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This question wasn’t even directed toward President Joe Biden, but his determination to get in an answer created a revealing moment about the war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s and deepening US tensions with China. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was asked at a press conference in Italy last week …
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Europe’s gas imports from Russia overtook supplies from the US for the first time in almost two years in May, despite the region’s efforts to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels since the full scale invasion of Ukraine. While one-off factors drove the reversal, it highlights the difficulty of further …
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Vladimir Putin has said Ukraine would need to withdraw troops from territories Russia claims to have annexed before a ceasefire could begin – a proposal Ukraine’s president called a Hitler-like “ultimatum.”. Volodymyr Zelensky has long said Ukraine will not negotiate with Moscow until Russian forces leave all Ukrainian territory, including …
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New US sanctions against Russia have caused an immediate suspension of trading in dollars and euros on the country’s leading financial marketplace, the Moscow Exchange. The exchange, also known as MOEX, and the Russian central bank rushed out statements on Wednesday, a public holiday in Russia, within an hour of …
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UKRAINE has received the bodies of 140 soldiers killed while trying to defend the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson from Russian attacks. The authority responsible for prisoner of war matters disclosed this on Telegram on Friday. Five bodies were from the Sumy section in northern Ukraine. Russia has …
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NIGERIA is expected to generate more revenue from crude oil due to the political tension between Russia and Ukraine, and Israel/Hamas. Newsextra24 understands that the nation’s crude oil grades now sell above $93 per barrel, an amount higher than its 2024 budget benchmark price. The new price rise happened as …
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BRITAIN announced on Saturday a new £245 million ($311 million) defence package to help boost the production of “urgently needed artillery ammunition” for Ukraine, two years after war broke out with Russia. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said Ukraine’s armed forces “against all odds” had recaptured large parts of the land …
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AN American citizen identified as Michael Travis Leake has been arrested and detained by Russian authorities on drug trafficking charges. According to NBC, Leake, a paratrooper and musician was arrested in Moscow on Saturday. The US citizen in question has been charged with “illegal production, sale or shipment of narcotic …
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