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Realpolitik dictates Russia-West feud over WWII memories
Cui Heng MOSCOW: On June 24, 1945, former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin stood on top of Vladimir Lenin’s tomb and watched Marshal Georgy Zhukov review the ground armored force that defeated Nazi Germany. That was the most glorious moment in the Soviet history. On the same day 75 years later, Russia held a military parade to commemorate...
Three die, hundreds evacuated in Ukraine flooding
…read more Source:: AKIpress News Agency
Bad weather in Ukraine leaves 285 populated areas flooded, 64 bridges destroyed
KYIV. KAZINFORM – Heavy rainfall on June 22-24 caused floods in Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Zakarpattia and Ternopil regions, Kazinform reports citing Ukrinform. …read more Source::...
Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 9.46 million, death toll over 482,000
At least 9,469,316 people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 482,389 have died, a Reuters tally showed. More than 9.44 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 481,672 have died, a Reuters tally showed. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS At least 2,357,045 cases of the highly...
President Trump says US moving troops to Poland after meeting with Poland’s Duda
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: The US president was speaking on Wednesday as he hosted Polish leader Andrzej Duda at the White House just four days ahead of the European nation’s election. “We are going to be reducing our forces in Germany” from 52,000 to 25,000 troops, Trump said after an Oval Office meeting with his populist ally Duda. “Some...
France's Macron to discuss security with Putin on June 26
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss security issues including Ukraine, Libya and Iran with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in a video call on Friday, the Elysee Palace said. …read more Source:: The...
Ukraine to open more hospitals to coronavirus cases amid surge
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine is opening more of its hospitals to coronavirus cases as the institutions initially chosen to accept patients no longer have enough beds to cope with a surge in infections, the health minister said on Wednesday. …read more Source:: The...
Three die, hundreds evacuated in Ukraine flooding
KYIV (Reuters) – Torrential rains in Ukraine have killed three people, forced hundreds from their homes and cut off villages in western regions, authorities said on Wednesday. …read more Source:: The...
Russia was Azerbaijan’s top export market among CIS countries in January-May 2020
Russia was Azerbaijan’s top export market in the fist five months of this year, according to the State Customs Committee.Official statistics suggests that Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were the largest export destinations of Azerbaijan among the CIS member states …read more Source:: Azerbaijan State News...
Kazakhstan Celebrates Medical Workers Day With Special Recognition From President, Nation, Non-Governmental Organizations (Video)
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Kazakhstan celebrated June 21 Medical Workers Day, the third Sunday of June. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev congratulated Kazakh medical workers with their professional holiday and decreed to award the most distinguished medical workers with medals and...
