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Without interference, the diplomacy would have yielded a result already, Russia’s top diplomat believes The US administration has been subjected to “unbelievable” pressure by the European warhawks and Kiev, who are bent on derailing negotiations with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The top diplomat made the remarks in an interview with Hungarian YouTube channel Ultrahang, which aired …

Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov has suggested using tactical nuclear weapons in response to the recent sanctions from the US and Donald Trump against Russia. The non-profit organisation Russian Media Monitor has shared a clip of Solovyov, an ally of Putin and key Kremlin propaganda orchestrator, claiming on the Russian radio show Full Contact that THE Kremlin should move on “from …

The world is full of elderly leaders, perhaps proving the saying that “with age comes wisdom”. Donald Trump – the President of the most powerful nation on Earth – is 79 years old, while his counterpart in Russia is a youthful 73 by comparison. Not to be outdone is China’s all-powerful leader Xi Jinping, who turned 72 this June. However, …

At least four people were killed by gunshots in opposition protests in Cameroon’s commercial capital Douala on Sunday, according to the campaign of presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma, who is seeking to oust veteran leader Paul Biya. Tchiroma called for the protests to demand that the results of an October 12 vote be respected, a day before the outcome is expected …

A father and daughter died after being stung by bees when she crashed her car into a hive and he went to help her. Silvana da Fatima Braganca da Luz, 54, was attacked by the bees after she lost control of her truck and smashed into a beehive by the side of the dirt track she was on. A neighbour …

Once, the US wanted the country deindustrialized but ultimately decided against it – now, Berlin’s incompetent authorities are wrecking it themselves Toward the end of World War II in Europe, the US government pondered a plan to not only demilitarize but also disintegrate and deindustrialize postwar Germany. Named after its main proponent, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, the Morgenthau …

Russia targeted Ukraine’s capital with drones, killing three people in their homes, authorities said early on Sunday. At least 29 people were wounded, seven of them children, in the second consecutive nighttime attack on Kyiv to claim civilian lives. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said a 19-year-old woman and her 46-year-old mother were among the dead. Russian drones caused fires …

Former MP Aleksandr Granovsky faces corruption charges in Ukraine, which he denies and claims amount to “political persecution” Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is seeking the extradition of former opposition lawmaker Aleksandr Granovsky from the UK on corruption charges, the Sunday Times has reported. Granovsky insists he is being persecuted for political reasons. Granovsky, an MP from 2015 to 2019 with …

A newborn baby girl was killed “after being thrown 40ft from a window by the child’s five-year-old sister”, according to reports. The appalling tragedy came as the pair were left home alone by their mother while her husband was at work, say law enforcement. Passersby heard a girl screaming from a fourth-floor window, then saw the motionless baby on the …

Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Sunday expanded her interim cabinet which was formed in the wake of a youth-led uprising last month, inducting two ministers seen as popular among young people. The unrest on September 8-9 was triggered by a brief ban on social media but fuelled by long-standing frustration over economic hardship and corruption. Violence during the protests, …