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Britain condemned a move by Russia to simplify the procedure for residents of separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine to obtain Russian passports.

Russia does not want a nuclear disaster next door, but its interest in the disarmament of North Korea is limited.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said after holding talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday that he thought U.S. security guarantees would probably not be enough to persuade Pyongyang to shut its nuclear program.

Germany and France condemn Russia's legislative move simplifying requirements for people in eastern Ukraine to become Russian citizens, Germany's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Key regional players meet in Kazakhstan to discuss rebuilding efforts in talks aimed at winding down war.

Russia's decision to ease the granting of Russian citizenship to people living in separatist regions of Ukraine is another attack by Moscow on Ukrainian sovereignty, the European Union said on Thursday, calling on Russian to stop such actions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday a decision to give residents of Ukrainian rebel regions fast-track access to Russian passports was no different from what European Union states were already doing.

Meeting between Russian and North Korean leaders comes as Pyongyang looks for new allies

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended their summit in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday at a summit intended to show that the United States is not the only power with enough clout to engage with the reclusive communist state on its nuclear program.

Kiev urged residents not to apply for the Russian documents after Moscow streamlined the process for east Ukrainians.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Thursday that he was visiting Russia to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin about the situation on the Korean peninsula.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he discussed the situation on Korean peninsula with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday.

Putin is the first head of state the North Korean leader is meeting after the failed Hanoi summit with the US.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday he expected his visit to Russia would help the two countries understand how to reach settlement over the Korean peninsula and develop bilateral ties.

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Far East Federal University campus on Russky Island, in the city of Vladivostok on Thursday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Thursday that his summit with President Vladimir Putin will help jointly assess the Korean peninsula issues and coordinate their stances.

Workers suspect plot by Washington to undermine Oleg Deripaska’s GAZ brand

After talks with President Trump collapsed in Vietnam, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, traveled to Russia to talk with President Vladimir Putin about sanctions and nuclear disarmament.

After talks with President Trump collapsed in Vietnam, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, traveled to Russia to talk with President Vladimir Putin about sanctions and nuclear disarmament.

The United States condemned on Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin's order simplifying the procedure for obtaining a Russian passport for residents of separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine.

North Korean migrants working in Russia are facing uncertainty due to UN sanctions.

The North Korean leader will meet Vladimir Putin for the first time on an island in Russia's far east.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday at a summit designed to show that Washington is not the only power able to set the agenda on Pyongyang's nuclear program.

Russia said Wednesday that it will offer citizenship to Ukrainians living in the breakaway territories of the country’s eastern flank, a provocative move that President Vladimir Putin signed into law just three days after Ukraine’s presidential election.
The move angered Kiev, where the issue of...

The move is considered a challenge to incoming president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Acting WH chief of staff reportedly urged top official to not bring up 2020 Russia meddling concerns with Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order easing the path to Russian citizenship for residents of separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, fueling tensions with Kiev.

WASHINGTON—It wasn’t an especially dishonest 14 days by the standards of U.S. President Donald Trump. He made 55 total false claims, well below his remarkable average of 83 per two-week period.
Some of them, though, were strange.
He spoke of Caterpillar’s “D12,” though the company’s chief executive had told him two years ago that such a machine does not exist. He posted a Fox Business graphic that claimed he had a “55 per cent” approval rating in a poll, though that was so incorrect that Fox felt compelled to issue a rare correction. And he promoted his new conspiracy theory about non-Mexico countries in Latin America, baselessly saying that the governments of Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Colombia are “sending” their “real killers” to the United States “because they don’t want them in their country.”
Last week, with 31 false claims, was his 50th-worst in office out of 118

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed an order simplifying the procedure for obtaining a Russian passport for residents of separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, prompting calls for more international sanctions from Kiev.

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Ukraine's outgoing leader and president-elect separately issued statements on Wednesday denouncing Russia as an occupying force in eastern Ukraine, after Moscow moved to simplify the procedure for Donbass residents to get Russian passports.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed to fight any effort by congressional Democrats to impeach him after Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia inquiry, promising to take the matter to the Supreme Court even though the U.S. Constitution gives Congress complete authority over the impeachment process.

Searching for alternatives amid stalled nuclear talks with the U.S., North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday on the eve of his meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
The meeting, the first between a Russian and North Korean head of state since 2011,...

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it was unacceptable that residents of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions had no rights, but he said Moscow did not want to create problems for the new Ukrainian leadership.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on Wednesday denounced a Russian move to simplify procedures for residents in separatist-held eastern Ukraine to obtain Russian passports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order simplifying the procedure for obtaining a Russian passport for residents of the rebel-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

China, Russia abstain from UN vote on sexual violence in conflict while body caves in to US pressure.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that six-party talks, which are currently stalled, were the only efficient way of addressing the de-nuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, but all other efforts also merited support.

As homeland security secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen became increasingly worried about Russian attempts to influence the 2020 election. But she couldn’t discuss it at high-level White House meetings.

As homeland security secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen became increasingly worried about Russian attempts to influence the 2020 election. But she couldn’t discuss it at high-level White House meetings.

US leader says no reason for his aides to talk to Congress over probe into Russia meddling in 2016 polls, report says.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's carefully choreographed visit to Russia suffered a minor glitch on Wednesday as his armored train missed the red carpet laid out for his welcome at Vladivostok station.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Wednesday he hoped to have concrete discussions about efforts to end the nuclear standoff in the Korean peninsula when he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin for a summit this week.

A train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Russian Pacific city of Vladivostok on Wednesday, a Reuters witness reported, in advance of a summit later this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at mustering international support while nuclear talks with Washington are in limbo.

The North Korean leader is to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin as he seeks to build his reputation on the global stage.

North Korean leader to meet Russian president with discussions on economy, denuclearisation likely to be on the agenda.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into Russia on Wednesday by train, Russian media reported, for his first trip there aimed at galvanizing support from President Vladimir Putin while nuclear talks with Washington are in a limbo.

Pyongyang pivots to northern neighbour as ties founder with US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Thursday in the Russian Pacific port of Vladivostok to discuss the international standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear programme, a Kremlin official said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is headed to Russia for his summit with Vladimir Putin, the North Korean state news agency KCNA said Wednesday.

Critics say the Russian government's latest controversial cyber laws are a form of censorship.

Mr Kim is to have his first-ever meeting with President Putin near the Russian city of Vladivostok.

His comments seem to contradict Facebook’s own estimates that Russian ads and social-media posts reached 126 million Americans during the election.

His comments seem to contradict Facebook’s own estimates that Russian ads and social-media posts reached 126 million Americans during the election.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departed for Russia on Wednesday morning by private train, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Wednesday.

White House advisor and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation of Russia's role in the 2016 election harmed U.S. democracy more than Moscow's interference did.

His comments seem to contradict Facebook’s own estimates that Russian ads and social-media posts reached 126 million Americans during the election.

His comments seem to contradict Facebook’s own estimates that Russian ads and social-media posts reached 126 million Americans during the election.

The summit is the first between Putin and the North Korean leader and will focus on nuclear issue on Korean Peninsula.

Its natural habitat is the northern arctic region of Chukotka, which environmentalists say is being reduced by the impact of climate change.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Thursday in the Russian Pacific port of Vladivostok to discuss the international standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear programme, a Kremlin official said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Russian eastern city of Vladivostok on Thursday, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Tuesday.

Scientists sound the alarm over pollution levels in the world's largest lake.

Civilian ship joins search operation that highlights sensitivity of craft’s technology

Kim Jong Un is to be welcomed to Russia for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin following the stalled talks between the US and North Korea over sanctions relief Pyongyang had sought.

On Sunday, Ukrainians overwhelmingly threw their support behind a political newcomer, actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelensky, to become the country's next President. 

A group of Democratic presidential candidates were divided on Monday over whether Republican President Donald Trump should be impeached, reflecting a broader split in the Democratic Party over how to react to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report into Russian election meddling.

There'll be a lot of history and potential behind the North Korean leader's first Russian visit.

The European Union scrambled to get a call with Ukraine's president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday as Western powers wondered whether the TV comic would heed their urgings to stick with reforms that they hope can anchor the country beyond the grip of Russia.

The Kremlin said on Monday that it was too early to speak about possible cooperation with Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but added that Moscow respected the choice of the Ukrainian people.

Euronews correspondent Galina Polonskaya reports that some Russian politicians are hailing the comedian's victory as a rejection by the Ukrainian voters of Poroshenko's anti-Russian stance.

Top congressional Democrats left the door open on Sunday to the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, but said they would first need to complete their own investigations into whether he obstructed justice in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, defended the Trump campaign’s behavior as fallout from the Mueller report played out on national television.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, defended the Trump campaign’s behavior as fallout from the Mueller report played out on national television.

Three months after she was nearly killed when a man drove a rented van into a sea of pedestrians at a busy North York intersection, Catherine Riddell took her first post-injury walk down a public sidewalk.
She chose to go from her Finch Ave. apartment down to Yonge St. just as she’d done on the sunny afternoon of April 23, 2018. She went alone. She had to do it by herself, she said, and she just wanted to get it over with.
“I was very cautious of vehicles, for the first little while,” she recounted, suddenly bursting into laughter — her way of coping with a long year of pain, anger, grief and frustration.
Each step for the 68-year-old legally blind former Paralympian was slower than before, aided by the cane she now uses. It took eight weeks in the hospital and a gruelling physiotherapy regimen for the damage to her spine, pelvis and ribs to heal enough for her to be walking at

Top congressional Democrats left the door open on Sunday to pursue the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, but said they would first need to complete their own investigations into whether he obstructed justice in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

Top congressional Democrats left the door open on Sunday to pursue the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, but said they would first need to complete their own investigations into whether he obstructed justice in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said on Sunday that if the evidence shows that President Donald Trump obstructed justice in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, then it could be an "impeachable" offense.

Russia says wildfires in the Siberia region are under control but at least 25 people have been hurt and over 80 homes destroyed

The Mueller report shows how Russia’s efforts to connect with the Trump team spun into high gear after the election as the Kremlin dispatched oligarchs and bankers to find inroads.

The Mueller report shows how Russia’s efforts to connect with the Trump team spun into high gear after the election as the Kremlin dispatched oligarchs and bankers to find inroads.

Vulnerable House Democrats, mindful of President Donald Trump's continued strength among Republican voters, are using caution in how they respond to the special counsel's report, which detailed Trump's efforts to thwart the investigation into Russian efforts to help him win the White House.

Russia plans to move the headquarters of its development bank to Budapest, raising anxiety levels in European capitals.

The Mueller report is a good reminder of how important it is to prevent foreign interference in American elections.

The Mueller report is a good reminder of how important it is to prevent foreign interference in American elections.

US Attorney General says redacted findings show 'no collusion' with Russia, but Democrat critics demand full disclosure.

Top Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate on Friday rejected Attorney General William Barr's proposal to allow them access to a less-redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report.

They were able to define “collusion” to benefit themselves. Don’t let them twist meanings again with their “spying” investigation.

They were able to define “collusion” to benefit themselves. Don’t let them twist meanings again with their “spying” investigation.

U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyers spent at least 10 hours reviewing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election before it was made public, two of the lawyers told Reuters on Friday.

Congressional Democrats on Friday took legal action to get hold of all of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's evidence from his inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, as the probe's findings hit President Donald Trump's poll ratings.

The Russian lawyer who attended the Trump Tower meeting with campaign aides in 2016 says the Mueller probe was "stupid".

The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump dropped by 3 percentage points to the lowest level of the year following the release of a special counsel report detailing Russian interference in the last U.S. presidential election, according to an exclusive Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll.