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Aleksei Navalny Found Guilty of Fraud by Russian Court

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The case was entirely fabricated by specific people, Ivan Zhdanov, the former head of Mr. Navalnys foundation, says in the video. This verdict is being written by Putins officials. Judge Kotova has …

Biden’s $5.8 Trillion Budget Pivots Toward Economic and Security Concern

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s Ben Ritz, the director of the Progressive Policy Institutes Center for Funding Americas Future, said the White Houses choice to not explain the budgetary effect of some of its domestic policy proposa…

Madeleine Albright, First Woman to Serve as Secretary of State, Dies at 84

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Worried about exposing their daughter in Belgrade state schools to Marxist indoctrination, however, the Korbels sent Marie to a private school in Switzerland and changed her name to Madeleine. When …

Nigeria

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Nigeria In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on the recent long power blackouts and how she once enjoyed the outages. For many Nigerian children w…

Ukraine conflict: Russia's Kharkiv attacks are war crimes, says Zelensky

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Media caption, Watch: The moment Kyiv TV tower is struck by a Russian missile Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of war crimes after air strikes, including on a central square…

As Biden Pivots, Democrats Seek to Salvage His Domestic Agenda

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Half of that money should be dedicated to fighting inflation and reducing the deficit, the other half you can pick for a 10-year program whatever you think is the highest priority, Mr. Manchin told r…

Zelensky: How Ukraine's president uses addresses to set his agenda

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By Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent Image source, Getty Images Image caption, President Zelensky in front of members of the US Congress While his army has fought tenaciously on the battlefields …

The Confirmation Hearing of Ketanji Brown Jackson

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Adam Liptak contributed reporting. The Daily is made by Lisa Tobin, Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Larissa Anderson, Chris Wo…

As Russia attacked Ukraine, Trump again praised Putin and ridiculed Biden.

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Other Republican leaders have condemned Mr. Putins actions. Vladimir Putins invasion of Ukraine is reckless and evil, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the House Republican leader, said i…

On ‘S.N.L.,’ Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham Make Amend

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s McKinnon, making a rare appearance as herself and not portraying any character or celebrity, stopped by the Weekend Update desk to discuss a Florida bill that would prevent classroom discussions abou…

Justice Dept

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to Expand Training Offered to Local Law Enforcement And as the administration tries to balance its promises to address police misconduct with supporting law enforcement amid an increase in violent crime in some cities, the Justice Department has emerg…

Deepfake Zelensky Was Quickly Defeated

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The Next One May Not Be Other conflicts and political leaders may be less fortunate, and could be more vulnerable to disruption by deepfakes, says Sam Gregory, who works on deepfakes policy at nonprofit Witness. Zelenskys …

Doug Emhoff, Vice President’s Husband, Tests Positive for the Coronaviru

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s Ms. Harris stood alongside Mr. Biden earlier Tuesday during a bill signing. She also was at the Presidents Daily Brief in the Oval Office, according to her schedule. Mr. Biden last received a negativ…

California’s Ambitious High-Speed Rail at a Crossroad

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s That stunned supporters and fueled critics who believed he was publicly announcing the full projects demise, although Mr. Newsom later said the change in priority wasnt meant to preclude finishing th…

How Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches Are Handlng the War

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Father Trostyanskiy said: The Russian church cannot participate in any event like this. He said Patriarch Kirills speeches should be read not as endorsements of war, but as an effort to protect the …

On ‘S.N.L.,’ President Biden Seeks Help From TikTok Influencer

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s Chris Redd played the musician Jason Derulo, who could do little more than sing his own name, and Melissa Villaseñor portrayed a creator whose entire bit was speaking a strange catchphrase (chupapi m…

Russia will limit access to Facebook, a major platform for dissent.

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MOSCOW The Russian government said it was partially limiting access to Facebook for restricting some pro-Kremlin news media accounts, a move that could make it harder for Russians to share their ange…

Russia’s Assault in Ukraine Slows After an Aggressive Start

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U.S. military officials said it could be that efforts to safeguard Ukraines communications in anticipation of a major Russia attack were helping. Or, since it is believed that many of Ukraines intern…

South Korea: Opposition candidate Yoon Suk-yeol elected president

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, There was little separating Yoon Suk-yeol (R) and Lee Jae-myung (L) when votes were counted South Korea has chosen opposition candidate, Yoon Suk-yeol, as …

What’s Behind the Ban on Russian Oil?

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Clifford Krauss contributed reporting. The Daily is made by Lisa Tobin, Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Larissa Anderson, Chri…

Czech president to award state honour to Ukraine's president

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PRAGUE, March 7 (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman, long sympathetic to Moscow, said on Monday he would award the highest state honours to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for his bravery…

Opinion: Mike Pence is no profile in courage

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Editors Note: Peter Bergen is CNNs national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. His forthcoming paperback is The Cost of Chaos: …

War in Ukraine: Zelensky urges Ukrainians to go on the offensive

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Image source, Volodymyr Zelensky's office President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Ukrainians they have "withstood the blow" of Russia's invasion as he urged citizens to continue fighting. In an impas…

War in Ukraine: The Russians leaving Russia for Finland

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By John SimpsonWorld Affairs Editor in Vaalimaa, Finland Image caption, Cars queue to cross the border into Finland At Vaalimaa, Finland's border crossing with Russia - 120 miles east of Helsinki -…

Mozambique president fires prime minister

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MAPUTO, March 3 (Reuters) - Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi fired Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário on Thursday, a presidency statement said, in what appeared to be a major cabinet reshuff…

The State of the Union: Together, if Only for a Few Minute

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s When he took office, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. likely hoped that a year later, he could begin his first State of the Union address with an inspirational exhortation about a united country rejecti…

Ukraine: Kharkiv attack was a war crime, says President Zelensky

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Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A destroyed school close to the centre of Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv Ukraine's president has described the bombardment of Kharkiv, which killed …

A ransomware group paid the price for backing Russia

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Illustration by Carlo Cadenas / The Verge As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth day, a coalition led by the US and Europe has mounted a coordinated response focused on financial sanc…

Ukraine invasion: Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert

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Image caption, Mr Putin described Western economic sanctions against his country as illegal Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's military to put its deterrence forces, which include nuclear weapons, …