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Putin in China for summit hosted by XI; Russia state media

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  Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin on Sunday to attend a summit hosted by counterpart Xi Jinping with around 20 other world leaders, Russian state media reported. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit will be held in the port city until Monday, days before a massive military parade in the capital Beijing to mark 80 years since the end of World War II.

52 civilians including children murdered by machete gang in Goma.

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  At least 52 civilians, including women and children, were massacred in eastern DRC in what UN officials described as one of the most brutal ADF attacks this year Survivors and local leaders said the attackers struck at night, tying up residents before killing them with machetes and hoes in Beni and Lubero territories MONUSCO confirmed peacekeepers sheltered over 200 civilians during the rampage, even as the death toll continued to rise with bodies recovered from burned homes The UN linked the violence to battlefield defeats suffered by the ADF, warning the killings amounted to grave violations of international humanitarian law ashumadaily.com At least 52 civilians, including women and children, have been brutally murdered in a series of machete attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the United Nations peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO. The killings, which occurred in the Beni and Lubero territories of North Kivu province, have once again highlighted the ter...

Kseniya Alexandrova;former Miss world Russian contestant,dies over tragic accident

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  world is mourning the death of a popular model, who died just months after her wedding. Kseniya Alexandrova, a former Miss Universe Russia 2017, died after sustaining serious injuries in a tragic car crash in July. She was aged 30. Where was Kseniya Alexandrova involved in an accident? According to Rossiykaya Gazeta, Kseniya was involved in a horrific car accident in the Tver region, Russia, when a car she was travelling in collided with a moose which ran onto the road. Kseniya's husband, Ilya, who was behind the wheels, survived the accident, but the model's brain was severely injured because she was in the passenger seat. The model had been hospitalised since July and had been fighting for her life in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Russian hospital, but she never recovered. The model, psychologist and influencer died barely five months after her wedding. Speaking to Rossiykaya Gazetaa, the heartbroken husband recalled what transpired. "From the moment it jumped out...

Putin and Trump Meeting Results

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A lip reader has revealed what exactly President  Donald Trump  and Russian President Vladimir  Putin  whispered to each other on the airport tarmac as they met for a high-stakes meeting about ending the war in  Ukraine . The two leaders shook hands  for the first time in six years Friday in a charged moment at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage,  Alaska , before they climbed into the same motorcade to begin the historic talks.  In a moment watched around the world, Trump, 79, dutifully waited on the red carpet for his 72-year-old Russian counterpart to descend the stairs of his aircraft in the Last Frontier State. The US leader seemed somewhat impatient, with a lip reader telling the Daily Mail the very first word of their encounter was Trump saying: 'Finally.'  As they shook hands, Trump said: 'You made it, fantastic to see you and appreciated.' The lip reader told the Daily Mail that the two presidents both promised to 'h...