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Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to visit Ukraine as US-Russia tensions escalate-
By Associated Press WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ukraine this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...

Environment Minister-
By Associated Press TOKYO: Japan will gradually phase out coal plants over the next two decades while developing new technologies ...

Pope Francis’ right-hand man tests positive for Covid-
By AFP VATICAN CITY: The Vatican’s top diplomat and adviser to Pope Francis, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, has tested positive for ...

Norwegian mass killer Breivik appears before parole hearing-
By Associated Press SKIEN: Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in massacres in Norway in 2011, ...

Israel extends detention of Palestinian teenager with rare neuromuscular disorder-
By Associated Press JERUSALEM: Israel has extended the detention of a Palestinian teenager with a rare neuromuscular disorder who has ...

Spaniard said to be world’s oldest man dies at 112-
By Associated Press MADRID: Saturnino de la Fuente, a Spaniard described by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest man, ...

Colombia’s Ingrid Betancourt, a hostage for six years, announces presidential run-
By Associated Press BOGOTA: Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, who was held as a hostage for six years by Colombia’s largest ...

Russia sends more troops westward amid tensions with Ukraine
Russia is sending troops from the country’s far east to Belarus for major war games, officials said Tuesday, a deployment ...

UK plan to curb protests faces opposition in Parliament-
By Associated Press LONDON: Britain’s Conservative government has suffered a setback in Parliament in its attempt to give authorities stronger ...

Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi eyes comeback after ‘bunga bunga’ scandal
Billionaire media mogul Silvio Berlusconi has been in and out of the hospital in recent years, and in and out ...