The House speaker had to lean on Democrats to avert a shutdown, while GOP senators defied the minority leader on U.S. aid to Ukraine.
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The gray zone: A Maine lobsterman’s journey to Ukraine’s front lines
Civilian volunteer Alex Curtis, of North Haven, is preparing to make his fourth trip to the war-torn country in November.
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G20 adds the African Union as a member, issues call rejecting use of force in reference to Ukraine
There was widespread support for adding the AU to the G20, making it the second regional bloc to become a permanent member after the European Union.
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Secretary of State Blinken pledges $1 billion more to Ukraine amid doubts about offensive
The secretary of state’s visit to Kyiv comes as Ukrainian forces face stiff Russian resistance in the country’s southeast.
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un may meet with Putin in Russia this month, U.S. official says
The Kremlin has been plying North Korea for military equipment that it can use in its war in Ukraine.
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Putin says he won’t renew a wartime grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has
The Russian leader’s remarks dashed hopes that his talks Monday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could revive an agreement seen as vital for global food supplies.
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Ukraine’s defense minister resigns a day after Zelensky announces his replacement
Oleksii Reznikov’s removal follows a scandal around the defense ministry’s procurement of military jackets.
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To fight Putin, anti-Kremlin Russian militias aid Ukraine with cross-border attacks
The Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion aim to give Russian civilians a taste of the death and destruction that Vladimir Putin’s war has wrought on Ukraine.
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Russian mercenary forces chief offered to give troop locations to Ukraine, leak says
Wagner Group owner Yevgeniy Prigozhin has publicly feuded with Russian military commanders, but he is also an ally of President Vladimir Putin, who might well regard Prigozhin’s offer to Kyiv as a treasonous betrayal
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The Conversation: The view from Moscow and Beijing: What peace in Ukraine and a post-conflict world look like to Xi and Putin
THE CONVERSATION — Just a few days after being branded a war criminal in an international arrest warrant, Russian President Vladimir Putin was talking peace with his most important ally, Chinese president Xi Jinping. The setting for the get-together was the late-15th-century Faceted Chamber, the ornate throne room of Muscovite grand princes and czars. The main topics of […]