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Top StoriesGunman Assassinates Japan ex-PM Abe on Campaign Trail
Top StoriesRussian Envoy: UK Has Made Little Effort to Free Men Sentenced to Death in Eastern Ukraine
Top StoriesWest Seeks to Unblock Ukraine’s Grain Ports, Putin Warns of Energy ‘catastrophe’
Top StoriesWar Dominates G20 Meeting as Russia Chides West’s ‘frenzied’ Criticism
Putin Warns of Long War as West Seeks to Unblock Ukraine’s Grain Exports
Date: July 8, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Western officials on Friday tried to coax Russia into allowing Ukraine to ship its grain out to the world as the four-month-old war threatened to bring hunger to countries far away from the battlefields. Moscow, however, accused the West of waging economic warfare on Russia by attempting to isolate...
Shinzo Abe Sought to Reinvigorate Japan With Bold Economic Policies, Strong Armed Forces
Date: July 8, 2022
TOKYO (Reuters) – Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, who sought to lift the economy out of chronic deflation with his bold “Abenomics” policies, beef up the military and counter China’s growing clout, has died at 67. Abe, who left office in 2020, was shot and killed on Friday during an election campaign speech in...
Ukraine and Russia: What You Need to Know Right Now
Date: July 7, 2022
(Reuters) – Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the West of decades of aggression towards Moscow and warned that if it wanted to attempt to beat Russia on the battlefield it was welcome to try, but this would bring tragedy for Ukraine. FIGHTING * The Russian President said Russia had barely got started in Ukraine, but...
Russia Joins G20 Meeting Overshadowed by Ukraine Conflict
Date: July 7, 2022
By Stanley Widianto NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will have his first close encounter with the fiercest critics of his country’s invasion of Ukraine at a G20 gathering in Indonesia that was getting under way on Thursday with the war all but certain to dominate discussions. A closed-door foreign minister’s meeting...
Ukraine Raises Flag on Recaptured Island, Loses Key Supporter in UK’s Johnson
Date: July 7, 2022
By Max Hunder and Simon Lewis KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces raised their national flag on a recaptured Black Sea island on Thursday in a defiant act against Moscow, but Kyiv lost one of its main international supporters after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would step down. Russian forces also shelled potential...
Exclusive-United Arab Emirates Set to Run Kabul Airport in Deal With Taliban, Sources Say
Date: July 7, 2022
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) -The Taliban and the United Arab Emirates are poised to strike a deal for the Gulf nation to run Kabul airport and several others in Afghanistan that could be announced within weeks, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. The Taliban, whose government remains an international pariah without formal recognition,...