The path to the diplomatic milestone was paved by last month’s summit between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, the foreign minister said Relations between Russia and North Korea have now soared to new heights, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said during his landmark two-day trip to Pyongyang.

Russian and Ukrainian media claim the steelworks has come under heavy artillery fire and aerial bombardment Fighting has resumed at the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, several media outlets reported on Tuesday, with footage circulating on social media featuring plumes of smoke billowing from the steelworks. The escalation appears to put an…

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