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The Global Briefing: An old territorial dispute is again testing relations between Japan and Russia, after President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, prompting Tokyo to call the move “absolutely unacceptable.”

The Global Briefing: An old territorial dispute is again testing relations between Japan and Russia, after President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to the disputed Kuril Islands, prompting Tokyo to call the move “absolutely unacceptable.”

In Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni faces a growing political challenge from younger voters ahead of the 2027 election, with polls showing her coalition attracting less than 30% support among under-35s.

Cuba is marking what would have been Fidel Castro’s 100th birthday — celebrating his revolutionary legacy even as the…

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