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British Foreign Secretary Holds Talks With Uzbek Counterpart In Tashkent.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron held talks with his Uzbek counterpart Baxtiyor Saidov in Tashkent on April 23, focusing on regional security, education, climate change, bilateral trade, and the development of business relations, according to official Uzbek media reports. Cameron held similar talks with top officials in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan earlier this week before making his way to the region's most populous nation of 37 million. Cameron will also visit Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia during his tour of Central Asia. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Uzbek Service, click here .
Ukraine's Central Bank Sets Largest Currency Liberalization Move Since Full-Scale Invasion.
Ukraine’s central bank (NBU) on May 3 introduced a package of measures easing currency restrictions for enterprises, the largest such move since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
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U.S. Congressman, Wife Indicted On Conspiracy, Other Charges In Probe Into Azerbaijan Ties
Democratic U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges on May 3 in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into ties between American business leaders and the former Soviet rep...
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Turkey-Based Ingush Group Labeled 'Undesirable' in Russia.
The Russian Justice Ministry on May 3 added a Turkey-based group called the Committee for the Ingush Independence to its registry of "undesirable organizations."
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Zelenskiy Marks 800th Day Of Full-Scale Invasion As Russian Missiles Hit Civilian Sites.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked the 800th day since Russia’s full-scale invasion, saying “all Ukrainians" and allies must do everything to block the Kremlin’s plans, as authorities said Russian shelling killed at least three people ...
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U.S. Condemns Russian Intelligence Unit For Cyberattacks On European Targets
The United States has "strongly" condemned a series of cyberattcks it says were conducted by a unit of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) on several countries in Europe, including Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, and the Cze...
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Why the 12th Amendment could prevent a Trump-Rubio ticket.
Advisers for former President Donald Trump say a name consistently coming up as his potential running mate is Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. However, if Rubio ultimately isn't Trump's pick for vice president, it might not be because of what he represen...
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Breaking down the latest on college protests over Israel-Hamas war.
Protests over the Israel-Hamas war are continuing to disrupt numerous universities across the U.S. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano has the latest from New York City. Then, Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui and Pepperdine professor...
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Dearborn mayor addresses Gaza college protests
A new CBS News poll shows that more than one-third of Michigan voters want President Biden to encourage Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza. Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud joins "America Decides" to discuss how the war in Gaza could impac...
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Cellist honors Japanese diplomat who helped Jews escape Holocaust.
A Japanese diplomat’s act of defiance during World War II saved thousands of lives. It's also the focus of an ongoing effort by an American musician to pay tribute to the “Japanese Schindler.” VOA’s Kane Farabaugh has more from Skokie, Illinois. »...
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Examining the humanitarian toll on asylum seekers at the southern border.
While the debate over handling the influx of migrants rages on in Washington, D.C., CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez traveled to Juarez, Mexico, to look at the humanitarian impact south of the border. CBS News Streaming Network ...
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Arizona Senate passes repeal of Civil War-era abortion ban.
The Arizona state Senate approved the repeal of an abortion ban that dates back to 1864, and has very few exceptions. If the ban had gone into effect, it would have been one of the strictest abortion bans in the country. » Subscribe to NBC News: N...
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