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Wheat Prices Fall to Level Last Seen before Ukraine Invasion

Wheat prices tumbled Friday, retreating to levels last seen prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine following a landmark agreement to unblock Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports. In Chicago, the price of wheat for delivery in September dropped 5.9 percent to $7.59 per bushel, which is equivalent to about 27…

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US Pledges More Military Aid to Ukraine, Peace Seems Far Off

The United States promised more military support for Ukraine, including drones, and is doing preliminary work on whether to send fighter aircraft, as fighting raged on in the east of the country five months into Russia's invasion. Moscow and Kyiv signed a landmark deal on Friday to unblock grain exports…

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What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Russian foreign minister signals plans to annex Ukrainian territory; Ukrainian teen tells of Russian torture rooms; Kyiv and Moscow agree to restart grain exports

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Horror injuries of girl viciously attacked by monkey from millionaire's private zoo

Little Paulina, from the war-torn Luhansk region of Ukraine, was savagely attacked by a monkey near Moscow after it escaped from a home zoo in the village of Terpigorievo

Daily Mirror

Russia and Ukraine strike landmark deal as new weapons could turn tide on war

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan described the agreement as a turning point and said 'war will end at the negotiating table' - meanwhile war rages on as with hopes of easing the world's food crisis

Daily Mirror

Ukraine, Russia Sign UN Deal to Export Grain on Black Sea

Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements Friday with Turkey and the United Nations clearing the way for exporting millions of tons of desperately needed Ukrainian grain — as well as Russian grain and fertilizer — ending a wartime standoff that had threatened food security around the globe. The deal will…

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Russia's Lavrov to visit Africa as Moscow seeks non-Western ties

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will begin an African tour in Egypt on Sunday, seeking to draw on demand for non-Western alliances as Moscow pushes back against international censure over the war in Ukraine.

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Ukraine and Russia sign landmark grain deal

ISTANBUL: Russia and Ukraine on Friday signed a landmark deal with the United Nations and Turkey on resuming grain shipments that could ease a global food crisis in which millions face hunger.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine and Russia sign grain export deal with UN, Turkey

In Istanbul on Friday Ukraine signed an agreement to resume grain exports disrupted by Moscow's invasion. but only with Turkey and the UN, excluding any direct deal with Russia.

Radio France Internationale

Putin Bets on an Ancient Weapon in Ukraine: Time

Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting on an ancient weapon more powerful than any of the missiles now being supplied by the United States and its European allies to Ukraine: time. Nearly five months since Putin ordered the Feb. 24 invasion that has devastated parts of Ukraine, Russia is hoping…

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Analysis-Putin bets on an ancient weapon in Ukraine: time

Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting on an ancient weapon more powerful than any of the missiles now being supplied by the United States and its European allies to Ukraine: time.

Reuters

Belarus appoints new envoy to Moscow

Belarus has appointed a new ambassador to Russia, state news agencies reported on Friday, as Moscow and Minsk continue to forge closer ties amid their mounting isolation from the West.

Reuters

Lavrov in Egypt Next Week as Part of African Tour

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will kick off a tour of Africa next week that includes Egypt, which he described as Moscow’s “number one” partner in the continent. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said his trip, from July 24 to 28, will include Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda and the Republic…

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Russia Defends Veto of Aid to Northwest Syria for One Year

Russia defended its veto of a UN resolution that would have extended humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million Syrians in the opposition-held northwest from Turkey for a year, insisting that its demand for only a six-month extension was essential and accusing Western nations of using "sly" tactics and trying "to…

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Ukraine Grain Deal Expected Friday as Russian Gas Flows Resume

Ukraine and Russia are set to sign a deal Friday to unblock grain exports and relieve a global food crisis, as a critical Russian gas pipeline to Europe reopened. But there was no respite in the conflict on the ground, with Russian artillery on Thursday pounding Ukraine's second largest city…

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Ukraine and Russia seal grain deal as U.S. pledges more military aid

Russia and Ukraine signed a landmark deal on Friday to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease an international food crisis while the United States pledged more military support five months into the invasion.

The Independent UK

Israel aims to stop Russian move against Jewish nonprofit

Israel’s prime minister says he's sending a delegation to Moscow in hopes of halting a Russian order to shutter the operations of a major nonprofit organization that promotes Jewish immigration to Israel

Al Jazeera

Hungary foreign minister in Moscow for gas supply talks

Hungary’s foreign minister says he wants to discuss ensuring gas supplies for his country during Russia visit.

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Ukraine war must end to prevent nuclear ‘abyss’: Lukashenko

Belarusian leader calls for deal on ending the conflict, but says any peace agreement depends entirely on Kyiv.

Chicago Sun-Times

Russia disputes ‘wrongful detention’ classification for Brittney Griner

Griner has been jailed since she was arrested in mid-February at a Moscow airport after vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage.

Reuters

Residents of captured Ukrainian port city try to survive among its ruins

Fighting for control of this strategic Ukrainian port city ended two months ago with victory for Russia after thousands were killed and hundreds of thousands forced to flee.

The Conversation

Russia and Iran's growing friendship shows their weakness not their strength

Facing economic and military difficulties in his invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president Vladimir Putin popped up this week in Iran’s capital Tehran. His plan was to show the world that, despite sanctions on Moscow and international aid for Ukraine’s resistance, he was not isolated.

The Independent UK

Moscow says US must respect Russian law in Griner case

The spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry says the United States has shown disrespect for Russian law by characterizing basketball star Brittney Griner’s jailing on drug charges as “wrongful detention.”

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Tehran Summit Highlights Parties’ Diversion from Points of Agreement

The outcomes of the Iranian-Russian-Turkish summit on Syria revealed the continued divergence in the positions of its three parties, which was confirmed by the explicit rejection by Tehran and Moscow of any Turkish military move in the north of the country. They warned of its impact on the stability of…

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Russian Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Restarted after Maintenance

The Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany restarted on Thursday after 10 days of maintenance work, its operator told AFP. "It's working," a Nord Stream spokesman said, without specifying the amount of gas being delivered. The German government had feared the pipeline would not be reopened by Moscow…

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