The tragedy in Afghanistan
"Is President Biden right?" After 20 years of involvement in a war in Afghanistan, the United States ...
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In Russia, the legend of cosmonaut Gagarin lives on
Sixty years after he became the first person in space, there are few figures more universally admired in Russia today ...
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Chinese probe lands on Moon to gather lunar samples
China has successfully landed a probe on the Moon in an ambitious attempt to bring back the first lunar samples ...
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Despite new ceasefire, fighting in Karabakh rages on
A new ceasefire agreed between Armenia and Azerbaijan to halt fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh was again failing ...
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Heavy shelling dash hopes for Karabakh ceasefire
Hopes that a Russian-brokered ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan might hold were further dashed Sunday, with both sides accusing the ...
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Intense shelling between Armenia, Azerbaijan forces erupts anew
Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region spilled over into Thursday, with fresh shelling in the ...
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Trump denies being briefed on Taliban bounty
US President Donald Trump denied Sunday being briefed on intelligence that reportedly showed Russia had offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants ...
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70-something candidates spill baggage on the stage
Washington"•Bernie Sanders is 78 years old. So is Michael Bloomberg. Joe Biden is 77. The trio of septuagenarians topping the ...
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Four decades on, veterans still think about Soviet-Afghan war
Kabul"•At his home in the mountains north of Kabul, former mujahideen fighter Shah Sulaiman closed his damaged eyes, took a ...
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Other walls have risen
On Saturday, the world marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. That wall stood for 10,316 ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.