Foreign policy
Trump PAC paid nearly $1 million to protection lawyers in July by itself as Georgia and New York probes heated up
Former President Donald Trump’s political motion committee, Help save America, paid practically $1 million to civil and prison defense attorneys in July on your own as investigations into him and the Trump Corporation heated up, a new Federal Elections Fee filing by the PAC reveals. And Trump’s lawful costs could rise even more this month and […]
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Zelenskyy warns of ‘particularly cruel’ attack forward of Ukraine national day shelling batters city in close proximity to nuclear plant
Zelenskyy warns of ‘particularly nasty’ Russian attack forward of Ukraine’s independence day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of primarily unsafe action by Russia in advance of Ukraine’s national day on Aug. 24. “Russia may possibly test to do anything notably terrible, some thing specially cruel” this week, the president mentioned in his nightly address, as […]
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Xi and Putin to meet at G-20; Finland says Russian MiG jets may have violated its airspace
Finland says Russian MiG fighter jets may have violated its airspace Two Russian MiG-31 fighter jets are suspected to have violated Finnish airspace, Finland’s Defense Ministry said. “The depth of the suspected violation into Finnish airspace was one kilometer” over the city of Porvoo on Finland’s southern coast and lasted about two minutes, the ministry’s […]
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Ukraine authorities stage nuclear catastrophe exercise; Kyiv working to get inspectors into occupied power plant
Ukraine working to get IAEA mission into occupied nuclear power plant A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Aug. 4, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko | Reuters Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday night that […]
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Ukraine counteroffensive hits Russia where it hurts; front line ‘intense but fully controlled,’ commander says
Russians’ security situation in Crimea is deteriorating, UK ministry says Smoke billows and explosions erupt from a Russian munitions depot in Dzhankoi on August 16, 2022. Moscow blamed the catastrophic event on a fire that spread and detonated ammunition. Marie-laure Messana | AFP | Getty Images Recent explosions at Russian military facilities in Crimea are […]
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Zelenskyy speaks to Macron as fears over nuclear plant mount; explosions hit Russian ammo depot in Crimea
Zelenskyy warns Ukrainians to avoid Russian military installations due to reports of explosions Smoke rises after explosions were heard from the direction of a Russian military airbase near Novofedorivka, Crimea August 9, 2022. Stringer | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked people in Crimea and other heavily occupied areas of Ukraine to not go near […]
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U.S. Navy is seeing more ‘unsafe’ aerial intercepts by China, says Seventh Fleet commander
U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images SINGAPORE — The commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet said on Tuesday that he’s seen an increase in “unsafe” aerial intercepts by the Chinese military in the South China Sea region. As recently as May, a Chinese fighter aircraft allegedly intercepted a Royal Australian […]
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Russia urged to withdraw forces from Ukrainian nuclear power plant; Putin turns to North Korea for friendship
Putin looks to expand ties with North Korea Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks in 2019. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly sent a message of friendship to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in which he expressed his wish for […]
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Zelenskyy slams Ukrainian officials for revealing tactics; details of Crimea airbase blasts emerge
Eleven rockets hit Ukraine’s Kramatorsk at 2 a.m., mayor says Eleven Russian rockets struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, its mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko reported via his Facebook page. “Private homes were destroyed. There is no information about victims. Occupiers destroy everything in their path – a terrorist tactic,” he wrote in a translation provided […]
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Satellite images show Russian warplanes destroyed in Crimea; Moscow’s military exports under strain
Satellite imagery shows at least 8 Russian warplanes hit in Crimea attack Satellite imagery from U.S.-based Planet Labs shows at least eight Russian warplanes damaged or destroyed from massive explosions that took place on Tuesday at Russia’s Saky airbase in Crimea. The Kremlin has denied that any planes were damaged in the blasts that it […]
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