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US invites Russia to jointly abide by nuclear pact

STORY: Sullivan: “The United States does not need to increase our nuclear forces to outnumber the combined total of our competitors in order to successfully deter them.”White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan on Friday appeared to offer something of an olive branch to nuclear rivals in Moscow and Beijing.Sullivan told an arms control advocacy group that Washington didn't need to amass any more atomic warheads to deter its enemies, a statement that served as an offer to Russia:The U.S. would abide by nuclear weapons limits set by a treaty set to expire in 2026, as long as Russia does the same."It is in neither of our countries’ interests to embark on an open-ended competition in strategic forces and we are prepared to stick to the central limits as long as Russia does. And rather than waiting to resolve all of our bilateral differences, the United States is ready to engage Russia now to manage nuclear risks and develop a post-2026 arms control framework."In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was suspending participation in a nuclear treaty, called New START, the last remaining pact limiting U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arms.At the time, Putin demanded that Washington end its support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion, and bring France and Britain into arms control talks.The U.S. government responded by declaring Putin's move "irresponsible and unlawful."Signed in 2010 and due to expire in February 2026, New START capped the number of strategic nuclear warheads the sides can deploy, and limits the number of nuclear-capable land- and submarine-based missiles and bombers.Any new pact would also have to account for China's nuclear arms buildup, which the Pentagon says likely will more than triple Beijing's arsenal to 1,500 warheads by 2035.
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  • The Independent

    Russia-Ukraine war – latest: ‘Mutinies likely’ in Putin’s military as Zelensky prepares counteroffensive

    Senior Ukrainian official warns not enough weaponry to launch counteroffensive

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  • Associated Press

    China defends buzzing American warship in Taiwan Strait, accuses US of provoking Beijing

    China's defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world's top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China. In his first international public address since becoming defense minister in March, Gen. Li Shangfu told the Shangri-La Dialogue that China doesn't have any problems with “innocent passag

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  • Associated Press

    North Korean leader's sister vows 2nd attempt to launch spy satellite, slams UN meeting

    The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again Sunday to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch. The North’s attempt to put its first military spy satellite into orbit last Wednesday failed as its rocket crashed off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast. An emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council was still convened at the request of the U.S., Japan and other countrie

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  • The Canadian Press

    Homecoming on film: Award-winning Mariupol documentary screened for 1st time in Ukraine

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The award-winning film “20 Days in Mariupol” made its premiere in Ukraine on Saturday, seen for the first time by some of the Ukrainian medics and first responders who were chronicled in the documentary about how Russian forces bombed and blasted their way into the southeastern port city last year. Repeated standing ovations in a packed Kyiv cinema, mixed with tears and hugs, greeted those Ukrainian civil servants who toiled nearly non-stop in and around a Mariupol hospital

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  • The Canadian Press

    Haley says US forces 'need to align' with countries including Russia; campaign says she misspoke

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley suggested in an interview that United States forces “need to align” with non-European countries including Russia to enhance global security, a remark her campaign characterized as a gaffe but which comes amid the Biden administration's approval for millions more in military aid to assist Ukraine in fending off Russia's invasion. Asked by WMUR-TV for a segment Wednesday on regions of the world to which she felt the U.S. could pay m

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  • The Independent

    French Open LIVE: Tennis scores and results from Roland Garros as Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff advance

    Iga Swiatek didn’t drop a single game as the defending French Open champion advanced to the fourth round after Elena Rybakina withdrew from Roland Garros

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  • The Telegraph

    Sunak to stay at ‘world’s most exclusive hotel’ as Biden rolls out the red carpet

    Rishi Sunak will stay at the palatial US residence known as The President’s Guest House on his visit to Washington next week, as the White House seeks to roll out the red carpet for the Prime Minister, The Telegraph understands.

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  • The Telegraph

    Sunak to host global AI summit amid warnings of threat to human civilisation

    Rishi Sunak is to host a global summit in London this autumn aimed at devising international rules on artificial intelligence amid warnings it could threaten human extinction, The Telegraph can reveal.

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  • The Canadian Press

    Canada's Andreescu loses to Ukraine's Tsurenko in third round at Roland Garros

    PARIS — Bianca Andreescu's career-best run at Roland Garros is over. Canada's Andreescu was eliminated from the French Open after losing to Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, in the third round on Saturday. In a match that took just 62 minutes, Andreescu won only 16 of 45 points while serving, including 38 per cent of her first serve points compared to 63 per cent for Tsurenko, who dominated the match from start to finish. Andreescu also committed 22 unforced errors and three d

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  • The Canadian Press

    Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down

    BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Serbia’s capital on Saturday for a fifth time in a month, following two mass shootings that shook the nation, even as the country’s populist president rejected any responsibility for the crisis and ignored the protesters' demands to step down. The crowd, chanting slogans against President Aleksandar Vucic, marched through the capital, Belgrade, to gather in front of his downtown headquarters. They released a large balloon with the inscriptio

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