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Egypt’s PM Announces $15 Increase in Minimum Monthly Wage

Egypt’s prime minister on Wednesday announced a 300-pound ($15.20) increase in the minimum monthly wage, as average Egyptians suffer from soaring prices in recent months. In a news conference, Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly announced the increase to 3,000 Egyptian pounds (over $152), up from 2,700 pounds ($137). It was the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French-German friendship ‘still alive’ as Macron meets Scholz amid tensions

Two leaders under pressure to repair relations after rifts over defence, energy and China

The Guardian - UK

Belarusians are facing discrimination and blame for Russia's war in Ukraine

In late September 2022, the International Congress of Belarusian Studies was held in Kaunas, Lithuania. After it ended, an attendee’s car broke down. He took it to a garage but the management refused to service a car owned by a Belarusian. Ultimately, it had to be towed back over the…

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'Kill everyone': Russian violence in Ukraine was strategic

When Russian troops crossed from Belarus into Ukraine in late February, pressing toward Kyiv, they were ordered to block and destroy “nationalist resistance."

The Independent UK

‘Energy genocide’: Ukraine pleads for urgent help as Russia blitz on infrastructure grows

Exclusive: Ukraine’s energy minister German Galushchenko tells Bel Trew in Kyiv that Moscow is trying to sow ‘darkness and despair’ with its all-out assault on the country’s power plants

The Independent UK

Poland dreams of building Europe's largest army, against backdrop of Russia's war against Ukraine

By supporting Ukraine at a time of need, the Polish government has chalked up points with other European governments. Soon after Russia invaded, in late February, Poland welcomed hundreds of thousands of refugees and drummed up support for arming Kyiv. In March, it sent its prime minister to Kiev alongside…

The Conversation

U.N. aid chief 'relatively optimistic' on Black Sea grain deal

United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Wednesday that he was "relatively optimistic" that a U.N.-brokered deal that allowed a resumption of Ukraine Black Sea grain exports would be extended beyond mid-November.

Reuters

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Ukraine war: what are 'dirty bombs' and why is Russia suddenly talking about them?

Since the invasion of Ukraine in February, the threat that weapons of mass destruction would be used has been a constant concern. Discussion of this threat has tended to focus on the possibility that Russia might resort to using its nuclear arsenal – something hinted at several times by the…

The Conversation

Ukraine defence minister says he doesn't believe Putin will use nuclear weapons

Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Wednesday he did not believe Russia's President Vladimir Putin would use nuclear weapons.

Reuters

Putin oversees regular nuclear drills amid escalation fears

Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw regular military drills simulating a nuclear retaliatory strike Wednesday, amid growing concerns of a further escalation by the Kremlin as its war in Ukraine drags into a ninth month.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine says southern counter-offensive complicated by wet weather, terrain

Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russian forces in its southern Kherson region is proving more difficult than it was in the northeast because of wet weather and the nature of the terrain, Ukraine's defence minister said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Are Putin’s views fascist?

The Russian leader often evokes a philosopher who praised Mussolini, but analysts are divided on Putin’s own ideology.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian telco Kyivstar digs in to win the war of words

In a single hour, as a volley of Russian missiles wrecked homes, power stations, factories and playgrounds across their country, Ukrainians placed a record 67 million minutes of calls on Kyivstar's phone network.

Reuters

Russian bombings of civilian infrastructure raise cost of Ukraine's recovery: IMF

Russia's latest strikes on civilian infrastructure have raised the cost of Ukraine's recovery and could see it needing close to $4 billion a month just to keep power and water supplies going, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.

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The Independent UK

South Africa to let Russian billionaire's superyacht dock

South Africa will allow a $500 million superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov to dock in Cape Town despite attempts from the city’s mayor to get its entry blocked

The Independent UK

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

The Kremlin has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin monitored drills of the country’s strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles

Reuters

EU urges members to coordinate arms purchases

The European Union urged the bloc's defence ministers on Wednesday to coordinate purchases of weapons, to obtain better terms from suppliers as they seek to replenish supplies depleted by shipments to Ukraine.

Reuters

Top U.S. diplomat Blinken to visit Canada this week -State Dept

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Canada on Thursday and Friday to discuss shared goals including the war in Ukraine, the humanitarian crisis in Haiti and cooperation on migration and refugee resettlement, the State Department said.

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The Independent UK

Russia fires rockets at Ukraine, renews 'dirty bomb' claims

Russia has targeted more than 40 villages around Ukraine over the past day, killing at least two more people and sustaining the terror that forces people into air raid shelters each night

Evening Standard

Zelensky invites Rishi Sunak to Ukraine as first leader to talk to new Prime Minister

‘I am grateful to everyone who helps us fight for freedom,’ Mr Zelensky said after the call

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine refugees told not to return yet as energy crisis looms

Government tells citizens to wait until spring, amid fears damaged networks ‘will not cope’ as fighting continues

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin oversees drill of ‘massive nuclear strike’

Atomic tests follow Russian president’s warning of wider conflict

ABC News

Australian troops to help train Ukrainian forces in fight against Russia, as more Bushmaster vehicles sent to war

Australian troops will deploy to the UK to train Ukrainian forces, helping bolster the eastern European nation's defences against Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion.

The Guardian - AU

Australian defence force troops to train Ukrainian soldiers in the UK

Government emphasised ADF members will not be entering Ukraine, as total Australian aid to Kyiv reaches $655m

The Guardian - UK

Why we are wary of Russian émigrés in Georgia – so soon after Russian invaders

In this, one of a series of essays on the war in Ukraine from countries in or neighbouring the former Soviet bloc, a Georgian playwright says the government is out of step with the anti-Putin popular mood

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