Putin rejects Zelensky meeting abroad, insists on Moscow venue

Putin rejects Zelensky meeting abroad, insists on Moscow venue

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected calls for a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at a negotiating venue abroad. If Zelensky wants…

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Kremlin says NATO troops in Ukraine pose a threat to Moscow

Kremlin says NATO troops in Ukraine pose a threat to Moscow

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways Moscow on Friday rejected the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine, even after a potential peace deal with Kiev. “We would recognize it as…

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Has India ‘weaponised water’ to deliberately flood Pakistan?

Has India ‘weaponised water’ to deliberately flood Pakistan?

Islamabad, Pakistan – For the second time in three years, catastrophic monsoon floods have carved a path of destruction across Pakistan’s north and central regions, particularly in its Punjab province, submerging villages, drowning farmland, displacing millions and killing hundreds. This year, India – Pakistan’s archrival and a nuclear-armed neighbour – is also reeling. Its northern…

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Israel takes 40% of Gaza City with eyes on military rule in forceful new offensive

Israel takes 40% of Gaza City with eyes on military rule in forceful new offensive

Israel has 40% control of Gaza City, and the Israel Defense Forces are preparing to seize the entire area, an Israeli military spokesperson confirmed Thursday. Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin told reporters at a news briefing his forces had already secured large neighborhoods in its latest offensive. “We continue to damage Hamas’ infrastructure,” he said. “Today,…

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Colombia’s Constitutional Court upholds bullfighting ban and adds cockfighting prohibition

Colombia’s Constitutional Court upholds bullfighting ban and adds cockfighting prohibition

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a 2024 law banning bullfights in the South American country, and it went further in protecting animal rights by adding a national prohibition of cockfighting. The bullfighting ban was approved by Colombia’s Congress in May 2024, after months of heated debates, and when President Gustavo…

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How many Palestinian detainees from Gaza does Israel think are fighters?

How many Palestinian detainees from Gaza does Israel think are fighters?

Israeli military intelligence believes that only a quarter of the Palestinian detainees from Gaza held by Israel are fighters, according to a joint investigation released on Thursday by the Israeli-Palestinian magazine +972, the Hebrew-language magazine Local Call, and the British newspaper The Guardian. Among those detained are thousands arrested under Israel’s 2002 Unlawful Combatants legislation, which…

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Mali files ICJ case against Algeria over the destruction of a military reconnaissance drone

Mali files ICJ case against Algeria over the destruction of a military reconnaissance drone

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali’s transitional government said Thursday it has filed a case against Algeria at the International Court of Justice, accusing its neighbor of “premeditated destruction” of a Malian military reconnaissance drone. Mali’s Ministry of Territorial Administration said in a statement that Algeria destroyed a Malian drone on the night of March 31…

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