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Russian rouble value dips ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
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What Russia’s Military Is Doing In This Strategic Syria Airport
Forbes
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A Russian military police armoured infantry vehicle (IFV) returning from a joint patrol with Turkish forces along the Syrian-Turkish border, drives along a roundabout near Qamishli airport in the northeastern Syrian city on April 9, 2020. (Photo...
UN plastic pollution talks end in ‘abject failure’ as negotiators reject draft treaties
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
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Russia advances at Stavki in Donetsk People’s Republic, Kiev beefs up defenses — expert
TASS
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August 15, 2025
LUGANSK, August 15. /TASS/. Russia has advanced near the settlement of Stavki in the Donetsk People's Republic, while the Ukrainian army is building defenses on this sector of the front, military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS. "In the course of...
Russian hackers lurked in US courts for years, took sealed files
The Malaysian Star
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August 15, 2025
Russian government hackers lurked in the records system of the US courts for years and stole sensitive documents that judges had ordered sealed from public view, according to two people familiar with the matter and a report seen by Bloomberg...
Plastic pollution treaty talks collapse with no deal
The Manila Times
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August 15, 2025
(UPDATE) GENEVA, Switzerland — Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart on Friday as countries failed to find consensus on how the world should tackle the ever-growing scourge. Negotiators from 185 nations...
What Russia’s war on Ukraine means for Central Asia
Atlantic Council
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August 15, 2025
No one knows yet how Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine will end. Already in its fourth year, the fighting and destruction has carried on without either side achieving a decisive victory or stalemate. What is already clear, however, is that...
Russia plans new blue-water warship
Defence Blog
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August 15, 2025
Russia is moving ahead with the design of a new ocean-going warship, according to Admiral Alexander Moiseev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. The vessel, described as a future “far ocean zone” (blue-water) combat platform, is expected to be...
Half Of Starlink Terminals Sent To Ukraine End Up In Russian-Held Areas: Watchdog
StratNews Global
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August 15, 2025
Home Russia Half Of Starlink Terminals Sent To Ukraine End Up In Russian-Held Areas:... Following Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, USAID collaborated with Musk’s SpaceX to deliver 5,175 Starlink terminals to Ukraine, ensuring...
Kim Jong Un urges full implementation of Russia-North Korea treaties
News.Az
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called on the parliaments of Russia and North Korea to ensure the full implementation of bilateral treaties, during a meeting with Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin in Pyongyang on Thursday. Kim...
Plastic pollution UN treaty talks collapse without agreement
Al Mayadeen
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August 15, 2025
This has exposed deep divisions between countries advocating bold action on plastic production and oil-producing states favoring a limited focus on waste. Efforts to forge a global treaty to combat plastic pollution ended on Friday without...
The Alaska Sale: Why Russia Sold It to the United States and How the Deal Is Viewed 158 Years Later
Pravda.ru
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August 15, 2025
The Alaska Sale: Why Russia Sold It to the United States and How the Deal Is Viewed 158 Years Later On March 30, 1867, the Russian Empire signed a treaty in Washington, D.C., selling Alaska to the United States. The transfer included the Alaska...
Russian, Sahel defense chiefs hold first consultations
Xinhua News Agency
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MOSCOW, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov on Thursday held talks with the defense ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, member states of the Confederation of Sahel States, the Russian Defense Ministry said on its...
Global plastic pollution treaty talks collapse over lack of consensus
The Express Tribune
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August 15, 2025
Talks aimed at striking a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution fell apart Friday as countries failed to find consensus on how the world should tackle the ever-growing scourge. Negotiators from 185 nations worked beyond Thursday's deadline...
U.S. Corporations Made a Killing in Soviet Russia After Lenin Exempted Many of Them From Nationalization Decrees—So Why Was There Ever a Cold War?
CovertAction Magazine
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August 15, 2025
[Source: mtviewmirror.com] As Cold War 2.0 heats up and places the world in peril of nuclear war, it is worthwhile to look back at the history of the original Cold War where Russophobia began to metastasize like a cancer in U.S. society. A new...
Macron and Zelensky to Meet After US-Russia Alaska Summit
Mezha
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August 15, 2025
According to the White House, talks between Trump and Putin will begin at 11:00 local time (22:00 Kyiv time) in Alaska’s largest city — Anchorage. French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed on a separate...
Anchorage summit appears to be part of Russia’s ongoing hybrid war
Alaska Beacon
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August 15, 2025
With President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to meet in Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to discuss bringing an end to the war in Ukraine, the optics could be setting the stage for a normalized U.S.-Russia energy...
Failed UN plastic pollution talks a missed chance, says Dutch Cabinet; Greenpeace agrees
NL Times
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August 15, 2025
Outgoing State Secretary for Environment Thierry Aartsen has spoken of his disappointment with the fact that 185 countries failed to reach an agreement to establish a binding international treaty to combat plastic pollution at the...
Ukraine strikes ship ‘carrying ammunition from Iran’ at Russian port on day of Trump-Putin summit
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
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University of Alaska dorms to host up to 750 Russian delegates in town for Trump-Putin summit
The Independent
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August 15, 2025
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