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Wednesday Briefing: A Success and a Setback for Ukraine
[ad_1] A win and a loss for Ukraine In one of the most significant strikes against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in months, Ukrainian missiles yesterday hit a warship moored in Crimea. But the success was tempered by a retreat from the eastern city of Marinka after a monthslong battle. Ukraine’s top military commander compared the fight for the city to…
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Russia Sees a Western Hand Behind Serbian Street Protests
[ad_1] Fishing in Serbia’s troubled waters after a contested general election, Russia on Monday accused the West of orchestrating anti-government street protests in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, that flared into violence on Sunday evening. Claims of a Western plot by Russia’s ambassador to Serbia, Alexander Botsan-Harchenko, were the latest efforts by Moscow to thwart a so far mostly fruitless diplomatic…
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Iran Accuses Israel of Killing Sayyed Mousavi, a Military Official
[ad_1] Iran accused Israel on Monday of killing a high-level military figure in a missile strike in Syria at a time when concerns are growing that the war in Gaza could escalate into a regional conflict. The assassinated Iranian was identified as Brig. Gen. Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a senior adviser to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. He was said to…
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Earth Was Due for Another Year of Record Warmth. But This Warm?
[ad_1] Earth is finishing up its warmest year in the past 174 years, and very likely the past 125,000. Unyielding heat waves broiled Phoenix and Argentina. Wildfires raged across Canada. Flooding in Libya killed thousands. Wintertime ice cover in the dark seas around Antarctica was at unprecedented lows. This year’s global temperatures did not just beat prior records. They left…
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CP2 Natural Gas Project Is Biden’s Next Big Climate Test
[ad_1] On a marshy stretch of the Louisiana coastline, a little-known company wants to build a $10 billion facility that would allow the United States to export vast stores of liquefied natural gas. Supporters of the project, known as CP2, say the export terminal would be a boon for the United States economy and help Europe decrease its reliance on…
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Netanyahu Visits Gaza as Palestinians Mourn an Attack That Officials Say Killed Dozens
[ad_1] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops fighting in the Gaza Strip on Monday, vowing to stay the course of the war even with the death toll mounting. His trip came hours after Gazan health officials reported that a devastating overnight strike on a crowded neighborhood had killed dozens. It was the Israeli leader’s second known visit to Gaza…
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Pope, in Christmas Message, Laments Loss of Life in Israel-Hamas War
[ad_1] Pope Francis on Monday focused his Christmas address on the violence in Israel and war in Gaza, which had caused an “appalling” loss of civilian life and brought “sorrow” to Bethlehem, traditionally seen as the birthplace of Jesus, as he called for the release of Israeli hostages and an end to devastating military attacks. Delivering his “Urbi et Orbi”…
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Iran Accuses Israel of Killing Sayyed Mousavi, a Military Official
[ad_1] Iran accused Israel on Monday of killing a high-level military figure in a missile strike in Syria at a time when concerns are growing that the war in Gaza could escalate into a regional conflict. The assassinated Iranian was identified as Brig. Gen. Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a senior adviser to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. He was said to…
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Ukraine Says It Downed 5 Russian Planes, as Moscow Claims It Seized a Town
[ad_1] The Ukrainian military said on Monday that it had shot down five Russian fighter jets in three days, one of the biggest weekly losses for the Russian air force since the war began and a rare bright spot for Ukraine, whose forces have faced setbacks since its failed monthslong counteroffensive this year. But the news could be offset if…
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Aleksei Navalny, in Letter, Describes Transfer to Arctic Prison
[ad_1] Aleksei A. Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, published a letter on Tuesday describing an arduous transfer to his new penal colony in the Arctic, the first time his supporters had heard from him in three weeks. Mr. Navalny’s comments, posted on his social network accounts and written with a heavy dose of irony and humor, highlighted his good…
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