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Ukraine war is not all good news for arms industry

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Dec 05 08:31 AM

The world's top 100 arms producers continued to increase sales in 2021, but supply chain issues have slowed growth in the sector, according to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Read more »

Love behind bars: the Russian imprisoned poet and his fiancee

Romain Colas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 05 04:02 AM

In a Moscow prison where he is held for reciting an anti-war poem in public, Artyom Kamardin scribbled some hearts in a letter to his girlfriend Alexandra Popova. Read more »

Russia denounces oil price cap agreed by EU, G7

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 08:31 AM

Russia on Saturday denounced a $60 price cap on its oil agreed by the EU, G7 and Australia, even as Ukraine suggested it was not tough enough and might have to be revisited. Read more »

G-7 to set $60 per barrel oil price cap to hit Russia's war chest

Kyodo News
Updated as of Dec 03 05:08 PM

The Group of Seven nations, the European Union and Australia plan to cap the price of Russian oil at $60 per barrel. Read more »

Russia rejects Biden terms for Ukraine talks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 06:31 PM

The Kremlin on Friday rejected US President Joe Biden's terms for Ukraine talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying Moscow's offensive will continue. Read more »

Up to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed since Russian invasion: Zelensky aide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 11:28 AM

As many as 13,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia's invasion in February, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Read more »

Ukraine to limit Moscow-linked religious groups: Zelensky

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 08:03 AM

Ukraine will move to impose limitations on religious organisations in the country which have links to Russia. Read more »

Biden ready to speak to Putin 'if he is looking for way to end the war'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 06:03 AM

At a joint news conference with Macron, Biden said he had no immediate plans to contact Putin but left open the possibility. Read more »

Suspected cyberattack hits Vatican website

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 01 10:54 AM

The Vatican website was inaccessible Wednesday evening, the Holy See press service said, in a suspected cyberattack. Read more »

'Come to Ukraine', Zelensky tells Musk after controversial peace proposal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 01 08:05 AM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday criticised US billionaire Elon Musk's proposal to end Russia's offensive in Ukraine and invited him to visit his war-scarred country. Read more »

South Korea scrambles jets after Chinese, Russian warplanes approach

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 06:59 PM

South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets Wednesday as 6 Russian and 2 Chinese warplanes entered its air defense zone without notice. Read more »

Macron kicks off US visit, with trade dispute looming

Francesco Fontemaggi and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 02:54 PM

French President Macron was set to meet President Biden, at the start of a state visit highlighting strategic ties and fears of a trade war. Read more »

Ukraine urges allies to speed up support for winter of war

Max Delany and Léon Bruneau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 12:45 PM

Ukraine urged NATO members to speed up weapons deliveries and help restore its shattered power grid. Read more »

China's nuclear arsenal to more than triple by 2035: Pentagon

W.G. Dunlop, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 06:31 AM

China's nuclear arsenal is likely to more than triple to 1,500 warheads by 2035, the Pentagon said in a Tuesday report. Read more »

Russian targeting of Ukraine energy is 'war crime': Germany

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 10:16 PM

"Systematic destruction of the heating and electricity supply" ahead of the coldest months of the year was a "terrible war crime", Buschmann told reporters. Read more »

Canada to summon Russian envoy over 'hateful' LGBTQ tweets

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 08:30 AM

Canada's foreign minister on Monday ordered her officials to summon Russia's ambassador in Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov, over a series of "hateful" anti-LGBTQ tweets including one aimed at an openly lesbian federal minister. Read more »

Nobel Peace laureate calls for weapons to free Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 05:13 AM

In an unusual move for a Nobel Peace laureate, the head of one of this year's prizewinning organizations on Monday called for weapons to help Ukraine defend itself and stop the atrocities. Read more »

NATO alliance works to reinforce its eastern flank

Deutsche Welle
Updated as of Nov 29 07:23 AM

It's no coincidence that Romania is where the foreign ministers of the 30 NATO countries are meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. Read more »

Russian soldier mothers challenge Putin

Romain Colas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 09:03 PM

Anger and concern have built across Russia since September. Read more »

A 'barbed wire curtain': Poland fortifies its border with Russia

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Nov 25 09:23 AM

Poland is building a razor wire fence on its border with Kaliningrad to keep out migrants and make locals feel safer. Read more »