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KYIV, April 10 (Reuters) – Ukrainian officials urged Russia on Friday to extend a ceasefire it announced for Orthodox Easter this weekend and restart talks to end the war, but people on the streets of Kyiv and Moscow doubted it would lead to lasting peace. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 32-hour ceasefire…
BEIJING — China’s ties with countries such as Iran and Russia have raised expectations of a bigger diplomatic role, but Beijing remains focused on protecting its own domestic interests, including global exports. That stance underpins Beijing’s circumspect acknowledgment of reports that it pushed Iran toward this week’s temporary ceasefire. A New York Times report cited…
ALMATY, April 10 (Reuters) – Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the president of Kazakhstan, said on Friday that a parliamentary election in the resource-rich Central Asian country would take place in August, but stopped short of naming an exact date. Kazakhs in March voted overwhelmingly in favour of adopting a new constitution to streamline the country’s parliament and…
MOSCOW, April 10 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that a visit to the United States by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special investment envoy did not mean that negotiations on a possible peace deal in Ukraine had resumed. Reuters reported on Thursday, citing sources with knowledge of the visit, that Kirill Dmitriev, Putin’s envoy,…
April 10 (Reuters) – Russia will never abandon or betray Cuba and plans to help the Communist island tackle energy issues linked to a U.S. embargo, a Russian deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying early on Friday after talks in Havana. Sergei Ryabkov, quoted by Russian news agencies at a news conference in the…
April 9 (Reuters) – Three Russian ministers arrived in the Caucasus region of Dagestan on Thursday to oversee the emergency response to floods that have killed six people, left communities under water, and prompted the evacuation of thousands, Interfax news agency said. The Russian government said Emergencies Minister Alexander Kurenkov toured stricken areas and was…
LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) – Russian human rights group Memorial was designated as an “extremist” movement on Thursday at a closed-door hearing of the Supreme Court, state news agency TASS said. The ruling – the latest in a sweeping, years-long crackdown on free speech in Russia – provides a legal mechanism for authorities to prosecute…
Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, after repeated efforts to water down the proposal in the hope that the two countries would abstain 17:04, 07 Apr 2026Updated 18:04, 07 Apr 2026 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in July 2024(Image: POOL/AFP…
BUDAPEST, April 7 (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban offered last year to help Russian President Vladimir Putin “in any way”, such as by hosting a summit in Budapest to settle the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg News reported, citing the transcript of a phone call. A Hungarian government spokesman did not immediately respond to…