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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law on Monday July 24 banning sex change operations, local media reported. The text prohibits “any medical intervention” for gender reassignments, including surgical operations and hormonal therapies. Changing the gender designation in identity documents will also be prohibited. The bill had passed …

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is capable of replacing exports of grain to Africa from Ukraine after he withdrew from a deal allowing their safe shipment across the Black Sea. Kremlin said in a statement that Moscow could provide the grain on a commercial and free-of charge basis. …

France can grant refugee status to Russian soldiers who refused to fight in Ukraine, according to the doctrine adopted by the National Court for the Right of Asylum (CNDA) on Thursday, which however rejected the request of a Russian citizen, whose elements were deemed insufficient. “Russians fleeing mobilization for the …

A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison in Britain on Thursday for stealing 200,000 chocolate eggs, local media reported. According to reports, Joby Pool, 32, broke into a warehouse in Telford, central England, on February 11 at 7:30 p.m. local time. Using a stolen tractor, he left with …

British foreign intelligence chief on Wednesday called on Russians “appalled” by their country’s invasion of Ukraine, to join his services in London, in a rare public appeal for new operatives. In a speech in Prague, Richard Moore, head of MI6, said that “many Russians today are silently appalled at the …

Immunization of children around the world, which fell during the Covid-19 pandemic, is starting to recover but remains below the level before the health crisis, the UN said on Tuesday. “This is good news. On average, countries around the world are recovering and getting closer to the level of immunization …

Former US President Donald Trump has promised to end the ongoing war in Ukraine if Americans re-elect him in the next presidential election. The Republican billionaire, who intends to become president of the United States again in 2024, explained on Fox News his strategy to “end the war” in Ukraine …

US President Joe Biden accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of having a “craven lust for land and power” at the end of a NATO summit on Wednesday. NATO members offered the prospect of long-term protection a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decried as “absurd” a refusal to offer an …

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Wednesday that the UK is “no Amazon” when it comes to supplying arms to Ukraine. This spade is addressed to the Ukrainian president who, according to London kyiv, could show more “gratitude” towards his allies. “This war is a noble war (…) but …

Russian army announced on Wednesday that it had received from the paramilitary group Wagner more than 2,000 pieces of equipment, 2,500 tonnes of ammunition and 20,000 small arms, thanks to the agreement reached after its abortive rebellion in June. “The Russian Armed Forces, according to plan, are completing the reception …