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US and Russia clash over responsibility for missile strike

Editorial Bureau November 17, 2022

The U.S. and its Western allies clashed with Russia at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday over responsibility for a deadly missile strike in Poland near the Ukrainian border, an event the U.N. political chief called “a frightening reminder of the absolute need to prevent any further

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Chagall painting stolen by Nazis sells for $7.4 mn at US auction

Editorial Bureau November 16, 2022

A painting by Marc Chagall, which was among 15 works stolen by Nazis and eventually returned by France to the heirs of the affected families, sold for $7.4 million at auction in New York Tuesday. The sale at the Phillips auction house was part of the fall auction season, which sees major industry players sell […]

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Leaders quietly work to ramp up pressure on N. Korea at G-20

Editorial Bureau November 16, 2022

With all the big issues dominating this week’s meeting of leaders of the world’s biggest economies — war, famine, and poverty, to name a few — there’s been little public discussion of North Korea and its pursuit of nuclear-armed missiles. That’s been the pattern for much of this year, despite North Korea testing dozens of […]

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Poland: Russian-made missile fell on our country, killing 2

Editorial Bureau November 16, 2022

Poland said early Wednesday that a Russian-made missile fell in the country’s east, killing two people, though U.S. President Joe Biden said it was “unlikely” it was fired from Russia. The blast, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decried as “a very significant escalation,” prompted Biden to call an emergency meeting of G-7 and NATO leaders. […]

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Families reunited following Russian retreat in Ukraine

Editorial Bureau November 15, 2022

 Relatives embraced in the middle of the road. They squeezed hands and choked back tears. Others sobbed outside their homes. All had yearned for this exact moment — to be reunited with their loved ones after Russian troops retreat from their villages in southern Ukraine. Families were torn apart when Russia invaded in February, as some fled […]

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Russian atrocities in Kherson region are the same as other regions: Zelensky

Editorial Bureau November 14, 2022

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Ukrainian forces that retook the city of Kherson found evidence of new war crimes by Russian occupiers. “The Russian army left behind the same atrocities as in other regions of our country,” he said in a nightly address. “Investigators have already documented more than 400 war crimes,” the Ukrainian […]

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Ukraine war, tensions with China loom over big Bali summit

Editorial Bureau November 13, 2022

 A showdown between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin isn’t happening, but the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing tensions between China and the West will be at the fore when leaders of the world’s biggest economies gather in tropical Bali this week. The Group of 20 members begin talks on the Indonesian […]

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Southeast Asian leaders call for unity amid global tensions

Editorial Bureau November 13, 2022

 Cambodian leader Hun Sen called for unity Sunday, telling a gathering including Russia, China and the United States that current global tensions have been taking a toll on everyone. The prime minister, whose country holds the rotating chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, said at the opening of the East Asia Summit that […]

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Ukraine FM: Moscow playing ‘hunger games’ with world

Editorial Bureau November 12, 2022

Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba pressed Southeast Asian countries for political and material support in his county’s fight against Russia while accusing Moscow on Saturday of playing “hunger games” with the world by holding up shipments of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products. Kuleba told reporters on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian

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Italy refused, France allows a migrant rescue ship to dock.

Editorial Bureau November 11, 2022

France warned Italy of “severe consequences” as it was set to take in on Friday a charity ship carrying more than 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean who were denied entry by Rome. The Ocean Viking ship had initially sought access to Italy’s coast, which is closest to where the migrants were picked up, saying […]