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Ukraine’s forces gain ground in the south as counteroffensive builds; Russia acknowledges advances – CNBC

Ukraine’s forces gain ground in the south as counteroffensive builds; Russia acknowledges advances  CNBC CNN team visits key city of Lyman, hours after Ukraine regains control from Russian forces  CNN Russian troops abandon key city in eastern Ukraine  WHAS11 Ukrainian troops continue offensive,

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What Donald Trump understands

He has a grim view of human nature, and he exploited it shrewdly—to a point

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SEC charges Kim Kardashian for unlawfully touting crypto on her Instagram account

The reality TV star hawked a crypto token on her Instagram account without telling her hundreds of millions of followers she’d been paid to do so. (Image credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

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Maggie Haberman Talks About Reporting on Donald Trump

He often utters falsehoods, but his speaking style is more strategic than it sometimes seems. Listen for the first time to audio clips from an interview with Maggie Haberman.

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Nobel Prize Awarded to Svante Pääbo for Discoveries in Evolution

The committee gave the Swedish-born scientist the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for overcoming the challenges in recovering and analyzing ancient DNA to sequence the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans.

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The global elite have forgotten Jamal Khashoggi’s murder

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh on October 24, 2017.  | Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images Four years later, the Saudi crown prince is back in the fold. Jared Kushner did

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The UK scraps a proposed tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil

The tax cut was part of a package of unfunded cuts unveiled only days ago that sent the pound to record lows and was widely seen as politically toxic. (Image credit: Stefan Rousseau/AP)

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Britain U-turns on tax cut for rich after pound’s plunge, fierce criticism

Britain on Monday scrapped plans to axe its top income tax rate just 10 days after a debt-driven budget sparked turmoil on markets and fierce criticism during a cost-of-living crisis. On the second day of the ruling Conservative Party‘s annual

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Brazil votes: Lula wins the First round over far-right Bolsonaro; run-off Oct. 30

BREAKING NEWS – Check back for updates Brazil’s presidential race will need to go to an October 30th second round after former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fell short of the 50%+1 he needed to avoid a run-off with

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Iran’s Khamenei blames Israel, US in first comments on protests – Al Jazeera English

Iran’s Khamenei blames Israel, US in first comments on protests  Al Jazeera English Iran’s Khamenei backs police over Mahsa Amini protests, may signal tougher crackdown  Reuters At least 92 killed in Iran protests over Mahsa Amini’s death — rights group  The Times of

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