Russia backs the Myanmar junta's efforts to "stabilize" the crisis-wracked country, its foreign minister said on Wednesday during talks with top generals, according to Russian state media. 

The Southeast Asian nation has been in chaos since the military's power grab last year, with more than 2,100 people killed in a crackdown on dissent, according

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The United States blacklisted Russian President Vladimir Putin's purported girlfriend and the tycoon owner of the second-largest estate in London on Tuesday in the latest round of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.

Also hit with U.S. business bans were several other oligarchs believed to be close to Putin, four officials Russia has named to

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Moscow said Tuesday that ally China had every right to take measures to protect its sovereignty and called U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit a "clear provocation".

"The Chinese side has the right to take necessary measures to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity over the Taiwan issue," the Russian foreign ministry said.

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Clothing chain H-M reopened stores in Moscow on Tuesday in order to sell-off its remaining stock before permanently exiting the Russian market. 

Long lines of people were seen outside an H-M store at Moscow’s Aviapark shopping center, according to footage posted on Telegram by news outlet Baza. 

H-M group, which opened in Russia in 2009

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Organizers of the benchmark TOEFL English exam have banned Russian citizens from taking the test, independent media outlet Mediazona reported Tuesday. 

The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has blocked a number of Russian citizens from the online platform that runs the TOEFL exam, according to Mediazona.  

The TOEFL qualification is recognized by

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Russia’s Supreme Court declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a “terrorist” organization Tuesday, paving the way for the unit’s captured fighters to be tried in Russian courts and potentially face lenghty prison terms. 

Moscow has regularly decried the Azov battalion for its past extremist right-wing links, using it to justify its invasion of Ukraine

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