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Putin, secure in power, sets stage for long and draining war

Vladimir Putin casts the war in Ukraine as a watershed when Russia finally stood up to the West – but some within the elite fear he has committed his country to a long and fruitless drain on lives and resources.

February 16, 2023 11:49 am

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Nikki Haley swipes at 'faded names' in bid for Republican 2024 nomination

Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley called on Republicans to move on from “stale ideas” and “faded names,” a thinly veiled swipe at her former boss Donald Trump, as she made her first stop on Wednesday in a campaign for the 2024 presidential nomination.

February 16, 2023 10:00 am

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Bird flu spreads to new countries, threatens non-stop "war" on poultry

Avian flu has reached new corners of the globe and become endemic for the first time in some wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry, according to veterinarians and disease experts, who warn it is now a year-round problem.

February 16, 2023 8:30 am

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Russia declares battlefield gains as Ukraine urges faster military aid

Russia said on Wednesday it had broken through two of Ukraine’s fortified defence lines in the east and Kyiv spoke of relentless Russian attacks making it “difficult for us”, as Western allies announced more military aid for Kyiv including artillery rounds.

February 16, 2023 7:08 am

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Russian bombers intercepted by NORAD near Alaska

Several Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets were intercepted by North American air defence forces as they flew over international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said, in routine incidents unrelated to tensions over the war in Ukraine.

February 16, 2023 6:05 am

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Japan told China violation of airspace by balloons is unacceptable, spokesman says

Japan told China that violations of its airspace by uncrewed surveillance balloons were absolutely unacceptable, a spokesman for the government said on Wednesday.

February 15, 2023 5:15 pm

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Zelenskiy calls for faster military aid as Russia pounds Ukraine's east

February 15, 2023 4:34 pm

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Ohio cleaning up toxic train derailment as pollution 'plume' moves downstream

Cleanup is moving quickly after a train carrying toxic materials derailed in Ohio 11 days ago, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said, while residents and observers questioned the health impacts of pollution that spilt into the Ohio River.

February 15, 2023 3:20 pm

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Rescuers pull seven survivors from ruins eight days after Turkey quake

At least seven survivors were rescued on Tuesday from the rubble of earthquake-hit areas of Turkey, local media reported, eight days after worst quake in the country’s modern history.

February 15, 2023 2:21 pm

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Russia's Prigozhin admits links to what U.S. says was election-meddling troll farm

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, said on Tuesday that he founded and financed the Internet Research Agency, a company Washington says is a “troll farm” which meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

February 15, 2023 10:06 am

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Dutch F-35s intercept three Russian military aircraft near Poland

Two Dutch F-35 fighters intercepted a formation of three Russian military aircraft near Poland and escorted them out, the Netherlands’ defence ministry said in a statement late on Monday.

February 15, 2023 9:10 am

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Trump, after reported subpoena, defends keeping classified folders

Folders marked classified and found at Donald Trump’s Florida home after he left the White House did not contain any documents, the former U.S. president said on Tuesday after a report that his team received a subpoena for one such folder.

February 15, 2023 8:05 am