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Vatican in crowdfunding campaign to send thermal underwear to Ukraine

The Vatican on Thursday launched a crowdfunding campaign on Thursday to send thermal underwear to Ukraine to help residents survive the winter as they face power shortages amid the war with Russia.

Reuters

First Thing: Blizzard warnings, tornadoes and two deaths as storm marches across US

A young boy and his mother were found dead in Louisiana, where their home was destroyed after a tornado hit, according to police. Plus, how the Buy Black movement could benefit the country

The Guardian - UK

The Russian Army Is Preparing for a Fresh Attack

Many of the problems from the initial draft have been solved.

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Litvinenko review – this woeful David Tennant drama is nigh-on pointless

This dramatisation of the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy takes a murder and turns it into a plodding police procedural that’s far less interesting than the truth. Why bother?

The Guardian - UK

Russia preparing for long war, Ukrainian military says

Russia is digging in for a long war in Ukraine and still wants to conquer the entire country, a senior Ukrainian military official said on Thursday.

Reuters

Turkey seeks a trilateral mechanism with Russia, Syria -Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Thursday as saying he proposed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin forming a trilateral mechanism with Russia and Syria to accelerate diplomacy between Ankara and Damascus.

Reuters

Russia questions suitability of Biden's nominated ambassador to Moscow

Russia on Wednesday questioned the suitability of the woman nominated by President Joe Biden to be the next U.S. ambassador to Moscow, suggesting Lynne Tracy might feel more at home in a hardline think-tank.

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Moscow says Vatican apologised over Pope's comments about 'cruel' Russian ethnic minorities

Russia said on Thursday it had received an apology from the Vatican over Pope Francis' comments last month that Russian soldiers from some ethnic minority groups were the "cruellest" fighters in the Ukraine conflict.

Reuters

Tensions rise between Armenia and Azerbaijan over blocked supply corridor

Russia expressed concern on Thursday over escalating tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a key road linking Armenia to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave remained blocked for the fourth day.

Reuters

Editorial: Hostage-trading rarely ends well for US administrations, but it's a sad fact of life

The kidnapping sprees that made international travel perilous for Americans back in the 1980s and 1990s have returned in force. Only this time, other governments are joining in taking American civilians prisoner on trumped-up charges and effectively holding them hostage for use in trades with Washington. This rarely ends well…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

EU countries have another go at Russia sanctions amid Polish, Baltic concerns

European Union countries will make another push to agree on a ninth package of sanctions against Moscow on Thursday after Poland and Lithuania blocked a deal over concerns it might benefit Russian oligarchs in the fertilizer business.

Reuters

Ukrainian investigators uncover children’s cell in Russian ‘torture chamber’

Ukrainian parliament commissioner for human rights says they found ‘10 torture chambers in Kherson region’

The Independent UK

US Efforts to Restore African Confidence, Confront Russian Influence

US President Joe Biden and administration officials in Washington pledged to recognize Africa as a major geopolitical player in the international arena and announced Washington’s support for the African Union to join the G20 as a permanent member. The Biden administration’s biggest challenge is convincing the leaders of Africa that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Space Force launches base in South Korea likely to monitor threats from North Korea, Russia, China

Chief of new facility says ‘existential threat’ exists just 48 miles north of the base

The Independent UK

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Russia's Angarsk oil refinery says fire extinguished, fuel production continues

A fire on Thursday that killed two people at Russia's Angarsk refinery, the biggest by output in east Siberia, has been extinguished, plant authorities said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fashion Retailer H&M’s Sept-Nov Sales Beat Forecast

H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, reported on Thursday a 10% increase year-on-year in September-November net sales, slightly exceeding market expectations of a 9.5% rise. Net sales for September-November, H&M's fiscal fourth quarter, stood at 62.5 billion Swedish crowns ($6.13 billion), up from 56.8 billion crowns a year ago, while…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Downs Swarm of Attack Drones over Kyiv

Ukraine said Wednesday it had shot down more than a dozen Iranian-made drones in Moscow's latest assault on Kyiv.

Evening Standard

Russia rules out Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine as dozens freed in prisoner swap

US citizen among dozens released in prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine

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Unexplained leak from docked Soyuz spacecraft cancels Russians' International Space Station spacewalk

A routine spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station is called off after flight controllers notice a stream of liquid spewing from a docked spacecraft.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 295

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 295th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two Dead After Fire at Refinery in Russia’s Angarsk

Two people died and two others were injured after a massive fire and explosion at an oil refinery in Russia’s Angarsk in southeastern Siberia, the local governor Igor Kobzev said on Thursday. Kobzev said the fire, initially covering an area of 2,500 square meters belonging to Angarsk Petrochemical Company, was…

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine army chief warns Moscow preparing for new Kyiv attack as Putin seeks new economic ties – as it happened

Valeriy Zaluzhny warns Putin’s forces regrouping before renewed attack in 2023; Russia looking to overcome impact of sanctions

WEKU

A spacewalk has been canceled after a leak was discovered on a Soyuz capsule

A planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts has been called off after ground teams noticed a significant leak from one of the spacecraft docked at the orbiting International Space Station.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin withdraws from ice hockey game stint as rumours around his health grow

Vladimir Putin established an exhibition ice hockey match where he plays alongside former NHL stars in 2011, which has become an annual fixture in the Russian calendar until this year

Al Jazeera

Dozens freed in new Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap

Latest exchange suggests some contact remains between two sides despite intense fighting in Ukraine’s east and south.

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