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International
9/30/2023 10:38:08 PM
Last gasp moves to prevent a US government shutdown took a dramatic step forward Saturday, as Democrats overwhelmingly backed an eleventh-hour Republican measure to keep federal funding going for 45 days, albeit with a freeze on Washington's massive aid to Ukraine.
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International
9/30/2023 8:16:58 PM
With the US government just hours from shutting down on Saturday, Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy pitched a last-gasp stopgap measure to avoid a closure that would throw into doubt everything from access to national parks to Washington's massive support for Ukraine.
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International
9/30/2023 6:47:44 PM
Slovaks voted on Saturday in a tight early election seen as key to whether the country will keep supporting neighbouring Ukraine after a campaign marked by disinformation.
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War in Ukraine
9/30/2023 10:25:05 AM
Ukraine hosted an international defense industry conference as part of a government effort to ramp up weapons production within the country to repel Russia's full-scale invasion and reduce foreign dependence on arms deliveries.
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World
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War in Ukraine
9/29/2023 4:14:45 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered one of the top commanders of the Wagner military contractor to take charge of “volunteer units” fighting in Ukraine, signaling the Kremlin’s effort to keep using the mercenaries after the death of their chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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International
9/28/2023 3:53:16 PM
He is better known for rallying global support for Ukraine, but US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday picked up another favorite tool of diplomacy -- his guitar.
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War in Ukraine
9/28/2023 2:32:05 PM
Russia is set to hike defense spending by almost 70 percent in 2024, a finance ministry document published Thursday showed, as Moscow pours resources into its full-scale offensive in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
9/28/2023 1:39:22 PM
France urged Turkey and Hungary on Thursday to come through on Sweden's stalled bid to join NATO.
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International
9/27/2023 10:19:04 PM
US President Joe Biden will host EU chiefs Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen at a summit in Washington on October 20, a senior European official said Wednesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
9/27/2023 6:44:49 PM
Bulgaria's parliament on Wednesday decided to send aging, Soviet-era air-defense missile systems to Ukraine, its first such shipment to Kyiv from a country bitterly divided over the issue.
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War in Ukraine
9/27/2023 12:25:47 PM
Moscow claimed on Wednesday that Washington and London helped Ukraine orchestrate an unprecedented strike on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in annexed Crimea last week.
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War in Ukraine
9/27/2023 10:00:39 AM
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Wednesday said it expected Russia's economy to grow in 2023 thanks to rising oil prices, having forecast a contraction earlier this year.
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World
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War in Ukraine
9/25/2023 7:45:13 PM
At his family farm, Wieslaw Gryn voiced support for Poland's ban on Ukrainian grain imports, but said it had not reversed a price drop that threatens his livelihood and those of other European farmers.
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War in Ukraine
9/25/2023 3:55:57 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said his army had taken delivery of US Abrams battle tanks, boosting Kyiv's forces in their slow-moving counteroffensive against Russian troops.
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War in Ukraine
9/25/2023 2:57:21 PM
Ukraine claimed Monday it had killed the commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet in an unprecedented missile strike on the naval headquarters in the annexed Crimean peninsula last week.
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War in Ukraine
9/25/2023 10:10:42 AM
Russia launched a major aerial attack on southern Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian military said Monday, hitting Odessa port and destroying grain stores.
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War in Ukraine
9/24/2023 10:34:27 AM
A second shipment of Ukrainian wheat reached Turkey via the Black Sea on Sunday, according to maritime traffic monitoring sites, despite Russian threats to attack boats heading to or from its neighbour and enemy.
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World
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War in Ukraine
9/23/2023 9:34:01 PM
Western powers through their support to Ukraine have effectively entered direct fighting against Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/23/2023 5:27:37 PM
After Kyiv announced sending 17,600 tons of grain to Egypt, Moscow said it had delivered more than eight million tons of wheat to Egypt over the past fiscal year.
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World
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War in Ukraine
9/23/2023 5:27:07 PM
Once rock-solid, the support that Ukraine has gotten from its biggest backers for its fight against Russia is showing cracks.
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