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Moscow ‘rubbing its hands with glee’ over Boris Johnson departure and will ‘exploit it if they can’

Boris Johnson is now the head of a Potemkin government – a false and hollow structure – that leaves it vulnerable in uncertain times, world affairs editor Kim Sengupta writes

The Independent UK

Syria: Small Wars, Big Battles

Can “small wars” in the near or immediate future shake the stalemate in Syria? What are the priorities of acting states in the Syrian file? Where do the concerns of Syrians lie within their war-torn country and the three micro-states existing there? How are Syrians dealing with the “big battles”…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Dark Day’ Prevents Cross-Border Humanitarian Aid to Millions of Syrians

Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended cross-border aid from Turkey to some four million people in opposition-controlled northwest Syria by one year without Damascus's backing. Western powers then voted down a competing resolution put forward by Moscow that proposed extending approval by just…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Ukraine latest updates: Russians raising ‘true hell’: Governor

Ukraine news from July 9: Russians shelling Ukraine’s east, despite reports of ‘operational pause’, governor says.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest: US gives additional $400m in military aid

The United States announced a new military aid package of about US$400 million that includes high-precision artillery to improving targeting of Russian forces and equipment.

Bangkok Post

UN says Ukraine bears share of blame for nursing home attack

A United Nations report says Ukraine’s armed forces bear a large share of the blame for a deadly assault on a care home for the elderly and disabled

The Independent UK

Wimbledon: It's Elena Rybakina's power vs Ons Jabeur's grit in the final

LONDON: The All England Club may have banned Russian and Belarusian players from competing at Wimbledon this fortnight, but a Moscow-born 23-year-old, who represented Russia until four years ago — when she switched nationality to Kazakhstan — could be holding the Venus Rosewater Dish on Saturday.

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Blinken and China's Wang Yi hold 'candid' talks on Ukraine and trade

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday he had discussed Russian aggression in Ukraine during more than five hours of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and raised concerns over Beijing's alignment with Moscow.

Reuters

Brittney Griner's Guilty Plea: Geopolitics And Domestic Policy Clash Over Cannabis Legalization

As the White House continues to insist Brittney Griner is being “wrongfully detained” even after she pleaded guilty to entering a Moscow airport on February 17 with cannabis oil in her suitcase, the Biden administration hangs on tightly to its anti-legalization stance here in the U.S., which has not gone unnoticed by…

Benzinga

Russia was banned from Wimbledon. So how did a tennis player from Moscow end up winning the women's final?

Elena Rybakina's rise to the grass court title casts a potentially awkward spotlight on Wimbledon's ban on Russian and Belarusian players.

ABC News

Russia sticks US, UK embassies with 'unrecognized' addresses

Moscow is trolling both the U.S. and the U.K. by officially renaming the streets in front of their embassies for the two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine where fighting is now the fiercest

The Independent UK

Moscow city councillor gets seven years' jail for anti-war comment

A Moscow district councillor was jailed for seven years on Friday for criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in what a Kremlin-critical lawyer said was the first case of anyone going to prison under a new law on "fake information".

Reuters

Russia's Lavrov walks out of G20 talks as West presses Moscow over Ukraine

Russia's top diplomat stormed out of talks with G20 foreign ministers in Indonesia on Friday as Western powers criticised Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Japan: Countries at G20 let Russia hear concern over Ukraine invasion

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday a G20 meeting in Indonesia was a good opportunity to convey to Russia the concern of G7 nations and others about the adverse impact of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine on the global economy.

Reuters

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Bangkok Post

Russian minister walks out of Bali talks

NUSA DUA, Bali: Russia’s top diplomat stormed out of talks with G20 foreign ministers meeting in Indonesia on Friday as Western powers criticised Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

More Russian men look to avoid military service, some lawyers and rights groups say

Danila Davydov said he left Russia within weeks of the Kremlin sending troops into Ukraine because he feared having to fight in a war he doesn’t support.

Reuters

Moscow gives British Embassy new address on 'Luhansk People's Republic Square'

Moscow's city replaced a street sign outside the British Embassy on Friday with one that read "Luhansk People's Republic Square", in honour of an east Ukrainian breakaway territory seized by Russian forces.

The Guardian - UK

Moscow councillor jailed for seven years after criticising Ukraine war

Alexei Gorinov receives first long-term sentence under harsh laws introduced since Russian invasion

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Putin Warns of Long War as West Seeks to Unblock Ukraine's Grain Exports

Western officials on Friday tried to coax Russia into allowing Ukraine to ship its grain out to the world as the four-month-old war threatened to bring hunger to countries far away from the battlefields. Moscow, however, accused the West of waging economic warfare on Russia by attempting to isolate it…

Foreign Affairs

Ukraine’s Implausible Theories of Victory

The Fantasy of Russian Defeat and the Case for Diplomacy

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Security Council Extends Talks on Cross-border Aid to Syria

The United Nations Security Council will continue negotiating Friday on extending authorization of aid transfers across Syria's border, one day after a scheduled vote was scrapped following disagreement between Russia and the West. Moscow is seeking a six-month extension, with the possibility to renew, while Western nations want a full…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US, Russian Envoys Gather for G20 with Call to End Ukraine War

The top Russian and US envoys gathered on Friday for a Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting in Indonesia, with the host immediately telling them the Ukraine war must end and differences be resolved through negotiations. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov joined their colleagues…

The Guardian - AU

Kremlin warns it is using only ‘small portion’ of potential; fears of Sievierodonetsk humanitarian disaster – as it happened

Vladimir Putin dares west to beat Russia on battlefield; Serhai Haidai says Sievierodonetsk ‘is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster’

ABC News

Who is Brittney Griner and why is her case causing waves in Washington and the Kremlin?

US basketballer Brittney Griner has been held in a Russian jail since February. Here's how the WNBA star found herself at the centre of a row between two rival superpowers.

Reuters

Ukraine pleads for more weapons, chief negotiator sees turning point in war

Ukraine urged its allies on Friday to send more weapons as its forces dug in to slow Russia's military advance through the eastern Donbas region, while its chief negotiator said a turning part was approaching in the conflict.

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