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Europe pledges billions to Ukraine
BRUSSELS — European countries vowed Friday to send billions of dollars in further funding to help Ukraine keep fighting Russia’s invasion, as a U.S. envoy pursued peace efforts in a trip to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid…
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Russia Is Getting Better at Rapidly Destroying Enemy Artillery
Russia’s military has the reputation of being a sledgehammer, as crude as it is destructive. This particularly applies to Russian artillery, the “god of war” who isn’t particularly concerned where his thunderbolts hit…
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Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Central Europe leads to animal culls and border closures
LEVÉL, Hungary (AP) — Authorities in several countries in Central Europe are working to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle populations that has caused widespread border closures…
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Inside the DOGE immigration task force
DOGE’s bread and butter has been slashing headcounts but it is now wielding its influence deep inside the nation’s immigration system — an initiative led by one of Elon Musk’s closest friends, three Trump administration officials granted…
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No, We Cannot Return to Business as Usual With Russia
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many in the global business community rightly distanced themselves from the Kremlin. But as the world’s attention gradually shifts away from the daily horrors, and as the long-term…
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For the Love of Soups
Soups have been a mainstay in Russian cuisine for all of recorded history. In other countries young people might skip soup at lunch, but not in Russia. At home or at work, soup is an essential part of…
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Russia’s War Has Left New Scars in Radioactive Chernobyl
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — There is a massive scar on the only thing standing between a decades-old nuclear disaster and the potential for another.
The tomb burying the remains…
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Diplomats see ‘mess’ in Trump’s trade strategy
Trump administration officials are negotiating trade deals with select allies, while leaving most countries hit by Donald Trump’s tariffs in the dark about what the president wants from them.
The administration is embarking on a daunting…
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Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space’
This week, as part of the process to develop a budget for fiscal-year 2026, the Trump White House shared the draft version of its budget request for NASA with the space agency.
This initial version of the administration’s budget request calls for…
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