Russian forces said they had captured the Black Sea port of Kherson on Wednesday as Russian and Ukrainian troops battled for Kharkiv, the country's second-biggest city, and #Ukraine's president said Moscow wanted to "erase" his country - latest
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#BREAKING OPEC+ members hold firm on modest oil output increase despite prices spiralling
#BREAKING Everton suspend sponsorship agreements with companies of Russian billionaire Usmanov - club #AFPSports
#BREAKING Ukraine war impact on US economy 'highly uncertain', central bank will 'need to be nimble' in responding: Fed's Powell
#BREAKING Ukraine invites mothers to 'collect' captured Russian troops in Kyiv: defence ministry
#UPDATE Premier League club Everton said on Wednesday they were suspending with "immediate effect" sponsorship agreements with three companies in which Russian billionaire Alisher #Usmanov has a stake following Russia's invasion of #Ukraineu.afp.com/wdGg#AFPSports
VIDEO: 🇲🇩🇺🇦 Ukrainians fleeing conflict in their country wait for a bus to Moldova's capital Chisinau on Wednesday after crossing the Ukraine-Moldova border near the town of #Palanca. UNHCR figures show that 65,000 people have fled to Moldova from Ukraine
#BREAKING EU sanctions 22 Belarus military officers over Ukraine invasion: official
#BREAKING US President Biden says sanctions against Russian oil imports not 'off the table'
#BREAKING US Justice Department launches task force to pursue 'corrupt Russian oligarchs'
#UPDATE Russian forces shelled several Ukrainian cities on Wednesday as troops battled in the streets of #Kharkiv and Ukraine's president accused Moscow of wanting to "erase our country" ▶️ u.afp.com/wdpQ
#BREAKING Ex-Soviet republic Georgia to 'immediately' apply for EU membership: ruling party
#BREAKING Ukraine UN envoy accuses Russia of seeking to commit 'genocide'
#BREAKING Russian negotiator says ceasefire on agenda at Ukraine talks
#BREAKING Ukraine delegation expected for talks Thursday, says Russian official
#BREAKING Ukraine delegation on its way for talks with Russia on Poland-Belarus border: Kyiv
#BREAKING Moscow says 498 Russian troops killed in Ukraine, in first death toll since invasion
#BREAKING UN General Assembly 'demands' Russia withdraw from Ukraine
#BREAKING US announces new sanctions on Belarus, Russian defense sector
#UPDATE US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the launch of a multi-agency task force to pursue "corrupt Russian oligarchs" and violators of sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine u.afp.com/wdMd
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#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub