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A serious crisis has been brewing in Israel, and this week, it boiled over as outraged spiked and people flooded the streets in protest. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to hit pause on a deeply controversial plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, but Israel’s problems are far from over. “The crisis was deferred, but definitely not resolved,” Daniel Shapiro, a former US Ambassador to Israel and distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council, told Insider.Netanyahu announced on Monda…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a variety of nuclear threats since he launched his invasion of Ukraine last year, prompting condemnation and alarm across the world, but with each new threat, Moscow’s rivals and adversaries seem to be growing increasingly skeptical that Putin would actually use such a weapon.Over the weekend, Putin announced a plan to place tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which borders members of the EU and NATO, by summer. Tactical nuclear weapons (also known as b…
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“RADICAL LEFT LUNATICS.” “Degenerate psychopath.” “THIS IS THE GESTAPO.“That’s just a sampling of the latest rhetorical attacks from former President Donald Trump as he wages a war of words against a New York grand jury investigation connected to a $130,000 hush-money payment to the adult film actress Stormy Daniels. He has viciously attacked figures like Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and mocked calls for peaceful protests — leading extremism experts to warn of the potential for politi…
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Between heavy casualties on the battlefield and crippling economic sanctions, the war in Ukraine has been disastrous for Russia
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The deal comes as the US contends with historic tensions with both Iran and China, and signals Beijing’s growing influence in the Middle East.
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Between heavy casualties on the battlefield and crippling economic sanctions, the war in Ukraine has been disastrous for Russia. But CIA Director Bill Burns said that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains convinced he can win the fight because he believes that time is on his side. “I think he’s doubling down,” Burns, a former US ambassador to Russia, said during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday. “I believe he’s convinced that he can make time work for him, that he can grind…
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After largely staying on the sidelines during the first year of the Ukraine war, China is creeping toward increased involvement in the conflict. China offering full support to the Kremlin or providing Russia with weapons like drones and artillery could catalyze a wave of consequences on and off the stalemated battlefield. Beijing doesn’t want Russian President Vladimir Putin to fail in Ukraine, China experts say, but it’s still unclear how far it will go to help the Kremlin in return for perks l…
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China’s peace plan was unveiled days after the US warned that Beijing could send lethal weapons to Russia to be used in Ukraine.
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Biden excoriated Putin over the invasion of Ukraine, denouncing him as an “autocrat” and “dictator” on a doomed quest to rebuild an empire.
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“Russia is now a global pariah and the world remains inspired by Ukrainian bravery,” Milley said as the war approaches the one-year mark.
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“Putin has to give up on his notion that Ukraine is not its own country” for a lasting peace to occur, Blinken said.
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