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Russian politicians cast U.S. midterms as a blow to Biden, Kremlin unmoved

Russian politicians on Wednesday savoured preliminary U.S. midterm election results which they cast as a humiliating and overdue blow to Democratic President Joe Biden, but the Kremlin said it expected no improvement in battered U.S.-Russia ties.

Reuters

COP27: Russia committed to climate targets despite sanctions - TASS cites Putin's climate envoy

Russia's climate envoy said on Wednesday the country remains committed to meeting its climate commitments despite the imposition of Western sanctions, TASS news agency reported.

Reuters

US basketball star Brittney Griner transferred to Russian penal colony

The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected her appeal of her nine-year sentence for drug possession last month.

France 24

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 259

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 259th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

The Syrian Oil: Time for New Approach?

With the war in Syria now in its twelfth year and with the US-Russian conflict still ongoing to control the oil sector and its potential, local belligerents and regional opponents have found in oil a rare point of consensus to cooperate and pick clean the country’s wealth and revenues. Oil…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a Russian penal colony

Griner has been moved from a detention center outside of Moscow and is being sent to a Russian penal colony to begin serving out her nine-year sentence on drug smuggling charges, her lawyers said.

WEKU

East Europeans prepare for possible new Ukrainian refugee wave as winter nears

Eastern European countries are preparing to reopen reception centres and are restocking food supplies in anticipation of a possible fresh surge in Ukrainian refugees as winter looms and Russia targets Ukraine's power grid and heating plants.

Reuters

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Algeria, China Sign a Strategic Cooperation Plan

Algeria and China have signed the second five-year comprehensive strategic cooperation plan 2022-2026, Algeria’s ministry of foreign affairs and national community abroad said Tuesday in a statement. This comes one day after the Algerian government submitted an official request to join the political and economic BRICS group that includes Russia…

Asharq Al-Awsat

American Brittney Griner moved to a penal colony in Russia

The jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia

The Independent UK

Erdogan Announces New Meeting on Sweden's NATO Bid

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said another meeting on Sweden's NATO membership bid would be held later this month after hosting Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Ankara on Tuesday. Kristersson was hoping to persuade Türkiye to drop its opposition to Sweden joining the US-led military alliance, with Ankara accusing…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin ally meets Iran leader as Moscow deepens Tehran ties

A leading ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday on a trip to deepen trade and security cooperation, as Moscow looks to shore up its economy and bolster its war effort in Ukraine.

Reuters

Biden expects Russia to get more serious about prisoner swap for Griner

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin will be willing to talk more seriously with Washington about a potential prisoner swap to secure the release of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia orders troops to leave key Ukrainian city of Kherson – as it happened

Move will be widely seen as significant blow to Vladimir Putin weeks after he announced the ‘forever’ annexation of Kherson

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin ‘made several huge mistakes’, says Nato chief

Stoltenberg remarks in London as Moscow loses grip on first major prize of the war

The Independent UK

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Putin’s war in Ukraine has destroyed 5 million acres of forest, Zelensky tells Cop27

Ukrainian president warns ‘there can be no effective climate policy without peace’

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 259 of the invasion

Russia orders retreat from city of Kherson which it had claimed to annex; deputy head of Russian-installed Kherson administration reported to have died in car crash

Tribune News Service

Russia and US to resume nuclear talks as Ukraine war rages on

WASHINGTON — Russia and the U.S. expect to meet in the coming weeks to talk about resuming inspections of atomic weapons sites under the New START treaty, a small step toward reviving arms-control talks suspended since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Reuters

Russia says troops leaving strategic Kherson, Ukraine doubts full pullout

Moscow ordered troops to withdraw from near the strategic southern Ukrainian city of Kherson in a major setback as a top U.S. general estimated Russia has suffered more than 100,000 killed or wounded since invading its neighbour in February.

Reuters

Sean Penn visits Ukraine's Zelenskiy, loans him an Oscar

Hollywood actor and director Sean Penn, sanctioned by Russia for criticizing its war in Ukraine, loaned his Oscar statuette to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a visit to Kyiv on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

US, Russia set to talk on resuming arms control inspections

The State Department says the United States and Russia will soon hold talks on resuming suspended arms control inspections that had been put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic and languished after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Newcastle Herald

COP27, the Ukraine war, energy security and global warming

The dilemma over global warming

Reuters

In Russia, some hope U.S. midterms will mean less Ukraine aid and more chaos

Pro-Kremlin forces in Russia are hoping that the Republicans win control of Congress, an outcome they believe could mean Democratic President Joe Biden faces a tougher and longer slog to get military aid packages for Ukraine approved.

The Independent UK

Long way round: how does Russian airspace closure affect Asian flights?

Plane Talk: The current journey from London to Bangkok is typically 500 miles further than the direct track

The Guardian - UK

Cop27: ending war in Ukraine necessary to tackle climate crisis, Zelenskiy says

Ukrainian president says Russia’s invasion has forced dozens of countries to resume coal-fired power to alleviate energy costs

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