Just 18 months ago, White House and Pentagon officials debated whether Russia’s forces in Ukraine might collapse and be pushed out of the country entirely. Now, after months of slow Russian ground advances and technological leaps in countering American-provided arms, the Biden administration is increasingly concerned that President Vladimir V. Putin is gathering enough momentum…
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News White House blames pandemic, Russia war on Biden’s dismal swing poll numbers
The White House is blaming the pandemic and Russia’s war with Ukraine as just some of the reasons as to why President Biden’s poll numbers are lagging in key swing states as he closes out the final year of his current term in office. White House press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre came up with the excuses…
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News How Biden’s Trade War With China Differs From Trump’s
Joseph R. Biden Jr. ran for the White House as a sharp critic of President Donald J. Trump’s crackdown on trade with China. In office, though, he has taken Mr. Trump’s trade war with Beijing and escalated it, albeit with a very different aim. The two men, locked in a rematch election this fall, share…
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News Man sentenced to prison after exposing Australian war crimes in Afghanistan
David McBride, a former army lawyer, was sentenced to almost six years in prison for leaking classified information exposing alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. McBride, 60, pleaded guilty to charges including theft and sharing secret documents with the media. McBride’s conviction raised concerns about whistleblower protections in Australia. An Australian judge sentenced a former…
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News Protesters Disrupt Israeli Memorial Day Events Over War Raging in Gaza
Israelis gathered across the country on Monday for the first national day of mourning since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks, with protesters disrupting several ceremonies as they demanded that government ministers do more to secure the release of hostages. Israel’s Memorial Day is normally one of the most somber on the country’s calendar, a date…
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News Palestinian band escapes horrors of war but members’ futures remain uncertain
They stroll Doha’s waterfront promenade and sing softly about children who are now “birds in heaven,” flying free of the pain of the war in Gaza. For the Palestinian group Sol Band, it seems surreal that weeks ago they were hiding from Israeli shelling. ISRAEL BOMBS RAFAH, PREPARES FOR GROUND INVASION AFTER CEASEFIRE TALKS WITH…
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News In Sudan, fire ‘used indiscriminately as weapon of war,’ 72 villages burned last month, study says
A report from Sudan Witness project, run by the U.K.-based nonprofit Center for Information Resilience, said fires resulting from the fighting in Sudan destroyed or damaged 72 villages last month. The report highlights the use of fire as a weapon of war. Sudan’s conflict started in April 2024 when intense fighting broke out between the…
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News Putin’s New War Weapon: An Economist Managing the Military
To President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, appointing a new defense minister provides a new building block toward fighting a long war. That was evident in Moscow on Monday when Andrei R. Belousov, the economist who was Mr. Putin’s surprise pick to lead Russia’s sprawling defense ministry, made his first public appearance in his new…
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News How Biden Adopted Trump’s Trade War With China
The president has proposed new barriers to electric vehicles, steel and other goods. Related Posts Newt Gingrich: Biden was corrupted by our enemies Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich commends the House of Representative’s investigations into Hunter Biden on “Hannity,” saying their work will Read more Biden campaign official says 1 term not enough to fix…
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News Yahya Sinwar Helped Start the War in Gaza. Now He’s Key to Its Endgame.
After Hamas attacked Israel in October, igniting the war in Gaza, Israeli leaders described the group’s most senior official in the territory, Yahya Sinwar, as a “dead man walking.” Considering him an architect of the raid, Israel has portrayed Mr. Sinwar’s assassination as a major goal of its devastating counterattack. Seven months later, Mr. Sinwar’s…
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