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Mindy Kaling Reveals Why Legally Blonde 3 Is Taking So Long

Mindy Kaling is a busy woman. As head of the production company Kaling International, she’s juggling nearly two dozen projects in various stages, including the Netflix hit Never Have I Ever and HBO Max romp The Sex Lives of College

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The Informal International Network Getting Disabled Ukrainians Out of the War Zone

When Tanya Herasymova woke up on February 24 to the news that Russia had invaded Ukraine, her first thought was to get underground. If the Russian army began bombing her city Kamianske, close to the separatist region Donetsk, she would

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‘Like Living in a Horror Movie’: A Ukraine Town Dying a Slow Death

The war never stops in Huliaipole, a town on the front lines in eastern Ukraine. Most residents have fled. Those who remain listen to the Russian shelling and wonder: Where will the next one land?

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Zelenskyy says Russian invasion at a ‘turning point’ as Putin orders 134,500 new conscripts into his army

Ukraine’s president has said the Russian invasion of his country is at a “turning point” as attacks intensified around Kyiv and Chernihiv and the head of NATO warned of “even more suffering”.

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What Joe Biden’s gaffe says about his end-game in Ukraine

Nine ad-libbed words mask his caution in dealing with Vladimir Putin

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Putin signs decree enlisting 134,500 young men into Russian army

Russia is conscripting 134,500 men between the ages of 18 and 27, according to a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, as reported by several Russian news agencies. The young men will be enlisted by mid-July. At the same

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A Nation of Spy-Catchers: Fear of Saboteurs Has Ukrainians on Edge

There are checkpoints, hotlines and apps for reporting suspicious activities. Ukrainians worry about saboteurs mixing among them sowing mistrust and spreading misinformation.

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Ukraine president says defense at ‘turning point’ as Russia breaks pledge to ease up

In nightly video address, Zelensky appeals directly to Biden and says ‘freedom should be armed no worse than tyranny’

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‘Regime will end very soon’: Jailed Oligarch explains why many Russians also want Putin to go

A Russian businessman imprisoned for a decade by Vladimir Putin believes the end is near for the former KGB operative’s regime. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who founded one of the nation’s first commercial banks, spent 10 years in a Siberian prison after

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Turkish prosecutor seeks to move Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia

Request comes as Ankara tries to normalize relationship with Riyadh, which reached an all-time low following journalist’s grisly killing in Istanbul

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