President of France Emmanuel Macron arrived in Uzbekistan on an official visit on Wednesday, the Uzbek government’s press service said. Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov met Macron at Samarkand International Airport, the press service said in a statement. “Later today, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev will meet with Macron on Samarkand’s historic square of Registan,”…
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More than a dozen iPhones across India buzzed with the same message earlier this week. Each notification sounded its own little alarm, but was amplified many times over when the targets identified themselves publicly. Most were prominent political opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party. The warning on their phones, sent…
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After eight years of pumping out vitriol against opponents of Poland’s governing party, state-controlled television has rallied to an unlikely new cause: a free media and fair play. Unsettled by the election this month of a new Parliament controlled by political forces it previously vilified, Poland’s main public broadcaster last week set up a telephone…
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The transfer of ArcelorMittal Temirtau’s assets to Kazakhstan is expected to be completed by the end of November, Kazakh Industry and Construction Minister Kanat Sharlapayev said. “We’re targeting the timeframe for the end of November,” Sharlapayev told reporters, speaking about when the transaction to nationalize the steelmaker, which is now owned by steel multinational ArcelorMittal,…
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Americans spend a lot of time on social media, and this term the Supreme Court will do the same. Over the next few months — beginning Tuesday — the court will hear a series of cases requiring it to resolve First Amendment questions arising out of the role that major social media platforms play in…
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China’s Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs, Li Hui, could not take part in a meeting of national security advisers and diplomatic representatives to discuss the Ukrainian Peace Formula in Malta due to the discrepancy between his own schedule and the time of the event, said Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of the President’s Office. “China’s Special…
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decree No. 714/2023 on the appointment of Andriy Yanevsky to the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Denmark, according to a document on the president’s website. The decree comes into force on the date of promulgation. Previously, Yanevsky held the position of head…
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Deputy Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Olena Kondratiuk announced the adoption of the final Declaration for a free America, which for the first time in Latin America included a separate paragraph expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine, support for the Peace Formula of the President of Ukraine and condemning Russian aggression against…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking via video link at a meeting of the European Council on Thursday, called on EU states, including G-7 and G-20 partners, to work to lower the price ceiling for Russian oil and to strengthen the mechanisms for ensuring it. “You should pay attention to the current price ceiling for Russian…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking via video link at a meeting of the European Council on Thursday, called on European states to expand long-term support programs for Ukraine. “In a confrontation like the one Russia has unleashed, the winner is the one who proposes a long-term strategy. Russia must understand that its aggressive ambitions will…
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