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Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the West had turned from sanctions against Russia to “terror attacks,” sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in what he described as an attempt to “destroy the European energy infrastructure.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the West had turned from sanctions against Russia to “terror attacks,” sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in what he described as an attempt to “destroy the European energy infrastructure.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the West had turned from sanctions against Russia to “terror attacks,” sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in what he described as an attempt to “destroy the European energy infrastructure.”

Breanna Stewart and the United States used a dominant defensive effort to beat Canada and reach the gold-medal game of the World Cup for the fourth consecutive tournament. (Image credit: Rick Rycroft/AP)

Brazil’s presidential election will be decided by tens of millions of poor people, and they look set to eject incumbent Jair Bolsonaro from office.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is expected to hold a news briefing on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, joins hands with Moscow-appointed heads of four Ukrainian regions, from left, Vladimir Saldo of Kherson, Yevgeny Balitsky of Zaporizhzhia, Denis Pushilin of Donetsk, and Leonid Pasechnik of Lugansk, at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow

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Moscow’s illegal annexation of four occupied regions of Ukraine—formally announced Friday by Russian President Vladimir Putin—is facing international condemnation, with peace advocates warning that it heightens the risk of nuclear war, thus making the need for swift and effective diplomacy