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Ukrainian servicemen carry national flags and photos of their comrade Vasyl Boichuk, who was killed in Mykolayiv in March 2022, during his funeral ceremony at the cemetery in Iltsi village in Ukraine on Dec. 26, 2023.

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U.S. announces new weapons package for Ukraine, as Congress is stalled on aid bill

2:58am December 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

The U.S. announced military aid of up to $250 million. It could be the final package of military aid to Ukraine unless Congress approves supplemental funding legislation now stalled on Capitol Hill.

Jacques Delors of France, president of the European Commission, meets Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for talks at 10 Downing Street, London, on Nov. 26, 1986. Delors has died in Paris at age 98.

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Jacques Delors, architect of the modern EU and 'Mr. Europe,' dies at 98

5:29pm December 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

A Paris bank messenger's son, Delors became the visionary and builder of a more unified Europe in his momentous decade as chief executive of the European Union.

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Sad tourists sent home as Eiffel tower closes amid workers strike

4:44pm December 27, 2023

Union workers in Paris's Effiel tower have gone on strike, closing the monument's doors on what was meant to be a day of commemoration of its creator.

Jailed Russian opposition leader is moved to penal colony above the Arctic Circle

7:22am December 27, 2023

NPR's Asma Khalid talks to Vladmir Milov, an adviser to imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who resurfaced on Christmas Day nearly three weeks after associates lost contact with him.

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A new report focuses on Wagner's operations in Sudan, Mali and the Central African Republic.

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How 'blood gold' from Africa is funding Russia's war on Ukraine

5:00am December 27, 2023

According to a new report, the Wagner Group has laundered some $2.5 billion to Russia since its full scale invasion of Ukraine last year, in an effort to support the war effort.

The world crises Secretary Blinken has been looking at this year

6:03pm December 26, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. support for Israel has not left it isolated — despite anger over the Israeli offensive in Gaza. That's just one of the world crises he's looking at.

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The girl who defied Hitler

4:52pm December 26, 2023

In an election year, what does it mean to stand up against your own peers for what you think is right? We look to the story of a young German girl and a movement that defied Hitler.

India's foreign minister is in Moscow to discuss relations between the nations

5:01am December 26, 2023

India and Russia have a decades-old, friendly relationship that has only grown closer since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But India is also close to the United States, which opposes the war.

Indian passengers who travelled in an unmarked Legend Airlines A340 from Vatry Airport in France, arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023.

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276 Indians stuck in a French airport for a human trafficking probe arrive in India

1:19am December 26, 2023

by The Associated Press

A charter plane that was grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation arrived in India with 276 Indians aboard early Tuesday.

For the first time in more than a century, Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on Dec 25

6:10pm December 25, 2023

For the first time in more than a century, Ukrainians are celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25. Ukraine used to observe the holiday next month like Russia. Now, they believe their future lies in the west.

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