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The moonshot, which Russia has been planning for decades, will test the nation’s growing independence in space.

It’s unclear when or where the force will deploy and which countries from the 15-member bloc would contribute to it.

“I miss my children,” Chinese-Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who is being detained on national security charges, wrote in a letter to the Australian public.

The World Bank said the new law, which imposes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, contradicts its values.

Arkady Volozh said he was “categorically against” the war.

If the proposed deal holds, Tehran will be allowed to use $6 billion in Iranian assets blocked under U.S. sanctions to buy food, medicine or other humanitarian aid.

A member of the Hezbollah Shiite group and a Christian resident were killed in the exchange of fire in the village of Kahaleh, near Beirut.

The move has already sparked an uproar in Lebanon, which had long been an island of relative tolerance for homosexuality.

Malaysia, which is predominantly Muslim, already criminalizes same-sex relationships, with punishments ranging from caning to 20 years in prison.

Kim pointed at the South Korean capital, Seoul, and its surrounding area on a map at a meeting with generals in pictures released by state media.

The Russian leader, eager to woo countries that aren’t in the Western camp on Ukraine, risks being humiliated in public.