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The king, 75, and queen will host their majesties the emperor and empress of Japan for a state visit in June, according to the palace

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, April 24th

"Battlegroup Dnepr units conducted active counterbattery warfare and destroyed enemy drones, manpower and equipment on the right bank of the Dnieper River," Governor Vladimir Saldo said

On April 25, the court in Nicosia ruled to extradite Artur Petrov to the United States

Beijing sticks to the principle of non-alignment with any blocs, the Chinese leader said and called on Washington "to refrain from teaming up in small groups"

The report hasn’t been officially confirmed

The sides supported the early launch of the green corridor project aimed at the simplification of customs operations

According to Vasily Nebenzya, the situation is as though a year-long probe into a murder yielded a conclusion that "the victim was murdered"

According to preliminary information, the average altitude of the orbital outpost was increased to 414.8 km above the Earth’s surface

"If the UN did not exist, it should have been created," Vasily Nebenzya said

The company has two contracts for LNG supplies to Europe from the Yamal LNG project and one for Asia that requires closer consideration, CEO of the French energy company Patrick Pouyanne said

According to the news agency Tasnim, when speaking about NATO eastward expansion, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani emphasized that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states should utilize the SCO potential in order to neutralize common threats

The Russian foreign minister said that the sides would exchange opinions on how to develop bilateral relations along the path outlined by Bolivian President Luis Arce and Russian President Vladimir Putin

Dmitry Polyansky said that some of the weapons supplied to Kiev are "in the darknet, which means that it is available to anyone"

The Ukrainian military has suffered heavy casualties among personnel and military hardware in that community, Igor Kimakovsky said

Russian troops improved their tactical position and repelled eight Ukrainian army counterattacks in the Avdeyevka area over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

According to Nikolay Patrushev, these countries "understand perfectly well who is financing" the Kiev regime

Spokesman Wang Wenbin stressed that China was not providing weapons to the conflicting parties and strictly controlled dual-use goods, including the export of drones

According to the Palestinian enclave’s Health Ministry, over the past 24 hours, 43 people have been killed and another 64 wounded

According to the report, Israel is willing to acceprt the release of women, men over 50 years old and those seriously ill

According to Nebenzya, the real goal of the West, which is seeking to persuade the world of the futility of international efforts, is "to keep on telling the tale of lost time" as long as possible in a hope that "international community will forget about this terrorist attack"

Dmitry Peskov noted that, "according to some parameters, companies in Europe and other regions can hardly maintain their competitiveness if they completely abandon our products"

The Russian leader expressed confidence that the the 12th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues "will bolster cooperation for the mutual benefit of our countries and peoples"

"It is obvious that the upcoming combat training on the territory of Finland is part of a hybrid war against our country," Maria Zakharova said

The head of state accused Washington of preparing a "Belarusian liberation army" and reiterated Minsk's readiness to "defend its country"

Vasily Nebenzya stressed that insurers conclude on their own that the "explosion at the gas pipelines was made using an explosive devices, willfully and due to political motives," thereby confirming its terroristic nature

Maria Zakharova stressed that "the level of nuclear risks have risen dramatically as a result of the West’s destructive policy, which is fraught with a direct military confrontation between nuclear powers"

The parties will exchange views on Syrian issues in order to achieve progress at the negotiations in Geneva

The detention was reported earlier by the media, which said that police had captured Tajik national Djumokhon Kurbonov

The deal still looks advantageous even after two years of war, Welt am Sonntag said

In Maxim Buyakevich words, neither the talks nor their outcome can change the existing political and territorial realities

TASS has put together the highlights of Shoigu's speech

The Federal Statistics Service noted that mortality in the eight months of 2023 decreased by 9.8%, and the birth rate dropped by 2.5%