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Russia vilifies ‘Hollywood cowboy’ Biden for cursing Putin
U.S. President Joe Biden calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “crazy SOB” was an attempt to act like a “Hollywood cowboy,” the Kremlin said Thursday.…
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Biden calls Putin ‘a crazy SOB’ and ridicules Trump
President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a crazy SOB” and made fun of Donald Trump for comparing himself to Russian opposition leader Alexei…
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Prince William: Gaza fighting must stop ‘as soon as possible’
LONDON — Prince William said fighting in Gaza must stop “as soon as possible,” marking a rare intervention on a hot-button global issue from a…
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Ursula von der Leyen announces bid for 2nd term
BERLIN — She wants five more years. After months of speculation, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced her bid to become the lead…
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Houthis damage British cargo ship in new attack
Yemen’s Houthi rebels shot down a U.S. drone and damaged a Belize-flagged, British cargo ship in their latest assault against commercial vessels, their spokesperson claimed…
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‘There’s only Plan A’: Defense leaders fear failure in Ukraine
MUNICH — Four American senators recounted a story Ukrainian officials told them at the Munich Security Conference: A soldier in a muddy trench with Russian…
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Navalny’s death fails to move the dial for Republican Senator J.D. Vance
U.S. Senator J.D. Vance has made a name for himself in the United States Congress as one of the most vociferous opponents of aid for…
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Western aid to Ukraine exceeds Marshall Plan, EBRD boss says
LUXEMBOURG ― Western support for Ukraine dwarfs the U.S. recovery plan for Europe after World War II, the head of a top public lender has said.…
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Three men are holding the Levant hostage
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. TEL AVIV/RAMALLAH — Nineteenth-century Scottish essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle believed that “The History of the world…
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Netanyahu rejects Hamas’ ‘delusional’ cease-fire demands
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ terms for a cease-fire Wednesday, saying that agreeing to the group’s demands would “invite another massacre” and predicting…
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