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Japan's rice crisis: Prices soar, supplies dwindle and a minister resigns
Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain ...
Putin visits Kursk region bordering Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin visited Russia's Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces ...
A political prisoner dies in Belarusian prison, human rights activists say
A human rights group says a Belarusian man has died in prison while serving a prison sentence for insulting the country’s ...
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Putin visits Kursk region following Moscow’s claim that it drove out Ukrainian forces
President Vladimir Putin visited Russia's Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces ...
What to know about the battle for Russia's Kursk region
Russia has announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the Kursk region, nearly nine months after losing chunks of the ...
Ukraine dismisses Russian claims of full control over Kursk Oblast, says fighting ongoing
"The statements by representatives of (Russia) about the alleged end of combat operations in Kursk Oblast do not reflect the ...
Putin Visits Kursk for First Time Since Russia Drove Out Ukrainian Forces
The Russian leader traveled to the region in the west of the country where a surprise incursion last year embarrassed Moscow.
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Putin Signals Defiance in First Kursk Visit Since Recapture, Kyiv Vows to Hold Border Line
Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to the Kursk region since Moscow declared Ukrainian forces expelled ...
Russia’s invasion united different parts of Ukraine against a common enemy – 3 years on, that unanimity still holds
Ukraine has a sizable minority of Russian speakers, largely in the east. They also overwhelmingly blame Russia for ...
War in Ukraine rages on as Putin's 3-day ceasefire nears: updates in maps
Putin last week declared a three-day ceasefire over May 8-10 to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany in World War Two. But the pause comes amid ...