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Ukraine’s Growing Sense of National Identity Puts It in Putin’s Crosshairs

Russian leader has long argued that the two countries are inseparable, but Ukrainians have other ideas, increasingly speaking their own language and celebrating their independence from their former overlords. Now Moscow is threatening a new invasion.

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Islamic State Plotted Comeback Long Before Syria Prison Attack

Islamic State has been slowly preparing for a comeback in the Syrian and Iraqi territory that it lost nearly three years ago.

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Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Infrastructure Visit – The New York Times

Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses Hours Before Biden Infrastructure Visit  The New York Times Human chain formed to rescue people from dangling bus after Pittsburgh bridge collapse I ABC7  ABC7 Pittsburgh bridge collapse causes massive gas leak leaving 4 hospitalized ahead of Biden’s visit  Fox

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‘Fully-fledged’ Russian invasion of Ukraine could include cyber attacks and a coup, NATO warns

The West should be prepared for a “fully-fledged Russian invasion” of Ukraine that could include an attempted coup, cyber attacks and sabotage, NATO has warned.

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Macron and Putin agree on need for ‘de-escalation’ in crisis over Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on the need for “de-escalation” in a phone call Friday about the tensions between Moscow and Kyiv after Russia deployed thousands of soldiers near its borders with the smaller former

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Leaked documents: Notorious pro-Kremlin Trump Tower lawyer accused of evidence tampering

On Friday, the Daily Beast reported that Natalia Veselnitskaya, the infamous Russian lawyer present at the 2016 Trump Tower meeting, has been accused of a criminal plot to tamper with government documents. “Veselnitskaya, the pro-Kremlin lawyer who attended the notorious

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Days after massive arms deal, US halts Egypt military aid over human rights concerns

State Department says Cairo had not met conditions to receive $130 million in foreign military financing; On Tuesday US had approved $2.5 billion sale of military planes and radars

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Biden visits Pittsburgh bridge collapse, vows more U.S. investment – Reuters

Biden visits Pittsburgh bridge collapse, vows more U.S. investment  Reuters Human chain formed to rescue people from dangling bus after Pittsburgh bridge collapse I ABC7  ABC7 Pittsburgh bridge collapse causes massive gas leak leaving 4 hospitalized ahead of Biden’s visit  Fox News Editorial:

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