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White House Says Has No Planned Biden-Xi Meetings to Preview

White House Says Has No Planned Biden-Xi Meetings to Preview

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The White House has no meetings between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to announce at present,...
US Seeks to Control Oil-Rich Iraq Even 20 Years After Invasion: Russian Ambassador

US Seeks to Control Oil-Rich Iraq Even 20 Years After Invasion:...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States continues to seek full control over oil-rich Iraq even 20 years after the invasion, Russian Ambassador to the...
Sweden Steps Up Border Controls Including Due to Quran Burning Incident – Foreign Ministry

Sweden Steps Up Border Controls Including Due to Quran Burning Incident...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Swedish Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that the government had decided to strengthen security and border control in the country...
US Arming Daesh in Syria With Chemical Weapons – Russian Intel

US Arming Daesh in Syria With Chemical Weapons – Russian Intel

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US administration is doing everything to disrupt the process of normalization between Syria and other Arab nations, the Russian Foreign...
McConnell: Debt Ceiling Solution Measure Must Come From US House – Not Senate

McConnell: Debt Ceiling Solution Measure Must Come From US House –...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - A solution to the political conflict over raising the national debt ceiling must come from the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives...
Moscow: Company Affected by Sanctions to De-Facto Manage Foreign Assets in Russia

Moscow: Company Affected by Sanctions to De-Facto Manage Foreign Assets in...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The management of the foreign assets transferred to Russia’s Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) will de-facto be carried out...
Didi plans to launch online feeding service in Japan next year to challenge Uber

Didi plans to launch online feeding service in Japan next year...

Didi Chuxing will be launched in Japan in 2020 online feeding service, its experience in the taxi software to make full use of the...
Turkish Presidential Election: Erdogan Leading Over Kilicdaroglu as 50% of Ballots Counted

Turkish Presidential Election: Erdogan Leading Over Kilicdaroglu as 50% of Ballots...

ANKARA (Sputnik) - Incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently ahead of opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the presidential election as vote counting...
Terrorist Attack in Russia's Bryansk Region to Be Investigated: Kremlin

Terrorist Attack in Russia's Bryansk Region to Be Investigated: Kremlin

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The terrorist attack in Russia's border region of Bryansk will be investigated, measures will be taken to prevent such incidents in...
Israeli Raid in Nablus Reportedly Leaves At Least 9 Palestinians Dead

Israeli Raid in Nablus Reportedly Leaves At Least 9 Palestinians Dead

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - At least nine Palestinians have been killed and over a hundred more have been injured as a result of a raid...
Fears of Backlash as US 'Uses Pakistani Airspace to Bomb Taliban Targets in Afghanistan'

Fears of Backlash as US 'Uses Pakistani Airspace to Bomb Taliban...

American air strikes against Taliban targets in Afghanistan in support of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have triggered security and political concerns in...
Putin Says Russia-China Trade Will Grow by 25% by End of 2022 Despite Intimidation by West

Putin Says Russia-China Trade Will Grow by 25% by End of...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Despite the intimidation by some Western countries, trade between Russia and China will grow by about 25% by the end of...