Russia is making gains in the war with Ukraine, and the West is considering its response. The war in Ukraine has raged for more than two years. Western allies are in talks over boosting their support to Kyiv in the hope of turning the tide against Russia. But direct intervention has been off the table […]
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Red Bull Racing issues a statement after an independent probe clears Horner of alleged misconduct towards a female employee. Christian Horner will remain the boss of Formula One (F1) champions Red Bull Racing after the team’s energy drink parent company said he had been cleared of alleged misconduct towards a female employee. Red Bull issued
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Russia will take measures against Sweden following its accession to NATO, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Sweden on Monday cleared the final hurdle to become the 32nd member of the U.S.-led military alliance after Hungary, the last holdout in accession talks, ratified the Nordic country’s membership. Stockholm dropped years of military non-alignment when it applied for
Thousands of Palestinians from the southern Gaza Strip gathered at the shore after aircraft dropped food aid. Despite some of the aid dropped on Tuesday landing in the sea, people waded into the water to try to retrieve it while others boarded small boats. Residents of the Gaza Strip, totalling about 2.3 million, face dire
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DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, US president easily wins Michigan, but early results show strong support for a protest vote over his Gaza policy. United States President Joe Biden has won the Democratic presidential primary in the state of Michigan, according to media projections, but early counts showed he faced significant opposition over his support for Israel’s
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Fernando Llano/AP A municipal police officer stands guard in Maravatio, Michoacan state, Mexico, on February 27. CNN — Two candidates for mayor of the central Mexican town of Maravatio were killed just hours apart, according to the Prosecutor’s Office of Michoacan state. Armando Pérez, of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), and Miguel Ángel Reyes, from
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Donation from Ruth Gottesman will provide students at medical school in New York’s worst-performing borough for health with free tuition. A $1bn donation by a former professor will allow a medical school in New York’s worst-performing borough for health to fund tuition fees for all of its students. Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New
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Sweden is set to join NATO after Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to approve its membership, ending a standoff that has lasted almost two years. NATO officials and diplomats said membership formalities could be completed by the end of the week. The historic expansion of the military alliance — Finland also joined last year — was
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Police in the state of New South Wales say they are investigating the alleged incident. Pop icon Taylor Swift’s father has been accused of assaulting a paparazzi photographer in Australia. Ben McDonald, a Sydney paparazzo, told Australia’s national broadcaster that he had filed a police report accusing Scott Swift of punching him in the face.
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Heavy fighting between Congolese army and M23 rebels is fuelling displacement and regional tensions. M23 rebels have closed in on the capital of North Kivu as fighting with government forces escalates in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hundreds of thousands of people are arriving in Goma in the hope of finding food, water and
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