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Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany, on Feb. 15, 2022. Russia clashed with the United States and other Western nations Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023 over the Kremlin’s call for a U.N. investigation of last September’s sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines from Russia to Western Europe. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

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A global mystery: What's known about Nord Stream explosions
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Wed,03/08/23-1:45PM , 382 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a major international mystery with global consequences: Who was behind the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year in the Baltic Sea?
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At a news conference, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is ready to back Ukraine's diplomatic efforts to end the war.

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US, Russia hold highest-level talks since Ukraine invasion
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Thu,03/02/23-5:31AM , 438 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talked briefly Thursday in the highest-level in-person talks between the two countries since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, attends the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)

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G20 talks end in India with no consensus on Ukraine war
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Wed,03/01/23-11:07PM , 347 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations ended their contentious meeting in New Delhi on Thursday with no consensus on the Ukraine war, India’s foreign minister said, as discussions of the war and China's widening global influence dominated much of the talks.
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Ukraine in mind, US frantic to avert Mideast showdown at UN
By MATTHEW LEE - AP Diplomatic Writer
Sat,02/18/23-8:11PM , 850 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is scrambling to avert a diplomatic crisis over Israeli settlement activity this week at the United Nations that threatens to overshadow and perhaps derail what the U.S.
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