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Cold War 2.0 isn’t about nuclear weapons
Salman Rafi Sheikh | Updated at 12:00am on April 07, 2021
THE so-called ‘Cold War 2.0’ brewing between the United States and China/Russia bears little resemblance to the post-World War II scenario. The present scenario is...
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Russia registers ‘world’s first’ COVID vaccine for animals
Agence France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 10:29pm on March 31, 2021
Russia announced Wednesday it had registered what it said was the world’s first coronavirus vaccine for animals, describing the step as important to disrupting mutations....
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Russia launches 38 satellites for 18 countries
Agence France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 10:01pm on March 22, 2021
A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday carrying 38 foreign satellites after takeoff was twice postponed due to...
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Indian to produce 200m Sputnik V vaccine units
Agence France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 04:22pm on March 19, 2021
The developer of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine said Friday it had signed a partnership with an India-based drugmaker for the production of 200 million...
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Biden says he agrees that Putin is a ‘killer’
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:51pm on March 17, 2021
President Joe Biden said he agrees with the assessment that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is a ‘killer.’ In an interview with ABC News broadcast...
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UK looks to Asia in post-Brexit foreign policy overhaul
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:53pm on March 16, 2021
Britain unveiled plans Tuesday to pivot its strategic focus towards Asia, counter Russia and controversially bolster its nuclear stockpile, in one of the biggest overhauls...
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Leaving Afghanistan by May 1?
Eve Ottenberg | Updated at 12:00am on March 15, 2021
WILL the US. military ever leave Afghanistan? The answer appears to be no. When the US military comes it stays. It’s been in Germany since...
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Star Wars fans build Mandalorian spaceship in Siberia
Agence France-Presse . Yakutsk | Updated at 09:02pm on March 14, 2021
Star Wars fans in Russia have built a giant replica of a spaceship from the spinoff series ‘The Mandalorian’ and installed it in a park...
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Russia detains dozens of politicians
Agence France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 10:39pm on March 13, 2021
Russian police on Saturday arrested dozens of opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a conference in Moscow, organisers and participants said. Participants from more than...
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ULAB inks deal with RUDN University
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:45pm on March 11, 2021
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding with Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, better known as RUDN University, at a ceremony on...