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Wednesday, 28 June 2023 17:23 WIB

The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies linked to Wagner and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, that it alleged were used to help pay the paramilitary's forces fighting in Ukraine and undertaking operations to support Russian interests in Africa. "The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries...

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Thursday, 22 December 2022 10:19 WIB | Global

The United States on Tuesday offered to share vaccines with China to stem soaring COVID-19 cases, saying containing the outbreak was in the interest of the world. It is unlikely that China would accept the offer from the United States, its frequent adversary, after Beijing invested heavily in COVID-19 diplomacy that included shipping its homegrown vaccines around the world. "It's important that all countries focus on getting people vaccinated and making testing and treatment easily available," State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters. "The U.S. is the largest donor of COVID-19...

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Wednesday, 21 December 2022 10:09 WIB | Global

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday the situation in four parts of Ukraine he claimed to have annexed earlier this year was "extremely difficult." Speaking to members of Russia's security services, Putin highlighted the Donetsk and Luhansk areas in eastern Ukraine, as well as Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south. "The people living there, the citizens of Russia, rely on you, on your protection," Putin said. Russia has never fully controlled any of the four areas that were part of Putin's September annexation claim. His move was rejected by the international community. Putin...

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