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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sharply criticized Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the killings of innocent civilians in Ukraine, saying while the two of them have been tagged as killers, “I kill criminals, I don’t kill children and the elderly.”Duterte, who openly calls Putin an idol and a friend, voiced his…

Russian President Vladimir Putin joked on Monday that he would have a “serious talk” with the West about being blamed for the world’s current economic troubles.Speaking to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi, Russia, Putin said that Russia’s economy had performed well in the face of Western sanctions, per Reuters.The Russian ruble has rallied over…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A shipping container passes through the Suez Canal in Suez, Egypt February 15, 2022. Picture taken February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt expects the Suez Canal’s revenues to reach about $7 billion by the end of the current fiscal year, finance minister Mohamed Maait said on…

A leading energy historian, who claims to have enraged Vladimir Putin by asking him about shale energy, has said Russia overestimated the West’s reliance on its oil and gas when it invaded Ukraine.In an interview with the New York Times, Daniel Yergin called the invasion “irrational,” adding: “One of Putin’s many miscalculations was his assumption…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison attends the third leaders’ debate at the Seven Network Studios during the 2022 federal election campaign, in Sydney, Australia May 11, 2022. Mick Tsikas/Pool via REUTERS 2/2 SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he had conceded defeat in a national election on…

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby has become a bitter high-dollar contest with the three strongest contenders jockeying for the nomination.The leading candidates are U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks who won — and then lost — former President Donald Trump’s backing in…

Top Russian security officials think the war in Ukraine is “lost,” suggesting that Vladimir Putin’s regime might be coming to an end, according to an expert on Russia-related security threats.The “informed elite” within the security forces “understand that the war is lost,” said Bellingcat’s lead Russia investigator Christo Grozev in an interview with Radio Liberty,…

Joe Biden’s approval rating dipped to the lowest point of his presidency in May, a new poll shows, with deepening pessimism emerging among members of his own Democratic Party.Video Transcript[MUSIC PLAYING]

Student loan borrowers eager for broad debt forgiveness will be out of luck if Sen. Mitt Romney has anything to say about it.The lawmaker from Utah along with several of his Republican colleagues on Wednesday introduced a new bill that would bar the Biden administration from broadly canceling student loan debt — a political move…

For years, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has viewed the expansion of NATO as an existential threat that would leave Russia hemmed in with Western missiles on its doorstep. Now, Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine seems to be bringing the Russian leader’s nightmare to life, with NATO on the brink of starting its largest potential expansion…