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A “humiliation”, “economic surrender” and rhetoric that “appears to have been stolen from the adult…
The scramble began in November as news broke that Donald Trump had been re-elected. Benjamin and Chrys Gorman had long said they would leave the US before seeing Trump inaugurated again, giving them exactly 76 days to sell their home, cars and…
Standing outside Germany’s parliament in June, Ahmad Shikh Ali fought back tears as he held up a blurry photo of his three-year-old son. Since fleeing Aleppo more than two years ago, Shikh Ali had done all he could to secure his son a safe…
In late April 2024, Nikolai Patrushev, the longtime head of Russia’s Security Council, chaired a meeting in St. Petersburg of top security officials from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The meeting was about…
“I’m not ready to change jobs,” says Stellios Boutaris, a wine producer with vineyards in Naoussa and Amyndeon in northern Greece, as well as on the island of Santorini. But, he adds, “we cannot do it the way our fathers did.”
Boutaris…
Ukraine is seeking more weapons from the West amid concerns that, even after the two recent summits in the United States, Russia is not interested in peace, a senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told RFE/RL’s Current…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin would be “the most effective way forward” despite stalled efforts to end the conflict and continued drone strikes by both sides.
Zelenskyy, speaking on…
