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Slovakia's Fico says his views on Ukraine were behind his assassination attempt

2:59am June 06, 2024

by The Associated Press

Fico pledged to be back at work in a month and said he felt "no hatred" towards his attacker, but he blamed the opposition: "It's evident that he only was a messenger of evil and political hatred."

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In a first, OpenAI removes influence operations tied to Russia, China and Israel

2:31pm May 31, 2024

by Shannon Bond

AI tools have helped the people behind influence operations produce more content, but OpenAI says the operations it disrupted didn’t gain traction with real people or reach large audiences.

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Editions of Peremoha sit on a table near the archives.

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A newspaper near Ukraine's border with Russia watches for freed POWs

10:03am May 22, 2024

Only four staffers work at the weekly Perehoma, which means "victory." Its motto: "Don't let ordinary people be erased from history."

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a bilateral meeting on Thursday in Beijing, China.

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Putin and Xi further their embrace to defy U.S.-led pressure

5:08pm May 17, 2024

President Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin doubled down on their alliance against the West this week during the Kremlin leader's visit to Beijing.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Independence Square during his visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

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Blinken tells Ukraine U.S. aid will make a difference against Russia's offensive

4:25pm May 14, 2024

by Joanna Kakissis

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kyiv and said some new U.S. aid already arrived and more will reach the battlefield in the coming weeks.

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'I did not feel like a human': Brittney Griner tells NPR about detention in Russia

5:00am May 06, 2024

Griner's new memoir recounts being humiliated by guards, of the pain from squeezing her 6-foot-9 frame into cramped beds and cage, and cutting her locs because it was so cold that her hair froze.

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An Ukrainian serviceman of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, lights candles during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 4, 2024.

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls God an "ally" against Russia in Orthodox Easter message

7:32am May 05, 2024

by The Associated Press

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in an Easter address to be united in prayer and called God an "ally" in the war with Russia.

Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth looks over the latest version of the M1A2 Abrams main battle tank as she tours the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center on Feb. 16, 2023, in Lima, Ohio.

Ukraine pulls U.S.-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over drone threats

5:15am April 26, 2024

by The Associated Press

Five of the 31 tanks have already been lost to Russian attacks in Ukraine, where the use of surveillance and hunter-killer drones had made it difficult for them to operate.

Michael Casey (L) is shown here with U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Haugh, at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on July 12, 2023. Casey is now the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center.

The U.S. counterintelligence head says the list of threats is long and getting longer

10:41am April 12, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

Mike Casey tells NPR that the scale of spying against the United States is "impressive and terrifying." He says: "More players are getting into it with more tools, going after more targets."

Dancers wearing Chechen national costumes perform to celebrate the reelection of Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured in the background) in Grozny, Russia in September 2021.

Chechnya is banning music that's too fast or slow. These songs wouldn't make the cut

12:11pm April 09, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya will only allow music between 80 and 116 beats per minute, though it's unclear how the rule will be enforced.