Thursday, 28 July 2022 — Indian Punchline
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov rounded off a tour of African states in a blaze of media publicity despite US hopes to “isolate” him
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a press availability at the State Department on Wednesday made the dramatic announcement that he intends to speak to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov “in the coming days … for the first time since the war began” in Ukraine on February 24.
Interestingly, he gave an alibi that harks back to the Soviet era — prisoner exchange.
Fuyuko Matsui (Japan), Becoming Friends with All the Children of the World, 2004.
A mural opposing NATO and the EU in Belgrade, Serbia. [Source:
Russia’s massive Vostok 2018 manoeuvres, held four years ago was first of its kind after 1981 during Soviet era (File photo)
As seen in Oliver Stone’s new documentary, President John F. Kennedy rides in the motorcade through Dallas shortly before his assassination. [Source:
The Palestinians of Masafer Yatta are fighting an attempt to eliminate them. 


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