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Ukrainian Troops Feel the Bite of Polish Truckers’ Protest
[ad_1] A monthslong border blockade by Polish truckers is starting to have an effect on Ukrainian soldiers in frozen trenches defending against unrelenting Russian assaults, making already fierce battles even more difficult. One Ukrainian soldier, Oleksandr, fighting in eastern Ukraine, said that his unit was still waiting for delivery of two night vision devices, critical for soldiers navigating their way…
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Europe and Asia React to U.S. Push for Tech and Clean Energy
[ad_1] The United States has embarked on the biggest industrial policy push in generations, dangling tax breaks, grants and other financial incentives to attract new factories making solar panels, semiconductors and electric vehicles. That spending is aimed at jump-starting the domestic market for crucial products, but it has implications far outside the United States. It is pushing governments from Europe…
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Dublin’s Riot Was Not a Surprise to Those Who Watch the Far Right
[ad_1] On a bright, cold afternoon on O’Connell Street in central Dublin, Memet Uludag, a businessman and activist, was rolling up an antiracism banner. It had been four days since the worst riot Ireland had seen in decades, and Mr. Uludag and hundreds of others had gathered to denounce the anti-immigrant sentiment that had fueled the violence. “I am out…
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Seychelles Declares State of Emergency After Blast at Explosives Depot
[ad_1] The Seychelles declared a state of emergency on Thursday after a blast at an explosives store, following destructive floods from the recent heavy rains in the East African nation. The explosion, which took place in an industrial area called Providence on Mahé Island off the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, “has caused massive damage,” the president’s…
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China and E.U. Leaders Meet as Tensions Rise over Russia
[ad_1] Leaders of the European Union met with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Thursday in an effort to stabilize a relationship that has deteriorated in recent years over security, a soaring trade imbalance and China’s tacit support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Mr. Xi’s meeting with Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, and Ursula von…
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Thursday Briefing – The New York Times
[ad_1] 60 days of desperation in Gaza In the tiny Gaza Strip, where more than two million people are trapped, death can feel imminent. Israeli airstrikes, which have resumed after a brief truce, can come at any time and to any place, and food and water remain scarce. Already, more than 16,000 people have been killed in the Hamas-run territory,…
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Gaza Hostage Families Urge Israeli Government to Help
[ad_1] Time is running out for the hostages. That is the message both those released from captivity in the Gaza Strip and their families have been giving to Israeli leaders with growing urgency in the days after the cease-fire with Hamas expired and a stream of hostages stopped returning home. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others in the…
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Arizona Man Is Arrested in Connection With Australia Shooting
[ad_1] An Arizona man has been arrested in the United States in connection with a shooting in rural Australia last year that left two police officers and a bystander dead, the F.B.I. and the police in the Australian state of Queensland said on Wednesday. The arrest was announced at a joint news conference in Brisbane, Australia, by the two agencies.…
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Despite McConnell Legacy Push, Ukraine Funding in Increasing Jeopardy
[ad_1] Senator Mitch McConnell, the longtime Republican leader, has been outspoken over the past year about challenging the isolationist wing of his party that was questioning continued aid to Ukraine. He put his influence and reputation on the line to make the case that it was in the United States’ interest to help a beleaguered democracy trying to beat a…
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Venezuela Orders Arrest of Top Opposition Figures on Treason
[ad_1] Venezuela’s top prosecutor accused several top opposition figures of treason and ordered their arrest on Wednesday, the latest blow to prospects for credible elections that the government has agreed to hold next year in exchange for the lifting of crippling U.S. economic sanctions. The attorney general, Tarek William Saab, said that opponents of the leftist government had accepted money…
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