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Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia

US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine’s power grid in a deadly barrage.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, was confirming reports from The New York Times and The Washington Post that the …

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UN chief urges G20 ‘leadership’ on stalled climate talks

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on G20 leaders gathering in Rio de Janeiro to rescue stalled concurrent UN climate talks in Azerbaijan by showing “leadership” on cutting emissions.”A successful outcome at COP29 is still within reach, but it will require leadership and compromise, namely from the G20 countries,” Guterres, who will attend the …

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Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range missiles: US official 

US President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on condition of anonymity on Sunday, marking a major policy shift long demanded by Kyiv. The New York Times and The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, first reported the change, saying it came in …

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Massive Russian air attack pounds Ukraine as 1,000th day of war nears

Russia pounded Ukraine on Sunday with a massive attack that killed 11 civilians across several regions and damaaged the country’s already fragile energy grid, as the world prepared to mark 1,000 days since Moscow’s invasion. Nationwide emergency power restrictions would be implemented Monday ahead of a much-feared winter, the state grid operator announced.President Volodymyr Zelensky said …

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Ukraine announces power restrictions after ‘massive’ Russian attack

Ukraine said it would introduce nationwide emergency power restrictions Monday after a “massive” Russian attack further damaged its already fragile energy grid ahead of a much-feared winter, with nine civilians also killed across the country on Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow launched 120 missiles and almost 100 drones, targeting Kyiv as well as southern, …

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Russia pounds Ukraine with ‘massive’ attack in ‘hellish’ night

Russia on Sunday pummelled Ukraine with a “massive” aerial barrage of missiles and drones, killing at least nine people across the country in the largest attack in months that Kyiv branded “hellish”.  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow launched 120 missiles and almost 100 drones, targeting the capital as well as southern, central and far-western …

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Typhoon Man-yi weakens as it crosses Philippines’ main island

Typhoon Man-yi lashed the Philippines’ most populous island on Sunday, with the national weather service warning of flooding, landslides and huge waves as the storm sweeps across the archipelago nation. Man-yi was still a super typhoon when it made its second landfall on Luzon, with maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres (115 miles) per hour, but …

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