World
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China faces pressure to rein in Russia, but may have limited sway.
China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, will be asked to apply more pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine…
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McCarthy Meets With Tsai, Backing Taiwan Amid Rising Tensions With China
Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the most senior elected official to meet with a Taiwanese president on American soil since the…
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Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights seeks to portray war crimes accusations as false.
An official charged by the International Criminal Court sought to portray her work as a humanitarian project.
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Train Derails in the Netherlands, Killing at Least One
The passenger train, which was on its way to The Hague, struck a crane early Tuesday morning, officials said. Dozens…
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Strange Days at the U.N. as Russia Takes the Helm of the Security Council
The monthlong presidency of an organization dedicated to preserving world peace is now in the hand of a nation waging…
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Your Tuesday Briefing: Ukraine Prepares a Counteroffensive
Also, Trump returns to New York to surrender and North Koreans remain in “state-sponsored slavery” abroad.
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Speculation flares after an influential Russian military blogger is killed by a bomb in St. Petersburg.
An influential Russian military blogger who called for an escalation of the war in Ukraine was killed when a bomb…
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Looming Counteroffensive Will Test Ukrainian Army’s Resolve
In vicious but mostly static fighting in snowy, artillery-cratered fields and ruined cities, Ukraine rebuffed a Russian offensive over the…
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A Front Company and a Fake Identity: How the U.S. Came to Use Spyware It Was Trying to Kill.
WASHINGTON — The secret contract was finalized on Nov. 8, 2021, a deal between a company that has acted as…
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Finland’s Prime Minister Toppled in Tight Election
Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s party was outpolled by a rival that stressed economic concerns. Petteri Orpo of the National Coalition…