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Moscow says Kherson pullout starts as Ukraine claims gains
Moscow says Kherson pullout starts as Ukraine claims gains
World
by  AFP

Moscow announced Thursday it had begun retreating from Ukraine's southern city of Kherson as Kyiv said it had recaptured a dozen villages in the strategic Black Sea region. Ukrainian troops have for weeks been capturing villages en route to the main city in the eponymous region, while Kremlin-installed leaders in Kherson have been pulling out civilians in what Kyiv has called illegal deportations.

Wagner 'atrocities' give ammunition to Mali jihadists
Wagner 'atrocities' give ammunition to Mali jihadists
Africa
by  AFP

Since the withdrawal of the French army from Mali, Russia's Wagner Group has replaced it as a target of jihadist propaganda, experts say, with extremists making hay with claims that its mercenaries have committed atrocities against civilians.

AstraZeneca returns to profit on higher drugs revenue
AstraZeneca returns to profit on higher drugs revenue
Business and Economy
by  AFP

British pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Thursday announced a return to third-quarter profit on increased revenue from sales of its drugs. For the third quarter of this year, revenue jumped 11 percent to almost $11 billion as AstraZeneca began to profit from the Alexion purchase that cost it $39 billion.