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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounces referendums in Ukraine as Russian 'land grab'
•In a strongly worded statement, Blinken said that Russia has forced much of the population in areas it seized to flee and compelled Ukraine's citizens that remained to cast ballots at gunpoint, in fear for their safety, and the safety of their loved ones
Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska travels to US for high-profile trip
•Blue and yellow Ukrainian flags flew alongside American ones on Pennsylvania Avenue as Zelenska headed for her first announced event in the US, the meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeks to shore up Southeast Asia ties in Thailand
•Blinken is visiting Thailand, America's oldest ally in Asia, days after a stop by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who has embarked on a more extensive tour of Southeast Asia in which he has highlighted Beijing's lavish infrastructure spending
China plots fresh military exercises in South China Sea
•US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on 26 May accused Beijing of raising tensions over Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory
Top US officials to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on first wartime visit to Kyiv
•The trip by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin comes as the war enters its third month with thousands dead and millions displaced
Violence against Rohingya minority committed by Myanmmar military amounts to genocide, determines US
•US secretary of state Antony Blinken said in December last year during a visit to Malaysia that the United States was looking 'very actively' at whether the treatment of the Rohingya might 'constitute genocide'
US pays $2M a month to protect former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and an aide from ‘serious and credible’ Iran threats
•As a former secretary of state, Pompeo was automatically given 180 days of protection by the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security after leaving office but that protection has been repeatedly extended in 60-day increments by the current Secretary of State, Antony Blinken
Terror groups targeting India continue to operate from Pakistan, says US report on terrorism
•US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the 2020 Country Reports on Terrorism issued on Thursday, said that regionally, terrorist groups continued to operate from Pakistan.
Anti-vaxxers latch on Colin Powell's death to bolster argument against COVID-19 vaccines
•But Powell suffered from myeloma, a type of cancer that experts say undermines the efficacy of shots, and data shows his age left him especially vulnerable
Colin Powell passes away at 84 of complications from COVID-19, says family
•Powell was fully vaccinated and was being treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his family said