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North Korea’s hottest missile check probable ended in failure, South Korea’s military services suggests
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North Korea’s hottest missile check probable ended in failure, South Korea’s military services suggests

A North Korean ballistic missile examination Wednesday probable ended in failure, South Korea’s military reported, times right after the North protested the recent regional deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier for a trilateral military drill with South Korea and Japan. Chung Sung-jun | Getty Photos News | Getty Photographs A North Korean ballistic missile test […]

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Putin and Kim Jong Un’s partnership is a relationship of ease: Here’s how it functions
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Putin and Kim Jong Un’s partnership is a relationship of ease: Here’s how it functions

Individuals sit in the vicinity of a television displaying a news broadcast with footage of North Korea’s chief Kim Jong Un (R) greeting Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) at the Pyongyang Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang, at a railway station in Seoul on June 19, 2024.  Anthony Wallace | Afp | Getty Pictures Even a […]

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‘A danger like no other’: The West watches on anxious as Putin visits North Korea for the 1st time in many years
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‘A danger like no other’: The West watches on anxious as Putin visits North Korea for the 1st time in many years

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes arms with North Korea’s chief Kim Jong Un during their conference at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur location on September 13, 2023.  Vladimir Smirnov | Afp | Getty Visuals As Russian President Vladimir Putin visits North Korea for the first time in 24 years on Tuesday, Western officers will […]

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Putin vows trade and security tie-ups with North Korea beyond the West’s reach
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Putin vows trade and security tie-ups with North Korea beyond the West’s reach

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 7, 2024.  Anton Vaganov | Reuters Vladimir Putin promised to build trade and security systems with North Korea that are not controlled by the West and pledged his unwavering support in a letter published […]

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Putin to visit North Korea as U.S., allies decry military ties
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Putin to visit North Korea as U.S., allies decry military ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea this week for the first time in 24 years, the two countries said, a rare trip that underscores Moscow’s burgeoning partnership with the nuclear-armed state. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extended an invitation to Putin during a visit to Russia’s Far East last September. Putin last […]

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Russia’s Putin sets out conditions for peace talks with Ukraine
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Russia’s Putin sets out conditions for peace talks with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his meeting with scientists while visiting the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research on June 13, 2024 in Dubna, Russia. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday set out the requirements for Moscow to start peace talks with Ukraine, more than two years […]

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‘Russia has to pay’: G7 taps Moscow’s frozen assets in support of Ukraine
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‘Russia has to pay’: G7 taps Moscow’s frozen assets in support of Ukraine

A simple principle underpins a contentious Thursday decision by the U.S. and key allies to tap profits from Russian sovereign assets in support of Ukraine: Moscow must make reparations. “Russia has to pay,” European Council President Charles Michel told CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick, after the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies agreed in […]

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Russian warships enter Havana harbor under Washington’s watchful eye
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Russian warships enter Havana harbor under Washington’s watchful eye

The Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan (L) and the class frigate Admiral Gorshkov, part of the Russian naval detachment visiting Cuba, arrive at Havana’s harbour, June 12, 2024.  Adalberto Roque | Afp | Getty Images Russian navy ships churned into Havana harbor on Wednesday, a stopover the U.S. and Cuba said posed no threat but which […]

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Ukraine suggests it strike hottest-era Russian fighter jet for to start with time
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Ukraine suggests it strike hottest-era Russian fighter jet for to start with time

The Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter at the MAKS-2019 Moscow International Airshow in close proximity to Zhukovsky, southeast of Moscow. Sopa Photographs | Lightrocket | Getty Photographs Ukrainian forces have for the very first time strike a newest-technology Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet at an air base within Russia, Kyiv’s GUR protection intelligence agency stated on […]

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Kremlin denies Olympics disinformation campaign, calls Microsoft allegation slanderous
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Kremlin denies Olympics disinformation campaign, calls Microsoft allegation slanderous

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends the 8th Russian-Chinese EXPO and the 4th Russian-Chinese Forum on Interregional Cooperation in Harbin, China, May 17, 2024.  Sergei Bobylyov | Via Reuters The Kremlin denied an allegation that it is waging a disinformation campaign against France, its president and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The Microsoft Threat Analysis […]

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