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Taipei residents split on Nancy Pelosi visit
The highest-level U.S. visit to Taiwan since 1997.
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Steven Seagal spotted serving as Russian spokesperson in Ukraine
The has-been action star has been a Russian citizen since 2016.
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State Department tells families of U.S. personnel to leave Belarus as Russian presence increases
The U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. says Russia could send as many as 25,000 additional troops to the Belarus-Ukraine border early this month
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Russia poised to strengthen military-technical cooperation with Latin American dictatorships
Two weeks ago, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov neither ruled out nor confirmed an eventual deployment of Russian military infrastructure in Cuba and Venezuela
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Russia drafts 134,500 conscripts but claims they won't fight in Ukraine
While Western officials have warned that Russia is regrouping and expect hostilities to continue, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said that none of the new conscripts would be sent to any “hot spots"
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Europe may lose Russian gas if it does not pay in rubles, warns Moscow
Russia said it still expects the European countries who sanctioned it over the invasion of Ukraine to pay for gas exports in rubles instead of euros by the Mar. 31 deadline, despite objections from Western nations
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Turkish President Erdoğan says Russia and Ukraine have come to an agreement on major issues
Turkish president reports that there "is almost a consensus" on key issues
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China defends Russia's interests, avoids calling its military action an 'invasion'
China Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that it respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations, but added that Beijing could see “complicated and specific” historical questions at play in Ukraine.
Pope Francis suggests Ukraine war was 'perhaps provoked in some way'
He also said that the war in Ukraine, along with other conflicts around the world, means that "World War III has been declared"