Putin in Vietnam, seeking to strengthen ties in Southeast Asia while Russia’s isolation deepens

Putin in Vietnam, seeking to strengthen ties in Southeast Asia while Russia’s isolation deepens

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to strengthen ties with longtime partner Vietnam on a state visit Thursday that comes as Moscow faces growing international isolation because of its military actions in Ukraine . Putin was greeted by dignitaries upon his arrival in the Southeast Asian country as soldiers in white

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Former Peruvian soldiers get prison in rapes of teenagers during country’s armed conflict

Former Peruvian soldiers get prison in rapes of teenagers during country’s armed conflict

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Ten men were convicted Wednesday in Peru for raping nine teenagers while serving in the military during the country’s armed conflict decades ago. Judge Marco Angulo, of Peru’s First Superior Criminal Court, ordered the former soldiers to serve time in prison, with sentences ranging between six and 12 years. Authorities accused

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Petrobras new chief sworn in as market worries Brazil’s government will have heavier hand

Petrobras new chief sworn in as market worries Brazil’s government will have heavier hand

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, was sworn in Wednesday amid market concerns of increased government intervention in the company. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — who nominated Chambriard — attended the ceremony at a Petrobras research center in Rio de Janeiro, along with Finance

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U petak konstitutivna sednica novog saziva Skupštine Beograda

U petak konstitutivna sednica novog saziva Skupštine Beograda

Politika | 19.06.2024 | access_time 17:15 Konstitutivna sednica novog saziva Skupštine Beograda biće održana u petak, 21. juna, odlučio je Privremeni organ Beograda. Na dnevnom redu sednice je potvrđivanje mandata 110 odbornika, izbor predsednika Skupštine grada i zamenika predsednika, kao i sekretara i zamenika sekretara, preneo je portal Beoinfo. Početak sednice zakazan je za 10

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Rickwood Field, Willie Mays’ first pro park and monument of opportunity and oppression, welcomes MLB

Rickwood Field, Willie Mays’ first pro park and monument of opportunity and oppression, welcomes MLB

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Gerald Watkins watched Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and other New York Yankees wade through stalks of corn onto an Iowa field in 2021 , near the filming site for the 1989 baseball movie “Field of Dreams.” Watkins thought about Rickwood Field, the 114-year-old ballpark in his hometown Birmingham, Alabama, where Willie

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