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Who is Grant Shapps, the UK’s new defense secretary?
LONDON — Grant Shapps is one of the great survivors of the Conservative Party, summoned to high office by four out of five of the…
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Spanish football federation threatens legal action against star player in kiss controversy
The uproar over a post-victory embrace is escalating, with Spain’s football federation threatening to take legal action over star player Jenni Hermoso’s latest statements over…
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Prigozhin’s lesson for Trump & Co: Don’t trust Putin’s promises
KYIV — U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has joined ex-President Donald Trump in believing that there are deals in good faith to be made…
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Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961—2023)
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s days seemed numbered the moment he had the audacity — some would say recklessness — to raise a mutiny two months ago and…
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Wagner allies react: OMG, they killed Yevgeny! You bastards!
Who’d shed a tear for Yevgeny Prigozhin? Well, the apparent death of the belligerent leader of the notorious mercenary Wagner Group in a plane crash…
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Russia threatens to annex Georgia’s breakaway regions
Moscow could annex Georgia’s Russian-backed breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia, warned Kremlin security council Deputy Chair Dmitry Medvedev. The former Russian president and prime…
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Zelenskyy hails F-16 commitment on visit to Netherlands
The Netherlands confirmed that it will provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets following approval from the U.S. allowing Ukrainian pilots to get training to fly…
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Russia risks war with NATO in Black Sea, former top commander in Europe warns
Moscow risks sparking a direct war with NATO by intercepting ships in international waters and seeking to impose an economic stranglehold on Ukraine, NATO’s former…
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Mr. Not-So-Brightside. The Killers booed in Georgia for bringing Russian fan onstage
American rock band The Killers apologized after singer Brandon Flowers invited a Russian fan onstage at a concert in Georgia. At a performance on Tuesday…
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Biden sets new rules restricting US investments in China
President Joe Biden on Wednesday will establish new rules limiting American investments in high-end Chinese technology sectors — a long-awaited effort meant to stop U.S.…
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