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The Polish embassy was closed in December 2020 after the North Korean authorities announced a complete closure of the state border due to COVID-19. That made the normal work of the diplomatic ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. Tit-for-tat moves this week included the use ...

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Russia is expected to lay off at least 40,000 government officials by July, according to a report by the Russian Kommersant ...

Russia said the new US base is part of destabilising measures by the US and its NATO allies; Poland, in response, calls for a stronger NATO.

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On April 15, 2022, CNN reported that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had told Washington's European allies that the US ...