US and its allies rush to save their climate movement from Trump
The Biden administration and like-minded governments around the world are racing to secure their global climate strategy against a potential rollback under Donald Trump — an effort that has gained...
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‘This is breaking him’: Putin’s prisoner swap leaves hundreds behind
“It’s been 48 hours of a rollercoaster ride; it’s been exhausting,” Anne Fogel said. Unlike three fellow Americans, her brother, Marc Fogel — a 63-year-old former teacher at the Anglo-American School...
View ArticleUkraine claims sinking of Russia sub in Sevastopol
The Ukrainian military said it launched a successful strike against a Russian submarine on Friday and damaged an S-400 air defense system in occupied Crimea. “In the port of Sevastopol, the submarine...
View ArticleTrump congratulates Putin on ‘great’ hostage swap
U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump commended Russian President Vladimir Putin over a historic prisoner swap deal struck last week, suggesting the Russian leader got the better end of the agreement....
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Top freed dissident says Putin used prisoner swap to exile him without consent
One of the most prominent Russian dissidents freed in a historic prisoner exchange last week is arguing Moscow exiled him without his consent and exerted diplomatic pressure to try to secure...
View ArticleAs Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’
Donald Trump spent Monday morning labeling the turmoil in the global financial markets the “Kamala Crash,” giving Republicans hope that he might turn his focus to an economic message. It didn’t last....
View ArticlePutin reacts as Russia battles a cross-border Ukrainian attack
Following reports that Ukrainian troops are engaged in fierce combat on Russian territory, Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called it a “large-scale provocation.” According to his statement...
View ArticleFamily ties to ousted Bangladesh PM heap further pressure on UK City minister
LONDON — City Minister Tulip Siddiq can’t be enjoying herself. The Labour MP, who is already under investigation for failing to register rental income from a property in London, is under increased...
View ArticleRussia declares state of emergency in Kursk as Ukraine pushes incursion
Russia declared a state of emergency in the Kursk region late Wednesday as Ukrainian forces continued a cross-border attack there. “To eliminate the consequences of enemy forces coming into the...
View Article‘Massive’ drone attack hits Russia’s Lipetsk region, as fighting continues in...
Authorities in Russia’s western Lipetsk region declared a state of emergency and evacuated four villages in the early hours of Friday morning after a “massive attack” by Ukrainian drones, the local...
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Kyiv’s offensive gets a greenish light from its allies
BERLIN — As Ukraine widens its attacks inside Russia, there is no sign that the country’s sometimes reluctant Western allies are putting pressure on Kyiv to ease off. That includes Germany, an ally...
View ArticleZelenskyy confirms Ukraine’s forces fighting in Russian territory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged for the first time late Saturday that Kyiv’s military is conducting a cross-border offensive inside Russian border areas. Ukraine’s military was...
View ArticleUp to 180K Russians flee Ukraine’s continued offensive
As many as 180,000 Russian civilians are being evacuated from regions near the border with Ukraine as the Kremlin scrambles to deal with Ukraine’s continued cross-border incursion. Alexei Smirnov, the...
View ArticleRussian blame game heats up as Ukraine’s special military operation riles Putin
Ukraine’s incursion onto Russian soil has triggered a round of finger-pointing in Moscow at the military. Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting on Monday, according to the...
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Russia’s links with Iran are growing stronger
Daniel Kochis is a senior fellow at the Center on Europe and Eurasia at Hudson Institute. Last week, while Secretary of Russia’s Security Council and former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was in...
View ArticleUkraine snatching Russian territory to stop cross-border shelling, Zelenskyy...
Kyiv’s incursion into Russian territory is designed to stop Moscow’s forces from firing shells across the border at Ukraine and to capture prisoners of war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as more...
View ArticlePutin pulls units out of Ukraine to defend Russia, Kyiv says
KYIV — Russia pulled some troops out of southern Ukraine and back into its own territory to try to fend off an escalating incursion by Kyiv’s forces, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. Ukraine’s...
View ArticleRussia sends 447 goats to North Korea after Kim Jong Un sucks up to Putin
Goats for guns? After a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June at which the international pariahs discussed mutual cooperation, Moscow has...
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Puppyganda: The fluffy friends doing politicians’ PR work for them
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. A picture with a cute animal? Priceless. That appears to be the calculation political leaders of various persuasions and nationalities have made over the...
View ArticleUkraine hammers Russian airbases as Kyiv’s incursion triggers panic
Kyiv’s forces continued their incursion into Russian territory overnight, targeting airbases, sending a barrage of missiles and drones into the Kursk region and triggering a state of emergency in the...
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