Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P
Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt because it offered bondholders payments in rubles, not dollars, credit ratings agency S&P has said. Russia attempted to pay in rubles for two …
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Russia hits Ukraine’s air defences ahead of eastern push
KYIV, UKRAINE — Russia said Monday that it destroyed air defence systems in Ukraine over the weekend, in what appeared to be a renewed push to gain air superiority and …
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Chechen chief Kadyrov says Russian forces will take Kyiv
Ramzan Kadyrov, the powerful head of Russia’s republic of Chechnya, said early on Monday that there will be an offensive by Russian forces not only on the besieged port of …
Read MoreFrench duel: Macron vs Le Pen fight for presidency
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron may be ahead in the presidential race so far, but he warned his supporters that "nothing is done" and his runoff battle with far-right …
Read MoreOusted PM Imran Khan’s party walks out of Pakistan assembly
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani lawmakers from the party of ousted Premier Imran Khan collectively resigned from Parliament on Monday ahead of the vote to elect a new prime minister. Khan’s Pakistan …
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Queen Elizabeth II says COVID-19 left ‘one very tired and exhausted’
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth said COVID-19 had left "one very tired and exhausted" as she talked to health workers and a former patient about her own experience of "this horrible …
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Live updates: Russia claims to destroy air defence shipment from West
What’s happening in Ukraine on Sunday and how are countries around the world responding? Read live updates on Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. MOSCOW — The Russian military …
Read MorePakistan’s parliament set to elect new PM after Imran Khan ouster
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani lawmakers are to choose a new prime minister on Monday, capping a tumultuous week of political drama that saw the ouster of Imran Khan as premier and …
Read MorePakistan’s parliament set to elect new prime minister
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s parliament was set to meet on Monday to elect a new prime minister, with opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif the favourite to win after a week-long constitutional crisis …
Read MorePower restored to much of Puerto Rico after island-wide outage
Power has been restored to 99.7% of LUMA Energy customers in Puerto Rico, the utility said Sunday, after hundreds of thousands had been in the dark since a fire at …
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