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Brazil Worries It Has Become a Haven for Russian Spies Infiltrating the West

Alleged agents posing as Brazilians have caught the eye of the U.S. and Norway—and could also be candidates in any prisoner exchange.

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Ukraine’s Zelensky Seeks to Stay Strong—and Human

In a few hours the Journal spent with him, the president spoke about remaining grounded, projecting strength and rejecting talks with Russia.

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Market Bets on Cheaper Oil, Dashing Saudi Hopes for a Price Rebound

The oil market has flashed a warning to Saudi Arabia: The world economy is weakening, and the kingdom’s efforts to boost prices have run into a wall of excess supply.

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How to Retire Better, From Retirees Who Learned the Hard Way

Regrets offer insights that can help people think and plan better at every life stage.

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Powerful Rebpulican asks Blinken for details on probe of US Iran envoy

By Valerie Volcovici and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A powerful Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken for details about an investigation into the security clearance of the U.S. envoy for Iran,

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China Says New Ambassador to US Met Biden at White House – Bloomberg

China Says New Ambassador to US Met Biden at White House  Bloomberg

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Live updates: Donald Trump rallies in Pickens, South Carolina – Greenville News

Live updates: Donald Trump rallies in Pickens, South Carolina  Greenville News Friendly crowd of 50,000 comes Trump rally in sizzling hot Pickens  Greenville News Trump ally Lindsey Graham booed off stage at South Carolina MAGA rally near his hometown  Fox News

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IAF hits anti-aircraft battery in Syria after missile explodes over Israel

Military says attack on air defense system, ‘additional targets’ in response to missile launch from Syria, makes no mention of alleged Israeli strikes in Homs

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CIA Director Burns says the Wagner uprising’s fallout ‘will play out for some time’

Burns cast Wagner Group chief Prigozhin’s revolt as “an armed challenge to the Russian state,” a week after the head of the Russian paramilitary forces led a short-lived rebellion. (Image credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP)

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Ultra-nationalists aim to restrict travel for Russian officials’ families

(Reuters) – The ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) is working on a bill that would temporarily ban the travel of close relatives of high-ranking officials to “unfriendly countries,” the RIA state news agency reported on Sunday. Russia considers

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