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Ahead of the U.S. election, Ukrainians feel cornered by forces beyond their control
Michael Bociurkiw
world
Putin says it is Russia’s business if it uses North Korean troops
Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall before a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 24, 2024. Alexander Nemenov/Pool via REUTERS
analysis
Putin confidently declares ‘new world order’ after his good week
Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a hall for meeting with Mauritania's president on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Maxim SHIPENKOV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MAXIM SHIPENKOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Putin warns of Middle East conflagration and debates Ukraine at BRICS summit
A giant screen set on the facade of a sports and a concert hall in Moscow shows a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech at the BRICS summit, held in Kazan, and reading "Russia proposes to create a system of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia", on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Putin scores a BRICS win with Xi and Modi show of harmony after years of animosity
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a family photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s posthumous memoir is a testament to resilience
Copies of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's memoir entitled 'Patriot' are put display on the first day of sale in a bookshop in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
world
Putin hosts Global South leaders at BRICS summit intended to counterbalance Western clout
A view shows a banner with the logo of the annual BRICS summit next to the Kazan Kremlin in Kazan, Russia October 22, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
world
Putin to host BRICS summit as he aims to show West it can’t keep Russia off global stage
People walk at the venue of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 21, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
report on business
Putin says the BRICS group, not the West, will drive global economic growth
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with heads of leading media outlets from the BRICS member countries in Moscow, Russia October 18, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
globe investor
Up and way: World market themes for the week ahead
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk rides in Tesla's robotaxi at an unveilling event in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 10, 2024 in this still image taken from video.
world
EU, NATO pledge support for Zelensky but are reticent on Ukraine ‘victory plan’
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference on the sideline of a EU summit in Brussels, on October 17, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Russian troops expand African presence with new deployment on Atlantic coast
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang attend the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow, Russia September 26, 2024. Sputnik/Alexander Shcherbak/Pool via REUTERS
world
Excerpts from Russian opposition leader Navalny’s memoir show he knew he would die in prison
FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny listens to a question during an interview at the Echo Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) radio station in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
world
Woodward book reveals Trump’s calls with Putin and Biden’s private remarks on Obama and Netanyahu
FILE - President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
world
4 Russian journalists accused of working for a Navalny group go on trial in Moscow
Russian journalist Konstantin Gabov accused of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, stands in a defendant's cage of the Nagatinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo)
international business
Forced closure of weekly newspaper spells the end for Russia’s independent print media
An issue of the Russian weekly newspaper Sobesednik, which temporarily ceased publication of its print version after the paper's publisher received the status of a "foreign agent", is seen in this illustration picture taken October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Illustration
politics
Ottawa to host meeting on return of abducted Ukrainian children and prisoner exchanges in Russian war
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons before question period, Wednesday, September 25, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
Ukraine’s Zelensky says U.S. decisive actions could end Russian war next year
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives to speak during "Summit of the Future" on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, September 23, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Russia’s Putin calls for greater role for BRICS on world’s energy markets
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of military-industrial commission in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (Valery Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
opinion
The West shouldn’t fall for Putin’s bluff on Ukraine’s long-range missiles
Michael Bociurkiw