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Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy expected to visit Capitol Hill next week
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill and at the White House next week as he visits the U.S. during the United...
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Milestone Navy nominee faces some familiar questions at Senate grilling
The admiral in line to be the first woman to head the U.S. Navy and the first to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff faced some familiar lines of...
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NSA, FBI warn of expanding use of 'deepfakes' in new report
Criminals and intelligence services are expected to increase the use of "deepfakes" -- manipulated and misleading audio and video images -- to...
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Pentagon says surveillance flights, not counterterrorism ops, have restarted in Niger
The Pentagon said Thursday that it has not restarted counterterrorism operations in Niger, a day after the head of U.S. airpower for Europe and...
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Britain, France and Germany say they will keep their nuclear and missiles sanctions on Iran
Britain, France and Germany announced Thursday they will keep their sanctions on Iran related to the Mideast country's atomic program and...
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Eyeing endgame, Biden taps Obama vet Pritzker to oversee Ukraine rebuilding
President Biden has tapped a veteran of the Obama administration Cabinet and major Democratic Party donor to help promote the rebuilding of the...
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She danced with Putin at her wedding. Now the former Austrian foreign minister has moved to Russia
A former Austrian foreign minister who had invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to her wedding and danced a waltz with him at the 2018...
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Planned Iran-U.S. prisoner swap highlights Seoul's role as $6 billion middleman
In what looks like a win-win-win, the pending U.S.-Iran prisoner swap deal is being lubricated by the release of some $6 billion in Iranian dollars...
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Baltic states ban vehicles with Russian license plates in line with EU sanctions interpretation
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have banned vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent...
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Taliban hail China's new ambassador with fanfare, say it's a sign for others to establish relations
The Taliban on Wednesday hailed China's new ambassador to Afghanistan with fanfare, saying his arrival is a sign for other nations to come forward...
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Thailand's government, seeking return of tourists from China, approves visa-free entry for 5 months
Thailand's new government Wednesday approved a measure granting temporary visa-free entry to Chinese tourists, signaling that the recovery of the...
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Pro-Bolsonaro rioters on trial for storming Brazil's top government offices
Brazil's Supreme Court justices on Wednesday began deciding whether to convict defendants accused of storming top government offices on Jan. 8 in...