Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U.S. Aid Agency
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Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U.S. Aid Agency

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Humanitarian initiatives can enhance American “soft power,” supporters say, which can buy the United States good will and leverage in countries across the world for a comparatively small fraction of federal spending. In 2023, U.S.A.I.D. funding represented .07 percent of the U.S. federal…

Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria
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Russia, Seeking to Salvage Military Bases, Goes Hat in Hand to Syria

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The time had come to bend the knee — or at least bend to reality. A delegation of Russian diplomats arrived last Tuesday in a caravan of white SUVs for a summit in Damascus and an unenviable assignment: lay the groundwork for Russia…

North Korean Troops in Russia Taken off Front Lines
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North Korean Troops in Russia Taken off Front Lines

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines North Korean soldiers who joined their Russian allies in battle against Ukrainian forces have been pulled off the front lines after suffering heavy casualties, according to Ukrainian and U.S. officials. The North Korean troops, sent to bolster Russian forces trying to push back…

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

#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

#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

#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

#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…

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…

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,…