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Blinken Visits China to Manage Tensions but Increase Pressure

par This Is Beirut, 24/04 14:27 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US Secretary of State Blinken visited China on Wednesday, as the US seeks to increase pressure over Ukraine and Fentanyl, while simultaneously managing tensions ahead of November's upcoming election. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned Wednesday to China on his second visit in one year, as the United States ramps up pressure on its ...

Russia, Ukraine to Exchange Displaced Children After Rare Talks

par This Is Beirut, 24/04 19:44 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russia and Ukraine agreed in a Qatari-brokered deal to exchange almost 50 children displaced by Moscow's invasion, the Kremlin's children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova announced in Doha on Wednesday. Moscow has been accused of forcibly taking Ukrainian children into Russian territory during its full-scale offensive, with Lvova-Belova ...

Macron Warns 'Mortal' Europe Needs Stronger Defense

par This Is Beirut, 25/04 15:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that Europe faces an existential threat from Russian aggression, calling on the continent to adopt a "credible" defense strategy less dependent on the United States. He described Russia's behavior after its invasion of Ukraine as "uninhibited" and said it was no longer clear where Moscow's ...

Pentagon Chief Calls for Additional Patriot Systems for Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 30/04 20:30 - Reading : less than a minute

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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that he has been encouraging countries with Patriot missile systems to donate them to Ukraine, which appealed for more of the air defense batteries. "There are countries that have Patriots, and so what we're doing is continuing to engage those countries," Austin told a House Armed Services ...

US Sanctions Suppliers in Russia, China over Ukraine War

par This Is Beirut, 01/05 21:47 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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United States officials on Wednesday announced fresh sanctions aimed at crippling Russia's military and industrial capabilities, punishing companies in China and elsewhere that help Moscow acquire weapons for its war in Ukraine. In a sweeping package announced by the US Treasury Department, Washington targeted nearly 300 entities in Russia, ...

Macron Doesn't Rule out Troops for Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 02/05 15:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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French President Emmanuel Macron, in an interview with The Economist published on Thursday, reaffirmed that he hasn't ruled out sending troops to Ukraine. He emphasized that such a decision would arise "legitimately" if Russia breached Ukrainian front lines and if Kyiv requested assistance. The interview followed a keynote speech he delivered ...

France Estimates 150,000 Russian Soldiers Were Killed in Ukraine War

par This Is Beirut, 03/05 21:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France estimates that 150,000 Russian soldiers have been killed during Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné said in an interview published on Friday. Speaking to Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe, Séjourné said Paris estimated total Russian casualties, including the wounded, at 500,000 in the war, ...

Moscow Adds Zelensky to Criminal ‘Wanted’ List

par This Is Beirut, 04/05 17:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russia has added Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to its list of wanted criminals, a government database showed on Saturday. Zelensky appeared in the Russian Interior Ministry's "wanted" list, an online database of alleged criminals sought by the authorities. It stated that the Ukrainian leader was wanted "under an article of the criminal ...

Macron Hosts Xi Jinping in France

par This Is Beirut, 05/05 18:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Xi Jinping arrived in Paris on Sunday, where his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron intends to advocate trade "reciprocity" and the search for a resolution to the war in Ukraine, in the face of a Chinese president who continues to show his support for Russia. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in France on Sunday, on a state visit hosted by ...

Russia Threatens UK Military in Ukraine 'and Beyond'

par This Is Beirut, 06/05 18:22 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Moscow said on Monday that it could launch strikes at British military targets inside Ukraine and elsewhere if Kyiv's forces used British-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russia. The statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry came after British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said during a visit to Ukraine that Kyiv "absolutely has ...

Hundreds Evacuate From Kharkiv After Russian Offensive

par This Is Beirut, 11/05 11:08 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hundreds of people were evacuated from areas near the Russian border in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, the regional governor said Saturday, a day after Moscow launched a surprise ground offensive. "A total of 1,775 people have been evacuated," governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on social media, adding that there had been Russian artillery and mortar ...

Thousands Flee Russian Strikes in Ukraine's Kharkiv

par This Is Beirut, 12/05 13:14 - Reading : 2 minute(s)