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U.S. and Romanian forces take part in a demonstration as part of the rotation of U.S. troops of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne division at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta, Romania.

The positioning of the 101st Airborne's Army combat brigade in Romania is part of an enhanced military presence along NATO's eastern flank that has taken root in the aftermath of Russia's war on Ukraine, on a mission aimed at deterring potential aggression on NATO's southeastern flank.

Soldiers take part in a demonstration of the US Army 101 Airborne division at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base (RoAF 57th Air Base) near Constanta, Romania on March 31, 2023.

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An Apache helicopter takes off during a demonstration as part of the rotation of US troops of the US Army 101 Airborne division at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base (RoAF 57th Air Base) near Constanta, Romania on March 31, 2023.

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A soldier takes part in a demonstration of the US Army 101 Airborne division during the brigade rotation at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base (RoAF 57th Air Base) near Constanta, Romania on March 31, 2023.

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Soldiers take part in a demonstration of the US Army 101 Airborne division during the brigade rotation at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base (RoAF 57th Air Base) near Constanta, Romania on March 31, 2023.

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Soldiers take part in a demonstration of the US Army 101 Airborne division at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base (RoAF 57th Air Base) near Constanta, Romania on March 31, 2023.

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A medevac Black Hawk helicopter flies during a demonstration as part of the rotation of US troops of the US Army 101 Airborne division at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base (RoAF 57th Air Base) near Constanta, Romania on March 31, 2023.

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Boeing CH-47F Chinook tandem rotor helicopters (Vertol) transport military vehicles during a demonstration as part of the rotation of US troops of the US Army 101 Airborne division at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base (RoAF 57th Air Base) near Constanta, Romania on March 31, 2023.

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A Romanian-made tank TR-85 'Bizonul' (The Bison) fires during a demonstration as part of the rotation of US troops of the US Army 101 Airborne division at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base (RoAF 57th Air Base) near Constanta, Romania on March 31, 2023.

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Different types of helicopters, among them Chinook, Black Hawk and Apache, fly during the final display formation as part of the rotation of US troops of the US Army 101 Airborne division at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base (RoAF 57th Air Base) near Constanta, Romania on March 31, 2023.

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An Hour Ago

An undated ID photo of journalist Evan Gershkovich. - A US reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper has been detained in Russia for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, citing the FSB security services.

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Several major newsrooms called on Russia to immediately release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

"We are deeply troubled by Russia's detention of Evan Gershkovich, a respected Wall Street Journal reporter whose coverage of Russia has been fair and accurate at a time when the world needs reliable information," the newsrooms of Bloomberg, Politico, The New York Times and The Washington Post wrote in a joint statement.

"Evan's detention is intended to have a chilling effect on independent journalism and deprive the public of essential news," the newsrooms wrote.

On Thursday, a Russian court decided that Gershkovich will remain in detention until May 29.

Amanda Macias

2 Hours Ago

China cannot be a mediator in the war in Ukraine as it leans too much toward the invader Russia but it could play the role of facilitator to reach a peace deal with Moscow, the European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said.

"China does not distinguish between aggressor and victim of aggression," Borrell told a panel at the Spanish capital Madrid. "China doesn't call for a withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine."

But China should use its influence over Russia to pressure for peace in Ukraine, he added.

In Borrell's view, the only peace plan on the table is the one presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in November, including demands to withdraw Russian troops and restore Ukraine's territory to the status quo before Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Borrell's comments echoed the call by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing for Chinese leader Xi Jinping to talk to the Ukrainian president and learn first-hand about Kyiv's peace formula.

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3 Hours Ago

Disarmed unexploded ordnance that Russia fired at Kharkiv is gathered at a collection point in the northeastern Ukrainian city.

Disarmed unexploded ordnance fired by Russia onto the city of Kharkiv are seen at a collection point in Kharkiv, Ukraine as Russia-Ukraine war continues on March 30, 2023.

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Disarmed unexploded ordnance fired by Russia onto the city of Kharkiv are seen at a collection point in Kharkiv, Ukraine as Russia-Ukraine war continues on March 30, 2023.

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Disarmed unexploded ordnance fired by Russia onto the city of Kharkiv are seen at a collection point in Kharkiv, Ukraine as Russia-Ukraine war continues on March 30, 2023.

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Disarmed unexploded ordnance fired by Russia onto the city of Kharkiv are seen at a collection point in Kharkiv, Ukraine as Russia-Ukraine war continues on March 30, 2023.

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4 Hours Ago

A team inspects the produce in the ship carrying wheat from Ukraine to Afghanistan after inspection in the open sea around Zeytinburnu district of Istanbul, Turkiye on January 24, 2023.

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Three ships carrying 136,766 metric tons of agricultural products left Ukraine's ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk.

The vessels are destined for China and Turkey and are carrying corn and wheat.

TheBlack Sea Grain Initiative, a deal brokered in July among Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations, eased Russia's naval blockade and saw three key Ukrainian ports reopen. The deal was extended this month for 120 days.

So far, more than 700 ships have sailed from Ukrainian ports since the deal began.

Amanda Macias

4 Hours Ago

The Olympic rings standing in front of the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on July 20, 2021 ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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The International Olympic Committee's decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in the Olympic Games is "an attempt to turn a blind eye to Russia's crimes in Ukraine," said Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine's Parliament commissioner for human rights.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, more than 260 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have died, Lubinets said.He added on his official Telegram channel that at least 350 sports facilities were destroyed or damaged.

Amanda Macias

5 Hours Ago

Members of the media ask questions to U.S. President Joe Biden as he walks to the Marine One helicopter to depart for travel to Mississippi to view tornado damage, from the White House in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2023.

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President Joe Biden called on Russia to release U.S. citizen and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained on Thursday on accusations of espionage.

"Let him go," Biden told reporters when asked what his message was to Russia.

Senior Biden administration officials spoke to Gershkovich's family following the arrest, the White House said.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said the U.S. State Department is seeking immediate consular access to Gershkovich.

Amanda Macias

7 Hours Ago

Moldova has said a Russian missile violated its airspace amid a fresh assault on Ukraine.

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Moldova's Parliament voted to extend its state of emergency by 60 days in response to what the government deemed to be persistent threats from Russia's "hybrid war."

"The extension of the state of emergency is a necessary constitutional tool because we are still facing elements of Russia's hybrid war against the Republic of Moldova," Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said in televised comments before the vote.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu warned in February of what her government believed to be Russian plans to carry out a coup d'etat and put the country "at Russia's disposal."

A small European country on Ukraine's western border, Moldova has suffered political and economic upheaval amid the war, including within its separatist, pro-Russian breakaway state of Transnistria. It is a landlocked country, and one of Europe's poorest.

Moldova has however strengthened ties with the West in recent years, and received EU candidate status last June, on the same day as Ukraine something that has angered Moscow, which sees the post-Soviet country as being within its sphere of influence.

Natasha Turak

7 Hours Ago

Norway's massive sovereign wealth fund has not been able to divest from Russia more than a year after the full-scale war in Ukraine began, the Norwegian finance ministry said.

Olso decided it must divest from its Russian holdings shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, but says that sanctions impacting the bank it uses have prevented it from doing so.

"The concrete and practical problem is that the custodian bank that we use is under sanctions, and can't assist us with settlement of transactions, and neither with voting on shares" in Russian companies, the fund's deputy chief executive officer, Trond Grande, said in late January. "So therefore the situation is deadlocked. There is no way we can either sell or buy or vote on these shares."

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which at $1.3 trillion in assets is one of the largest in the world, holds shares in 47 Russian companies and some state bonds, which at the end of 2021 were worth a cumulative $2.4 billion, according to Reuters. Bloomberg reported in January 2023 that the value of the holdings had dropped to $292 million.

"The market for trading in Russian financial instruments is still subject to comprehensive sanctions and has not been normalized as of March 2023," Norway's finance ministry said in a document Friday.

Natasha Turak

7 Hours Ago

Karen Khachanov of Russia plays a backhand during his men's Singles Quarter Final match against Denis Shapovalov of Canada on Day Nine of The Championships - Wimbledon 2021 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 07, 2021 in London, England.

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In 2022, Russian and Belarusian athletes were barred from competing at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and All England Club (AELTC) announced the reversal of the bans on Friday, allowing citizens of the two countries to partake if they compete as "neutral" athletes and comply with certain conditions. Those conditions include signing a declaration of neutrality that would forbid them from expressing support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, accepting funding from Russia or Belarus, or receiving sponsorship from organizations linked to those governments.

The LTA had been hit with fines as a result of the previous ban, and said if it stayed in place, there was "a real prospect of the termination of our membership" which would cancel its events in other parts of the UK.

Ian Hewitt, chairman of AELTC, said: "We continue to condemn totally Russia's illegal invasion and our wholehearted support remains with the people of Ukraine. This was an incredibly difficult decision, not taken lightly or without a great deal of consideration for those who will be impacted."

"It is our view that, considering all factors, these are the most appropriate arrangements for The Championships for this year," he said, adding that "if circumstances change materially between now and the commencement of The Championships, we will consider and respond accordingly."

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Natasha Turak

8 Hours Ago

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a joint press conference with the Swedish prime minister in Stockholm on March 7, 2023, following a meeting with all Swedish party leaders who are in favor of a Swedish NATO membership.

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he looks forward to "also welcoming Sweden as a full member" of the defense alliance "as soon as possible," following Turkey's ratification of Finland's NATO membership on Thursday night.

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