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NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

US and Russia still at impasse after Ukraine crisis talks in Geneva

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/21/22

The US has said it is prepared to impose the toughest economic sanctions yet against Moscow. Lavrov, for his part, said Russia expects a written response from the US next week to its…

World

RUSSIA-UKRAINE TENSIONS

Blinken and Lavrov to meet in Geneva to discuss Ukraine crisis

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/21/22

While the US and its Western allies are demanding a pull-back of the Russian troops, Moscow is demanding certain security guarantees and an end to the eastward expansion of the NATO military alliance

World

DIPLOMATIC CRISIS

US Secretary of State Blinken heads to France to calm submarine spat

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/2/21

Last month, the US launched a new security pact with Australia and Britain for the Indo-Pacific region without consulting European allies, triggering a diplomatic crisis with France