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Germany: G7 rejects Russia's demand to pay for gas in rubles

In our situation, it's hardly possible and feasible to engage in charity for Europe, Peskov said

US President Biden budget has Manchin priorities: Tax rich, cut deficit

US President Joe Biden's $5.8 trillion budget for next year would trim federal deficits and boost taxes on the wealthiest Americans.

UN envoy says Sudan could face economic and security collapse

The U.N. envoy said that the stakes are high and the aspirations of the Sudanese people for a prosperous, civilian-led, democratic future are at risk.

Naomi Osaka makes Miami quarterfinals, says she's more grateful

Making the quarterfinals at a tournament used to be no big deal for Naomi Osaka. It was only a shock if it didn't happen.

UN chief Antonio Guterres wants humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine

The United Nations chief has launched an initiative to immediately explore possible arrangements for a humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine in order to allow the delivery of desperately needed aid

Pentagon may ask US Congress for additional funding to support Ukraine

The Pentagon may have to ask Congress for additional money to support Ukraine's battle against Russia's invasion, including to replenish America's arsenal for weapons sent to Kyiv, officials said

Ukraine war: US deploys 6 Navy aircraft to bolster NATO defences

The US Pentagon says it is deploying six Navy aircraft that specialise in electronic warfare and about 240 Navy personnel to bolster NATO defenses in Eastern Europe.

Canada selects the F-35 and starts talks with Lockheed Martin

Canada is planning to buy 88 new fighter jets to replace its CF-18s.

Judge OKs emails to panel probing Jan 6 riots, sees likely Trump crimes

A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of more than 100 emails from Trump adviser John Eastman to the House committee investigating the insurrection at the US Capitol

Nobel Peace Prize-winner's newspaper closes amid Russia pressure

Russia's leading independent newspaper suspended operations after pressure from Russian authorities, a move that comes less than six months after its editor won the Nobel Peace Prize

Joe Biden says remark on Putin's power was about 'moral outrage'

Biden said he was not concerned that his comments would escalate tensions over the war in Ukraine

China's Huawei says 2021 sales down; profit rises 76% on asset sales

The company is caught in the middle of tensions with Washington over technology and security

Stocks edge lower on Wall Street as crude oil prices slump

Energy companies had some of the biggest losses as crude oil prices fell sharply

Volodymyr Zelenskyy hints at openness to compromise on eastern Ukraine

Zelensky has also repeatedly stressed that Ukraine needs security guarantees of its own as part of any deal

Russia shifts focus to try to grind Ukraine's army in east

The Russian military declared Friday that the "first stage of the operation" had been largely accomplished, allowing Russian troops to concentrate on their "top goal - the liberation of Donbas."

Biden's budget plan: Higher taxes on rich, lower federal deficits

The higher taxes outlined on Monday would raise $361 billion in revenue over 10 years and apply to the top 0.01% of households

Myanmar's ousted leader Suu Kyi misses court hearings due to quarantine

Suu Kyi is being tried in the capital, Naypyitaw, in several cases involving charges of corruption, election fraud and violating a state secrets law

Ukraine refugees near 4 million. Will exodus slowdown last?

Even the devastating 11-year war in Syria, source of the world's biggest refugee crisis, didn't force out so many people so fast

Ukraine President says he seeks peace 'without delay' in talks

He said probably they thought it would be like Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014

Holocaust survivors flee from war-hit Ukraine to Germany for safety

When the bombs started falling on Ukraine's Kyiv, Tatyana Zhuravliova had a horrible deja vu: she felt the same panic she suffered as a little girl when the Nazis were flying air attacks on Odesa.