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The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version.
Senior officials suggest the Russian leader cannot survive a catastrophic loss of authority.
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On Tuesday, 27 June, self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko instructed high-ranking officials to develop an “algorithm for the use” of nuclear weapons deployed by Russia.
Fu Cong, Chinese ambassador to the European Union, has said that he does not rule out Beijing’s support for Ukraine’s desire to restore its territorial integrity by returning to the borders of 1991.
Taiwan spotted two Russian warships off its eastern coast on Tuesday and sent its own aircraft and ships to keep watch, the island's defence ministry said.
Committee chair Peta Murphy says Australians are among the biggest gambling losers anywhere in the world, and previous attempts to regulate gambling advertising have failed to address the problem.
The fallout from the Wagner Group's short-lived armed rebellion has raised the alarm among Europe's Baltic countries.
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions aimed at disrupting gold mining activities that fund the Wagner Group in Africa, vowing to hold the mercenaries accountable for abuses days after they staged a mutiny in Russia.State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, previewing the sanctions earlier Tuesday, renewed his criticism of the Wagner mercenaries, who have been accused of wide abuses in Africa.
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the finances of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's catering firm would be investigated after his mutiny, saying Wagner and its founder had received almost $2 billion from Russia in the past year.
At least four people are killed and dozens injured in the strike on Kramatorsk, Ukrainian officials say
The state fully financed Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on June 27. Putin said the mercenary outfit allegedly received over 86 billion rubles ($1 billion) from the state's budget between May 2022 and May 2023.
Yevgeny Prigozhin attempted to march on Moscow in an armed revolt against the Russian defense ministry over the weekend.
The self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, expects that the Wagner Group commanders will share their experience and help the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus improve their skills.
Russia summarily executed 77 civilians being held in arbitrary detention during its invasion of Ukraine — killings which constitute war crimes, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Italian authorities are looking for a tourist who scribbled graffiti on a wall of the Colosseum, with Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano calling for exemplary punishment for the so-far unidentified man.
The UK-supplied Storm Shadow missile, with its 155-mile range and claimed pinpoint accuracy, is having a "significant impact" for Ukraine, UK says.
The announcement follows the Kremlin's earlier pledge not to prosecute Yevgeny Prigozhin and his fighters after he stopped the revolt, even though President Vladimir Putin labeled them as traitors.
The Russian president faced the most serious challenge to his power in decades when fighters from the Wagner mercenary force turned against the Kremlin.