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Mexican Authorities Find Over 260 Migrants in Trailer Near Southern Border

Mexican Authorities Find Over 260 Migrants in Trailer Near Southern Border

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - Mexican security forces stopped a trailer after a short chase in the southern state of Chiapas and found 269 Central...
Russian Helicopter Taking Part in UN Humanitarian Mission Fired Upon at Mogadishu Airport

Russian Helicopter Taking Part in UN Humanitarian Mission Fired Upon at...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A helicopter of Russia's UTair airline participating in the UN humanitarian mission has been shelled at a Mogadishu airport, nobody was...
Lavrov to Meet Mauritanian President, Foreign Minister During Visit to Country

Lavrov to Meet Mauritanian President, Foreign Minister During Visit to Country

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - During his visit to Mauritania, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with the President of the Republic, Mohamed Ould...
Pentagon’s Top China Official to Visit Taiwan Soon Following Balloon Incident, Reports Say

Pentagon’s Top China Official to Visit Taiwan Soon Following Balloon Incident,...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China Michael Chase will travel to Taiwan in the first such visit since 2019...
Airspace Restrictions in Russia's St. Petersburg Lifted

Airspace Restrictions in Russia's St. Petersburg Lifted

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The restriction of airspace over St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport has been lifted, a source familiar with the situation told Sputnik...
French Trade Unions Vow to Keep Cutting Off Electricity to Thwart Pension Reform

French Trade Unions Vow to Keep Cutting Off Electricity to Thwart...

PARIS (Sputnik) - France's trade unions will continue and expand the power cuts registered in a number of the country's regions the day...
West Applying Lessons Learned From Iraq War to Stifle Dissent Over Ukraine: Ex-UK Envoy

West Applying Lessons Learned From Iraq War to Stifle Dissent Over...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Orwellian messaging and media control techniques the Western powers honed in the run up to and during the Iraq war are...
Russia's Rosatom Announces Agreement to Build 172-Megawatt Wind Farm in Myanmar

Russia's Rosatom Announces Agreement to Build 172-Megawatt Wind Farm in Myanmar

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - NovaWind, part of Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom, and Myanmar energy company Primus Advanced Technologies have signed an agreement to build...
Judge Napolitano: Dems Want Trump to Become GOP Nominee to Make Him Lose in 2024

Judge Napolitano: Dems Want Trump to Become GOP Nominee to Make...

Former President Donald Trump on April 4 appeared in a Manhattan courtroom and pleaded not guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in...
CBC Suspends Twitter Activity Over State-Funded Label

CBC Suspends Twitter Activity Over State-Funded Label

TORONTO (Sputnik) - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC/Radio-Canada) is suspending its activities on Twitter following the social media platform’s decision to label them as...
Moscow: Ukraine Loses Nearly 600 Military, Mercenaries in Donetsk Direction Over Past Day

Moscow: Ukraine Loses Nearly 600 Military, Mercenaries in Donetsk Direction Over...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The total losses of the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk direction over the past day amounted to 575 servicepeople and mercenaries,...
Criminal Case on Terrorist Act Opened in Russia After Prilepin's Car Blast – Investigators

Criminal Case on Terrorist Act Opened in Russia After Prilepin's Car...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Investigative Committee said on Saturday it had initiated a criminal case under the article on terrorist acts in connection...