Vitaly Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring
Getty ImagesRussia has continued to make billions from fossil fuel…
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How the West is helping Russia to fund its war on Ukraine
Getty ImagesIn the fourth year of its full-scale invasion, Russia is still making billions for its war on Ukraine by selling fossil fuels abroad -
Federal appeals court temporarily reinstates Trump tariffs | International Trade News
A federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated (PDF) US President Donald Trump’s tariffs a day after a trade court ruled that it exceeded the authorities granted to the president.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs raped and attacked ex-assistant, she tells court
A former assistant of rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has told a New York court that he repeatedly sexually assaulted her while she was employed by him for eight years.
The witness – who testified anonymously under the pseudonym “Mia” – also…
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85 Iranian cyberattacks linked to killing plots foiled in 2025, Israel says
Israel has thwarted 85 Iranian cyberattacks aiming to gather intelligence for top level assassinations in the country, according to the Shin Bet intelligence agency.
With the aim of infiltrating phones and computers to gather sensitive…
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‘This must stop now’: UN food body condemns RSF attacks on Sudan premises | Sudan war News
Aid workers are also having to cope with a wave of cholera outbreaks in war-torn Sudan.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has said it is “shocked and alarmed” that its premises in southwestern Sudan have been hit by repeated shelling from the…
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Students bear the brunt of China-US crossfire
Getty ImagesThere are about 280,000 Chinese students studying in the US Xiao Chen turned up at the US Consulate in Shanghai on Thursday morning, hours after Washington announced that it would “aggressively” revoke the visas of Chinese students.
The…
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Chinese students in US grapple with uncertainty over Trump’s visa policies | Donald Trump News
Washington, DC – For Anson, hearing the news that Chinese student visas were the latest target of US President Donald Trump’s administration was “heartbreaking”.
The Chinese graduate student, who is studying foreign service at Georgetown…
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Nobel laureate slams UNICEF’s Iran office for silence on child rights
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has accused UNICEF of failing to fulfill its responsibilities in Iran, citing what she called the organization’s inaction in response to the execution of minors and the authorities’ targeting of…
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EU sanctions Syrias HTS over killings’, US consortium inks $7bn deal
The EU has imposed sanctions on the Syrian military dominated by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants for their role in the massacre of Alawite civilians on the country’s coast earlier this year.
According to…
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Israel orders closure of al-Awda Hospital, a ‘lifeline’ in north Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Israel has ordered the closure of al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, leaving health officials scrambling to relocate dozens of people who remain at the medical facility, as deadly bombardment and starvation rack the besieged enclave.
At least 70…
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