Ukraine Sends Volley of Drones at Russia, Hitting Oil Refinery
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Ukraine Sends Volley of Drones at Russia, Hitting Oil Refinery

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ukraine fired a large volley of exploding drones at Russia on Friday, according to Ukrainian officials and the Russian military, in a barrage that set an oil refinery and pumping station on fire and briefly closed multiple airports, including several serving Moscow. The…

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

#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

#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…

Britain Says Russian Spy Ship Returned to U.K. Waters in Sign of Kremlin Threat
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Britain Says Russian Spy Ship Returned to U.K. Waters in Sign of Kremlin Threat

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Britain on Wednesday warned that it faced a growing threat of aggression from Russia, asserting that a Russian spy ship had passed by the English coast for the second time in three months, in the latest incident that seemed designed to test British…

Opinion | It’s Trump’s Messy, Dangerous World Now
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Opinion | It’s Trump’s Messy, Dangerous World Now

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines We live in an increasingly dangerous and threatening world. There are more flashpoints in today’s global geopolitics than we have seen in decades, presenting a generational challenge to the incoming administration of Donald Trump and all of America’s elected leadership. At the Panetta…

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.

#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…

How Antony Blinken, America’s Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War
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How Antony Blinken, America’s Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Making his final trip as America’s top diplomat last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Paris, his former hometown, to a hero’s welcome. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, proclaimed Mr. Blinken “an eminent servant of peace” at a ceremony at the…

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

#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,…

Missile Attack Prompts Emergency Power Cuts in Ukraine
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Missile Attack Prompts Emergency Power Cuts in Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ukraine said Russian forces had unleashed a “massive” missile attack on the country’s infrastructure on Wednesday, forcing officials to impose emergency power cuts to relieve pressure on the country’s battered grid. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that air defenses had shot down…