Politics

Russia-Ukraine talks done for the day; EU agrees to fresh sanctions
Mon, Mar 14 20228:39 PM EDT Anti-war protester in studio disrupts live Russian state TV news The evening news broadcast on the main Russian news channel, Channel 1 is seen on a laptop as it is interrupted by a woman protesting the war in Ukraine in this illustration photo on 15 March, 2022 in Warsaw, […]
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Leaders of NATO countries discuss plans to meet in Brussels next week, officials say
A view of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) at the level of Foreign Ministers gather at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, March 4, 2022. Olivier Douliery | Reuters The heads of state representing NATO’s 30 member countries are discussing meeting in person in Brussels next week as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reaches […]
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Anti-war protester in studio disrupts live Russian state TV news
The evening news broadcast on the main Russian news channel, Channel 1 is seen on a laptop as it is interrupted by a woman protesting the war in Ukraine in this illustration photo on 15 March, 2022 in Warsaw, Poland. Marina Ovsyannikova, an employee of the network ran onto the stage with a sign reading […]
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Putin’s invasion of Ukraine will knock 30 years of progress off the Russian economy
Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addresses a rally at the Manezhnaya Square just outside the Kremlin in Moscow, late on March 4, 2012. Dmitry Astakhov | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war on Ukraine and the resulting global response will set Russia’s economy back by at least 30 years — close […]
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Manchin comes out against Biden Fed nominee Raskin, throwing her confirmation into doubt
Sarah Bloom Raskin, nominated to be vice chairman for supervision and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, speaks before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 3, 2022. Ken Cedeno | Reuters Sen. Joe Manchin, the most conservative Democrat in the […]
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White House considers a potential Biden trip to Europe amid escalating violence in Ukraine
US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing from Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 1, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The White House is considering a presidential trip to Europe in the coming weeks, multiple outlets reported Monday, citing anonymous sources. A visit by President […]
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Portraits of war: See how the attack on Ukraine has affected its people
Ukrainians who fled the war in their country take refuge in the main hall of an athletic complex in the Moldovan capital Kishinev, on March 10, 2022. Menahem Kahana | AFP | Getty Images Russia’s war in Ukraine has gone on for nearly three weeks. Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded his ex-Soviet neighbor late last […]
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With Putin’s war in Europe, the legacy of Germany’s Merkel is now being seen in a very different light
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves goodbye as she departs from the Chancellery for the last time. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images With Vladimir Putin‘s unprovoked attack against Ukraine, political analysts are now reassessing the long and deeply complicated relationship the Russian leader had with ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and how […]
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Ballistic missiles hit Iraq’s Kurdish capital, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claim responsibility
March 13, 2022 shows buildings damaged due to the missile attack near the U.S. consulate compound in Erbil, Iraq. Twelve ballistic missiles launched from outside Iraq struck the country’s northern Kurdish regional capital Erbil on Sunday, the regional government said. Dalshad Al-Daloo | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed responsibility for […]
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If Putin uses chemical weapons in Ukraine it’s a ‘game changer’ for NATO
Russian President Vladimir Putin watches with binoculars the Tsentr-2019 military exercise at the Donguz range near Orenburg city on September 20, 2019. Alexey Nikolsky | Afp | Getty Images There are increasing concerns that Russia could be prepared to use chemical weapons to attack Ukraine, with Western officials and strategists warning the threat posed by […]
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