US envoy Steve Whitkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin for over four hours of peace talks in St. Petersburg. The US is urging Russia to expedite peace efforts in the Ukraine conflict. Putin expressed openness to peace but insists on addressing the conflict’s root cause. Former US President Donald Trump had previously warned Russia of potential…
There’s nothing that excites a journalist quite like a deal coming together past its initial deadline. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 14-year, $500 million contract extension with the Blue Jays came nearly two months after Guerrero’s deadline to end talks at the start of spring training. It capped off another week of significant extensions across the sport,…
Russia has confirmed that President Vladimir Putin will soon visit India following an invitation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Moscow visit last year. This will mark Putin’s first visit since the Ukraine war began in 2022. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that preparations for the visit are underway. Source link
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The Toronto Blue Jays’ failure to sign first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a contract extension should come as no surprise. For the past six years, the Jays have committed one misstep after another in trying to build a long-term relationship with their four-time All-Star. Guerrero is set to become a free agent at the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people. The plane was flying on Wednesday from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, when it…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed condolences over a plane crash in Kazakhstan that killed 42 people. Russia has sent medical teams and supplies to assist in the aftermath. Twenty-eight survivors have been rescued from the crash site. A plane from the Russian Emergency Ministry is en route with equipment and medical supplies to support…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a military-focused budget for 2025-2027, a document published on the official legal acts website showed on Sunday. The state budget for next year includes a 25 per cent hike in military spending but will be the most secretive in post-Soviet history, with almost a third of all spending closed…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had launched a hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile attack on a Ukrainian military facility, and warned the West that Moscow could strike the military installations of any country whose weapons were used against Russia. Putin said the West was escalating the conflict in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv…