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Congress Turned Its Back on Trump Over the War With Iran - but the Vote Is Brave Precisely Because It Has No Consequences

215 to 208, with four Republicans against their own president. The resolution demands withdrawal from Iran, but Trump has the...

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Mystery in New York: People Climb Out of Manholes at Night, Police Investigate

Groups with headlamps and fishing waders go underground and come back hours later. Even in the world's biggest city, the...

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In Russia, a Question Once Unthinkable Is Being Raised for the First Time: Whether to End the War

When a system begins to allow questions it once banned, that's rarely a sign of openness - more often it's...

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"Our Jets Beat the Best European Fighters 9-0" - But Look at the Rules They Played By

A number without context is a weapon, not information. The Chinese jets beat the European ones only because the match...

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"America Fell to Its Knees Before Putin" - When It Actually Sent an Arts Official

The difference between "the US returned to the forum" and "America knelt" is the difference between journalism and propaganda. When...

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Dubai Looks Like Its Old Self Again - but the Numbers Reveal a Different Story Beneath the Surface

After the drone strikes during the conflict with Iran, the emirate is chasing tourists with discounts. For someone from Beirut,...

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Trump Showed Europe That Dependence on American Tech Is a Vulnerability - and It's Finally Reacting

With threats and sanctions, Washington achieved what years of warnings couldn't. Brussels is preparing a tech-sovereignty package. And what do...

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Behind Closed Doors: Trump Yelled at Netanyahu and Called Him Crazy Over the Escalation in Lebanon

The picture for the public is an iron alliance. The reality on the phone is different. Trump stopped the Israeli...

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Russia's hybrid network in Europe laid bare: fires, sabotage and 60,000 operatives

Cheap amateurs recruited over Telegram and professional sabotage cells. For the Balkans this isn't a distant story - how much...

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The EU backs off tougher sanctions on Russian oil: the price stays at 60 dollars, not a cent stricter

Behind the headlines that Putin broke the Union lies a soberer truth - the Iran crisis changed the math. Sanctions...

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Explosives warehouse blast near the China border: at least 55 dead in Myanmar

Over 60 injured and a hundred damaged houses in an area controlled by an armed group. When there's no clear...

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Princess Sveva Romanov has died at 96 - with her a whole era departs

A Tuscan countess with a lineage reaching back to the tenth century, married to a great-great-grandson of Tsar Nicholas I....

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