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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's former chief of staff faces arrest
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's former chief of staff faces arrest

KYIV, Ukraine: The country's anti-corruption court ordered the arrest of Andriy Yermak, a close associate of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...

CHINA-BEIJING-XINHUA-FU HUA-RUSSIA-NMG CEO-MEETING (CN)
CHINA-BEIJING-XINHUA-FU HUA-RUSSIA-NMG CEO-MEETING (CN)

(260519) -- BEIJING, May 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua meets with Svetlana Balanova, CEO of Russia's...

FIFA's empire of double standards: Why the 2026 World Cup is already a disaster
FIFA's empire of double standards: Why the 2026 World Cup is already a disaster

Russia was frozen out in the name of safety. So why is FIFA pushing ahead with a tournament hosted by nations directly involved in...

US blocks travelers from Ebola outbreak zones
US blocks travelers from Ebola outbreak zones

Washington has restricted entry from the DR Congo, Uganda and South Sudan in the wake of the WHO declaring a global health emergency...

CHINA-BEIJING-DING XUEXIANG-RUSSIAN FIRST DEPUTY PM-MEETING (CN)
CHINA-BEIJING-DING XUEXIANG-RUSSIAN FIRST DEPUTY PM-MEETING (CN)

(260519) -- BEIJING, May 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political...

Russian President Putin to attend BRICS summit in New Delhi this September, confirms Kremlin aide
Russian President Putin to attend BRICS summit in New Delhi this September, confirms Kremlin aide

Moscow [Russia], May 19 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the BRICS summit scheduled to be held in New Delhi later...

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William plans estate sales to invest £500 million in communities
William plans estate sales to invest £500 million in communities

LONDON, U.K.: Prince William plans to sell portions of the Duchy of Cornwall over the next decade to help finance more than £500 million...

Global oil stockpiles shrinking rapidly, IEA chief says
Global oil stockpiles shrinking rapidly, IEA chief says

PARIS, France: The head of the International Energy Agency warned on May 18 that commercial oil inventories are being depleted quickly...

Iranians step up negotiations, put forward revised terms
Iranians step up negotiations, put forward revised terms

TEHRAN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran has handed over its newest 14-point proposed plan for ending the war with the United States to mediator...

Tragedy in Maldives as 4 Italians go missing in underwater cave
Tragedy in Maldives as 4 Italians go missing in underwater cave

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Divers in the Maldives searched on May 16 for four Italian divers who are believed to have died inside an underwater...

Cuba's Raul Castro to be indicted by US for 1996 attack on aircraft
Cuba's Raul Castro to be indicted by US for 1996 attack on aircraft

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Cuba's Raul Castro may be indicted by the United States, a U.S. Department of ​Justice official said late on May...

North America’s largest commuter rail system shuts as unions strike
North America’s largest commuter rail system shuts as unions strike

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Unionized workers went on strike for the first time in three decades, bringing the Long Island Rail Road,...