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White House Reveals Urgency of Warning Russians of Potential Terror Attack

white house — Duty to warn. It is the obligation that the United States says it takes upon itself if the intelligence community is able to identify an impending threat to a particular country. The U.S. acted on this duty just two weeks before the deadly attack near Moscow claimed by Islamic State. U.S. officials had …

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French Parliament Moves Forward With Ban on Hair Discrimination

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Zelenskyy Calls for Bolstering Ukraine’s Air Defenses After Kharkiv Attack

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New US Sanctions Target North Korean Military Finances 

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French, Brazilian Presidents Celebrate Launch of Defense Submarine

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Slovakians Form Human Chain Around Threatened Public Broadcaster

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Protesters in Slovakia formed a human chain around the country’s public television and radio building Wednesday in anger over a takeover plan by the government whose populist, pro-Russia prime minister recently labeled several private media outlets his enemies.  The takeover plan was drafted by Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova, who represents an ultra-nationalist member …

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Estonian Foreign Minister: ‘If Ukraine Fails, We All Fail’

washington — Ukraine was the focus of a high-level delegation from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in Washington this week. In an interview with VOA Georgian Service’s Eka Maghaldadze, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said there should be no Plan B when it comes to Ukraine, because its failure would mean the failure of democracy. The following …

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Blinken to Discuss Ukraine, Gaza With Macron in Paris

Washington — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss support for Ukraine during talks in Paris next week with French President Emmanuel Macron, the State Department announced Wednesday. France is among the major military suppliers to Ukraine, which is facing an onslaught of Russian attacks. President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars in new …

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US, UK Impose Sanctions on Hamas-Aligned Fundraising Network

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France Airlifts 240 People From Chaotic Haiti

Paris — France has evacuated some 240 people from violence-wracked Haiti on French army helicopters, its foreign ministry said Wednesday. “More than 170 French nationals and around 70 people of European and other nationalities in a vulnerable situation” were airlifted out, it said in a statement. They have all been taken to a “navy boat that …

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Bus Accident in Eastern Germany Kills at Least 5 People 

Berlin — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, authorities said. The accident happened on the A9 highway near Leipzig at about 9:45 a.m. and the road was closed in both directions. It wasn’t immediately …

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Ukraine Raises Country’s Spirits with Euro 2024 Qualification

WROCLAW, Poland — Ukraine’s qualification for the Euro 2024 soccer finals has cheered a country suffering hardship in its conflict with Russia and for a few weeks in June and July the tournament will provide a welcome distraction from the harsh reality of war. The team came from behind to defeat Iceland 2-1 in their playoff …

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Russia Reports Thwarting Ukrainian Aerial Attack in Belgorod

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Dutch Hyperloop Center Aims to Advance Futuristic Transport Technology

VEENDAM, Netherlands — A 420-meter, or quarter-mile, white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could usher in a new era for the transportation of people and freight. The tube is the heart of the new European Hyperloop Center that opens Tuesday and will be a proving ground in coming years …

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One Year Since Arrest, Journalist Gershkovich Remains in Russian Prison

As American journalist Evan Gershkovich marks one year in Russian prison, his family and colleagues fight for his release. VOA’s Cristina Caicedo Smit has the story. Camera: Mino Dargakis …

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West Reliant on Russian Nuclear Fuel Amid Decarbonization Push

London — A new report and research from a British defense research group has found that many Western nations are still reliant on Russian nuclear fuel to power their reactors, despite efforts to sever economic ties with the Kremlin following its February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.  “Russia may be able to take advantage of incongruencies …

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West Reliant on Russian Nuclear Fuel Amid Decarbonization Push

An analysis by Britain’s Royal United Services Institute has found that many Western nations still rely on Russian nuclear fuel to power their reactors, despite efforts to sever economic ties with the Kremlin following its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Henry Ridgwell reports from London. …

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Russia Extends Detention of US Journalist Gershkovich

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UK Court: Assange Can’t Be Extradited Until US Rules Out Death Penalty

LONDON — A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified American documents.  Two High Court judges said they …

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Ex-Brazilian President Stayed at Hungarian Embassy After Revelations of Coup Investigation

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Ukraine Downs 12 Russian Drones

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US, UK Bring Charges, Sanctions in Response to Chinese Hacking Operation

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UN Chief Calls for Slavery Reparations to Overcome ‘Generations of Discrimination’

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UK Farmers Protest Post-Brexit Trade Practices Outside Parliament

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Russian Massacre Suspects’ Homeland Plagued by Poverty, Religious Strife

TALLINN, Estonia — The four men charged with the massacre at a Moscow theater have been identified by authorities as citizens of Tajikistan, some of the thousands who migrate to Russia each year from the poorest of the former Soviet republics to scrape out marginal existences.  Along with grinding poverty, Tajikistan is rife with religious tensions. …

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US and UK Announce Sanctions Over China-Linked Hacks on Election Watchdog and Lawmakers

london — The U.S. and British governments on Monday announced sanctions against a company and two people linked to the Chinese government over a string of malicious cyberactivity targeting the U.K.’s election watchdog and lawmakers in both countries. Officials said those sanctioned are responsible for a hack that may have gained access to information on tens …

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