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Russia's Central Bank slashes key rate to 14.5%
The move marks the eighth consecutive rate cut from record highs previously imposed to curb inflation driven by wartime spending.
Trump cannot expel NATO members over Iran stance, alliance official says
The comment comes amid reports that the Pentagon is considering ways to punish NATO members that did not back the U.S.-Israeli war against Tehran.
Ukraine brings home 193 POWs from Russian captivity
President Volodymyr Zelensky said those brought back to Ukraine include individuals against whom Russian authorities have opened criminal cases, as well as wounded soldiers.
Gender-bending Bulgarian novel takes literature world by storm
In the shadow of Albania’s Accursed Mountains, where the centuries-old laws of Kanun dictate people’s fate, Bekija publicly renounces her womanhood to live socially as a man after her father is shot dead in a blood feud and her younger brother flees home. This feverish dynamic is at the heart of Bulgarian author Rene Karabash’s novel “She Who Remains.” Now, thanks to Izidora Angel’s evocative and bold English translation — co-published by Sandorf Passage in the U.S. and Peirene in the U.K. and
Ukrainian Neptune missiles destroy Russian drone factory workshops in Rostov Oblast, General Staff confirms
Ukrainian forces attacked the factory involved in the full cycle of drone production — design, manufacturing, and testing — on April 19.
Zelensky makes second Saudi Arabia visit in less than a month
"Today, we are advancing our agreements with Saudi Arabia in the areas of security, energy, and infrastructure," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Ukrainian billionaire and oligarch Rinat Akhmetov purchased a luxury apartment in Monaco valued at $550 million in one of the most expensive residential property deals in history, Bloomberg reported April 21.
