Hundreds of people including Russian and US astronauts and top officials bid farewell Tuesday to Alexei Leonov, a legendary Soviet cosmonaut who was the first man to perform a spacewalk.Thomas Stafford, an 89-year-old retired NASA astronaut, Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to travel into space, and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu were among those gathered outside Moscow to pay their last respects to the Soviet space icon.
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Oct 15, 2019
A Deepfake video has been made by morphing a clipping of Zuckerberg’s 2017 video address on Russian election propaganda on Facebook.
Ruchi Madan
Oct 15, 2019
Putin's visit to Abu Dhabi comes a day after a trip to UAE ally Riyadh
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Oct 15, 2019
Navalny and his allies organised protests after opposition politicians were barred from standing in the Moscow parliament election in September
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Oct 15, 2019
The company owned by Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani was forced to cap crude imports from Venezuela in March
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Oct 15, 2019
The United States slapped sanctions on Turkey Monday as it demanded an end to the deadly incursion against Syrian Kurdish fighters, accusing its NATO partner of putting civilians at risk and allowing the release of Islamic State extremists.The actions came hours after Syrian regime troops returned for the first time in years to northeastern parts of the country, invited by Kurdish fighters desperate for protection as the United States pulls out.
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Oct 14, 2019
An asteroid rapidly moving towards Earth has been detected by NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS.) Based on the size of the approaching asteroid, there’s a chance it might explode in the air if it ends up hitting Earth.
Inigo Monzon
Oct 14, 2019
Hotfoot from success in Shanghai Daniil Medvedev arrives back in Moscow
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Oct 14, 2019
Turkish soldiers and Turkey-backed Syrian fighters gather on the northern outskirts of the Syrian city of Manbij
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Oct 14, 2019
US President Donald Trump has authorized sanctions and imposed steel tariffs against Turkey
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Oct 14, 2019
Trump says he's good with Russia moving in to fill the void left by the U.S. troop pullout in northern Syria.
Marcy Kreiter
Oct 14, 2019
Both parties in Congress might come together to sanction Turkey for its offensive against Kurdish groups in northern Syria.
Wesley Dockery
Oct 14, 2019
Yet another front opened in Syria's war when Turkey launched an assault last week targeting Kurdish forces
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Oct 14, 2019
Ukrainian nationalist demonstrators called for victory in the five-year war against Moscow-backed separatists
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Oct 14, 2019
Turkish troops with American-made M60 tanks move near the village of Qirata in Syria
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Oct 14, 2019
With Turkey's assault and the US pullout from Syria, the dream of Kurdish autonomy may have come to a screeching halt
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Oct 14, 2019
"We also must strengthen our laws to ensure that no future president can ever again use the office for personal gain," the proposal says.
Marcy Kreiter
Oct 14, 2019
NASA has spotted an asteroid that will dangerously approach Earth at a distance much closer than the Moon. If the approaching asteroid ends up hitting the planet, it will most likely create a huge explosion in the sky.
Inigo Monzon
Oct 13, 2019
U.S. Army officers say its clear Turkey wants to expel all U.S. military forces from northern Syria.
Arthur Villasanta
Oct 13, 2019
NASA’s asteroid tracker has detected a space rock that’s currently headed towards Earth. According to the space agency’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the asteroid is approaching Earth at a speed of almost 24,000 miles per hour.
Inigo Monzon
Oct 13, 2019
Gareth Bale scored as Wales held Croatia to a 1-1 draw
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Oct 13, 2019
"We will absolutely work with Saudi Arabia and our other partners and friends in the Arab world... to reduce to zero any attempt to destabilise the oil market," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Arabic-language news channels
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Oct 13, 2019