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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a news briefing on Monday.

Snowden, a former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution for leaking classified documents about government surveillance programs. (Image credit: AP)

It’s been less than a week since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his mass mobilization to shore up his flailing war in Ukraine, but Russian state television hosts are reportedly already in a “panic” over potential blowback. The Daily Beast’s

The Brothers of Italy party has won the most votes in Italy’s national election.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Image credit: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday. More than 3.9 million voters voted to ratify the code (66.9%), while

Shooter, identified as 25-year-old local resident Ruslan Zinin, says ‘no one will go to fight’ before opening fire in the Siberian city of Ust-Ilimsk

A young man shot a Russian military commander at close range at an enlistment office Monday.

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