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A police convoy escorts two buses with tinted windows from the high-security prison of Lefortovo in Moscow as a long-awaited exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev gets underway

Russia, Ukraine swap prisoners in landmark 'first step' to ease tensions

Russia and Ukraine made a long-awaited swap of 70 prisoners on Saturday, a deal hailed as a first step towards ending five years of tensions and conflict.Two planes carrying 35 prisoners from each side landed simultaneously in Moscow and Kiev, where the passengers emerged under sunny skies."We have taken the first step," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the tarmac after greeting and hugging former detainees. "We have to take all the steps to finish this horrible war."
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58-Year-Old Transgender Woman Granted Long-Term Residency In Japan

Japan has issued the country’s first long-term residential visa to a transgender person, said the woman’s lawyer, Miho Kumazawa. Such visas are normally awarded to foreigners who marry a Japanese citizen but because Japan does not recognize same-sex marriages, the woman was not legally married.

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