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Trains suspended in parts of Russia's Belgorod region after defences shoot down missile -governor

Train operations were suspended early on Friday near Novyi Oskol, a town in Russia's Belgorod region that borders Ukraine, after remains of a missile fell near the railway, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

Reuters · Oct 14, 2022

Putin sees ‘no need’ for Biden talks, undecided on whether he will attend G20

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he sees “no need” to hold talks with US President Joe Biden, who said earlier this week that the possibility of meeting with the Russian leader on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali in November “would depend” on what Putin wanted to…

France 24 · Oct 14, 2022

What Nixon’s Endgame Reveals About Putin’s

Russia’s war in Ukraine could end like the Vietnam War.

Foreign Affairs · Oct 14, 2022

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Top Democratic women call out California senator for downplaying unwanted hugging

Tribune News Service · Oct 14, 2022

UN chief: 20 leading economies must help developing nations

The United Nations chief has sent a letter to finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s 20 leading economies urging that they change course and steer a global economic recovery including developing countries that have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of the war in Ukraine…

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 233 of the invasion

Russia evacuates civilians from Ukraine’s Kherson; Moscow’s forces would be ‘annihilated’ if Putin used nuclear weapons, says EU foreign policy chief

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2022

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Red Cross inactive on prisoners of war

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday accused the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of inaction in upholding the rights of Ukrainian prisoners of war and urged it to undertake a mission to a camp in the Russian-occupied east of the country.

Reuters · Oct 13, 2022

UK scrambles to send hi-tech missile defences to Ukraine as Putin slaughters civilians

Some 13 civilians were killed in 'moronic' Russian missile attacks in Ukraine on Wednesday with more than 40 cities targeted in the bloodshed as Ben Wallace says Vladimir Putin's 'indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas in Ukraine warrant further support'

Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022

Is this a drill? Upcoming Russian nuclear exercises a challenge for the West

With Russia expected to soon carry out large-scale drills of its nuclear forces as President Vladimir Putin threatens to use them, the United States and its allies will be challenged to ensure they can spot the difference between exercises and the real thing.

Reuters · Oct 13, 2022

Thailand abstains in UN vote

Thailand has abstained from a vote to condemn Russia's annexation of four eastern regions of Ukraine, citing concerns that it would reduce the chances for diplomacy to bring about a negotiated solution to the crisis.

Bangkok Post · Oct 13, 2022