Oxford professor Ben Ansell says we are witnessing a battle between nationalism and liberalism that will write our own time indelibly into the history books of tomorrow.
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First public comments attributed to Assad claim he never planned to leave Syria
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is believed to have issued his first remarks since opposition forces took over the capital over a week ago in a Telegram post from Moscow.
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Russia targets Ukraine’s energy grid as winter sets in. Here’s how one plant copes
Russian strikes continue to destroy Ukraine’s power grid, prompting nationwide power cuts while temperatures drop. Workers at a damaged plant try to restore its operation before the winter freeze.
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Ukrainians face another harsh winter as Russia attacks coal country
Many Ukrainians continue to leave their coal mining towns, with the front line of the war with Russia nearby.
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Putin’s planes took Ukrainian kids into ‘coerced’ Russian adoption, a Yale report says
Russia’s president and senior Kremlin officials financed and facilitated the transport of at least 314 Ukrainian children into “coerced” foster care and adoptions, a new Yale University report says.
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Western embassies in Kyiv shut due to Russian air attack threat
Russia promised a response to President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets on Russian soil with U.S.-made missiles.
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Ukraine attacks Russia with U.S.-made longer-range ATACMS missiles, Moscow says
Ukraine has fired six ATACMS into Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said. If confirmed, it would mark the first attack using the U.S.-made long-range missiles in 1,000 days of war.
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The treaty between Russia and North Korea signals a new era on 2 continents
The recently signed mutual defense treaty could be used to justify thewidening of the war in Ukraine, as the U.S. says North Korean and Russian troops are already battling Ukrainian forces.
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Award-winning Ukrainian journalist dies in Russian captivity, Kyiv says
Ukrainian officials on Thursday confirmed the death of freelance journalist Victoria Roshchyna, though the circumstances surrounding her death were unclear.
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How Russia’s RT went from a cable news clone to covert operator
RT was long known to be a source of Russian propaganda. But a recent indictment of two employees for covertly funneling $10 million to pro-Trump influencers shines a light on its covert activities.