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Why Ukraine is losing the war with Russia: The West’s failure to send weapons to Kyiv is putting Putin on course for victory. 
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Why Ukraine is losing the war with Russia
Quick Glance: Russia Strikes Chernihiv: 18 Dead, Ukraine Appeals for Air Defense
  • At least 18 people were killed and over 60 wounded in Chernihiv due to Russian missile strikes. Ukrainian officials emphasized that the attack could have been prevented with adequate air defense systems.

  • Russia launched three Iskander cruise missiles at the city, located near the Russian border and previously encircled by Russian troops.

  • Ukraine currently has three Patriot air defense systems but requires 26 for full coverage. Following appeals for more systems, Germany pledged to send an additional one.

  • A $60 billion aid package for Ukraine is stalled in the US Congress, allowing Russia to exploit ammunition and air defense shortages and gain ground in the east.
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Mike Pence warns Putin will wage war on NATO if Ukraine loses: Former U.S. vice president calls on Congress to approve funding for Ukraine aid ...
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Mike Pence warns Putin will wage war on NATO if Ukraine loses
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Putin Urges Restraint in Call With Iran's Raisi: Russian President Vladimir Putin warned during a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on ...
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Putin Urges Restraint in Call With Iran's Raisi
Quick Glance: Call for Restraint: Putin Engages With Iran's Raisi
  • During a phone call with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned against further escalation in the Middle East, emphasizing the potential 'catastrophic consequences.'

  • Putin expressed the expectation for all parties to exhibit reasonable restraint to prevent a new round of confrontation that could lead to 'catastrophic consequences' for the entire region, as outlined by the Kremlin's report on the call.

  • The already tense situation in the Middle East heightened over the weekend following Iran and its allies launching over 300 missiles and drones towards Israel. Israel reported successfully intercepting 99% of the projectiles using air defense systems.

  • Moscow and Iran share strong military and political ties. The call on Tuesday was initiated at the request of the Iranian side.
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Iran-Israel: Putin tells West Asia to pull back from a catastrophic clash : President Putin has expressed hope that all sides will show reasonable restraint and ...
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Iran-Israel: Putin tells West Asia to pull back from a catastrophic clash
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Nepotism in Russia: Former fellow student of Putin's appointed Chief Justice: The Russian judiciary will now be led by an old companion of the Kremlin leader ...
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Nepotism in Russia: Former fellow student of Putin's appointed Chief ...
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Chancellor wants fair competition with China: Chancellor Scholz uses the visit to China to protect the position of German companies. EU Commission President von ...
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Chancellor wants fair competition with China
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Chancellor's morale-boosting trip: Olaf Scholz travels halfway around the world to lecture China again. What came of it? - Die Weltwoche
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Chancellor's morale-boosting trip: Olaf Scholz travels halfway around the ...
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Ukraine Can Win Its War Against Russia If West Supports It as Much as Israel: The contrast between Western allies’ response to Iran's missile attacks and ...
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Ukraine Can Win Its War Against Russia If West Supports It as Much as ...
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Putin ready to negotiate - under conditions: Putin said Russia could negotiate with Ukraine to end the war if no "ideas are imposed" on it.
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Putin ready to negotiate - under conditions
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Yulia Navalnaya Appears on Time's '100 Most Influential People' List: Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny ...
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Yulia Navalnaya Appears on Time's '100 Most Influential People' List
Quick Glance: The Legacy of Alexei Navalny: An Interview with Yulia Navalnaya
  • The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has shaken a revolutionary movement and deeply affected his family and friends.

  • Yulia Navalnaya continues her husband's commitment to fight against Putin's regime.

  • She discusses the tragedy, her decision to lead the opposition movement, and the ongoing threat posed by the regime.

  • The Russian opposition unites around the memory of Alexei Navalny and the struggle for a democratic Russia.
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EU could put Iran's Revolutionary Guard on terror list: Israel is demanding that the EU “change course” and cites the classification of Iran’s elite military ...
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EU could put Iran's Revolutionary Guard on terror list
Quick Glance: US imposes new sanctions on Iran's drone program
  • The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on sixteen people and two entities associated with Iran’s drone program to punish Tehran for the weekend's attack on Israel.

  • The sanctions target executives of an engine manufacturer supplying Iran’s Shahad-131 drones, companies servicing the engines, and individuals providing the drones to Iranian proxy forces in the Middle East.

  • Coordinated with European allies, the new sanctions aim to disrupt Iran's missile and drone program and isolate the country globally.

  • President Joe Biden emphasized the US commitment to holding Iran accountable, utilizing economic tools to counter Iran's activities, as stated by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
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The "cannon fodder" of tomorrow: war museums prepare Russian schoolchildren for an early death
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Climate activist escalates further on hunger strike: Three climate activists on hunger strike: Michael Winter, Richard Cluse and Wolfang Metzeler-Kick ...
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Climate activist escalates further on hunger strike
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Putin Fan Russell Bentley Abducted in Ukraine—Allegedly by Russian Troops: Russell Bentley’s wife says he was snatched by Russian soldiers, and now his friends ...
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Putin Fan Russell Bentley Abducted in Ukraine—Allegedly by Russian Troops
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Kremlin Slams France’s Seizure of Russia-Linked Villa: The Kremlin on Thursday denounced the seizure in France of a villa allegedly owned by Russian businessman ...
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Kremlin Slams France’s Seizure of Russia-Linked Villa
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Olaf Scholz has let German SMEs down in China: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not dare to name China's anti-market subsidy policy ...
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Olaf Scholz has let German SMEs down in China
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Israel's war cabinet: Damage Iran, but don't start a war: Israel's war cabinet has discussed a response to the Iranian attack. According to media reports ...
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Israel's war cabinet: Damage Iran, but don't start a war
Quick Glance: New Measures Against Iran and Escalation in West Bank
  • The United States intends to take further actions against Iran in the coming days to address the attacks on Israel over the weekend, as announced by US officials on Tuesday.

  • To combat the escalation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian officials reported the deaths of two Palestinians shot by Israeli settlers on Monday.
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Iran attacks Israel: Iranian president calls Putin : From Russia where the Kremlin says Iran's President has called Vladimir Putin to discuss the attack on ...
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Iran attacks Israel: Iranian president calls Putin
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Peace conference as a "freak show": Russia's President regrets that his country was not invited to Switzerland. Putin: "It would be funny if it weren't so sad" ...
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Peace conference as a
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Now official: France invites Russia to commemorate the World War: France invites Russia to commemorate the Normandy landings 80 years ago. But Vladimir Putin ...
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Now official: France invites Russia to commemorate the World War
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Putin's secret war with Austria: The new Cold War has long since begun. Russia wants to undermine the West politically, militarily and economically ...
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Putin's secret war with Austria
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Moskowitz trolls Greene with foreign aid amendments: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) trolled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) with a pair of amendments that ...
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Moskowitz trolls Greene with foreign aid amendments
Quick Glance: GOP Congresswoman Propagates Russian Narratives Against Ukraine Aid
  • Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced amendments to the latest bill on aid to Ukraine, echoing Russian propaganda narratives about "biolabs in Ukraine" and "persecution of Christians in Ukraine."

  • Greene proposed halting funding for Ukraine's aid until free and fair elections are held, persecution of Christians stops, and all biolabs in Ukraine are closed.

  • The allegation of secret "biolabs" in Ukraine is a long-standing Russian propaganda conspiracy theory, also picked up by Chinese disinformation networks according to the EU East Stratcom Task Force.

  • House Speaker Mike Johnson announced determination to advance the foreign aid bill on April 20, despite opposition from GOP hardliners who have blocked progress for over six months.
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Iran has just strengthened Netanyahu’s hand: Israeli leader had been facing the heat over Gaza, but Tehran’s direct assault now makes it hard for allies to rein ...
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Iran has just strengthened Netanyahu’s hand
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Hunger strike for the climate in Berlin: “Olaf Scholz wants to let me die”: There has been a protest camp in front of the Chancellery in Berlin since the end of ...
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Hunger strike for the climate in Berlin: “Olaf Scholz wants to let me die”
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The Five Futures of Russia: And How America Can Prepare for Whatever Comes Next: And how America can prepare for whatever comes next.
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The Five Futures of Russia: And How America Can Prepare for Whatever Comes ...
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Putin’s ex-classmate gets Russia’s Supreme Court top job: Irina Podnosova is one of the many former peers of the Russian president who has landed a top job in ...
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Putin’s ex-classmate gets Russia’s Supreme Court top job
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COMMENTARY: Russian President Vladimir Putin recently threatened to station troops near the country’s border with Finland again ... Show more
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EU fiddles on Middle East as Ukraine burns: EU leaders look set to focus on Iran — where there is little they can achieve — while still failing to flex real ...
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EU fiddles on Middle East as Ukraine burns
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Scholz wants Xi to stop Russia’s war. Xi wants Europe to stop trade war.: Beijing “is not a security threat,” Chinese president tells German chancellor.
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Scholz wants Xi to stop Russia’s war. Xi wants Europe to stop trade war.
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Dictatorships have never been closer — it's time for democracies to do the same: A shift in policy towards authoritarian countries, primarily regarding China and ...
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Dictatorships have never been closer — it's time for democracies to do the ...
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Meet Russia’s Christian soldier who wants to oust Putin: “When we have enough forces, we will liberate a whole Russian region. We will set up a government … The ...
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Meet Russia’s Christian soldier who wants to oust Putin
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Greens launch their own Tiktok channel: The Greens are now on Tiktok. AfD leader Weidel is sidelined in a video. The Federal Foreign Office is also looking into ...
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Greens launch their own Tiktok channel
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Ralf Fücks: "Why don't we defend Ukraine as resolutely as Israel?": In an interview, the Green Party thought leader warns against the Tehran-Moscow axis.
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Quick Glance: Israel artist calls for Gaza ceasefire
  • The representative of Israel at the international art fair is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.

  • Ruth Patir’s video installation called (M)otherland was scheduled to open on Saturday at Israel’s national pavilion at the international art show but will remain closed for now.

  • Patir stated on her website that the artist and curators are showing solidarity with the families of the hostages and the large community in Israel calling for change, rather than canceling themselves or the exhibition.

  • It is believed that there are still individuals in Gaza, including 129 captives taken during the attacks led by Hamas on Israel on October 7, with 34 of them presumed dead.
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Björn Höcke versus Mario Voigt: what they said about the war in Ukraine in the TV duel
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Björn Höcke versus Mario Voigt: what they said about the war in Ukraine in ...
Quick Glance: Voigt accuses Höcke of 'dilly-dallying' after TV duel
  • Thuringia's CDU leader Mario Voigt defends public confrontation with AfD far-right extremist Björn Höcke as meaningful.

  • Voigt highlights differences between CDU and Höcke's far-right extremist group.

  • Poll shows 29% support for AfD in Thuringia despite Höcke's extremism.

  • Voigt advocates for reason and warns against chaos from exiting Euro and EU.
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Scholz on a trip to China: At an altitude of 11,900 meters, the chancellor learns of Iran's attack
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Scholz on a trip to China: At an altitude of 11,900 meters ...
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Putin Thrives on West’s Paralysis in Providing Military Aid to Ukraine: Welcome to Balance of Power, bringing you the latest in global politics ...
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Putin Thrives on West’s Paralysis in Providing Military Aid to Ukraine
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Germany to send Patriot air-defense system to Ukraine but holds out on Taurus missiles
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Germany to send Patriot air-defense system to Ukraine but holds out on ...
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EU and Ukraine explore special tribunal for Putin and war officials: Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian political and military officials could have a ...
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EU and Ukraine explore special tribunal for Putin and war officials
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Russian political scientist: Putin's people dream of a GDR that never existed: Putin is known as a fan of Yuri Andropov, who died in 1984. Yekaterina Schulmann ...
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Russian political scientist: Putin's people dream of a GDR that never ...
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China relaxes German farm product controls in drive to win friends: HAMBURG, Germany -- China relaxed controls on German agricultural products Tuesday as ...
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China relaxes German farm product controls in drive to win friends
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AfD politician goes berserk in Thai restaurant - and is arrested!: An AfD politician was arrested for rioting in a Thai restaurant. He is said to have been ...
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AfD politician goes berserk in Thai restaurant - and is arrested!
Quick Glance: Alleged Thailand Island Incident: AfD Politician Briefly Detained by Police
  • Niels Foitzik, AfD candidate, caused police interventions in Thailand.

  • Foitzik denies drug use, claims health issues during incidents.

  • Internal power struggles within Stuttgart AfD before local elections.

  • Stuttgart AfD candidates oppose 'Seebrücke' and have extremist ties.
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"No conscript army": Scholz: "Military service as it used to be" will no longer exist
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Quick Glance: Chancellor in VRM Talk: Challenges with the AfD
  • Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) discusses the threat posed by the AfD and its proximity to right-wing extremism.

  • He emphasizes that the AfD aims to polarize society and warns about its ties to Russia.

  • Scholz calls for measures to reduce the influence of the AfD and talks about the upcoming state elections.

  • He explains that the government must highlight achievements to diminish the appeal of the AfD and stresses the importance of reducing bureaucracy.
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AfD federal executive warns three Bavarian MPs: Andreas Jurca, Elena Roon and Ulrich Singer traveled through Russia as "democracy experts" when President Putin ...
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AfD federal executive warns three Bavarian MPs
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Situation in east Ukraine has ‘deteriorated significantly,’ Kyiv commander says: Russia has ramped up its offensive since Putin won reelection in March ...
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Situation in east Ukraine has ‘deteriorated significantly ...