Opinion | Tulsi Gabbard Fits Right Into Trump’s Vision for America
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Opinion | Tulsi Gabbard Fits Right Into Trump’s Vision for America

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At a campaign rally in Virginia in June, Donald Trump hinted at the new kind of relationship America might have with Russia, China and North Korea if he were to be re-elected. “If you have a smart president, they’re not enemies,” Mr. Trump…

Chastened by Past Wars, Kremlin Tries to Elevate Its Veterans
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Chastened by Past Wars, Kremlin Tries to Elevate Its Veterans

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Ilya Rusinov returned to the Russian work force after rehabilitating a vertebra damaged in the Ukraine war, his first job was teaching in a school. But he had also launched a side project, a patriotic club he called Zveno, or “Squad,” that…

Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election
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Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Europe’s longest-serving leader, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, cruised to his seventh election victory in a row on Sunday in a contest that his exiled opponents dismissed as a sham, whose only purpose was to cement his autocratic grip on the former…

Zelensky Could Face Tough Re-election Prospects, Polls Show
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Zelensky Could Face Tough Re-election Prospects, Polls Show

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Since Russia invaded his country three years ago, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has survived a military assault on his capital, assassination plots, corruption scandals in his government, political infighting and ominous setbacks in his army’s fight against Russia. He had enough support…

Ukraine Is Losing Fewer Soldiers Than Russia — but It’s Still Losing the War
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Ukraine Is Losing Fewer Soldiers Than Russia — but It’s Still Losing the War

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The war of attrition between Russia and Ukraine is killing soldiers at a pace unseen in Europe since World War II. Ukrainian artillery fire, explosive drones and mines are killing Russian troops, as they repeatedly charge across the no-man’s land. As Ukrainian positions…

Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages On.
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Trump Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages On.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After they win elections and move into the White House, plenty of presidents at some point eventually break a campaign promise. Donald J. Trump will not even wait that long. He will break an important campaign promise the moment he takes the oath…

Azerbaijan’s Leader, Emboldened, Picks a Rare Fight With Putin
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Azerbaijan’s Leader, Emboldened, Picks a Rare Fight With Putin

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was a tense conversation between two authoritarian leaders accustomed to getting their way. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was offering explanations for the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that had killed 38 people days earlier. Perhaps it was a flock of birds,…

Russians make fast progress in Ukraine as overstretched armies scramble to resist
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Russians make fast progress in Ukraine as overstretched armies scramble to resist

ByNews Polite

Russia’s army has made fast progress in Ukraine over the past week, seizing 90 square miles of territory and making military advances at the fastest clip since invading its western neighbor nearly three years ago. The gains in territory equal a territory roughly the size of four Manhattans, and have…