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Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’

Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in Normandy

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7

Trumps Letter to Norwegian Prime Minister 'Reads Like a 12-Year-Old's' and Gets Slammed Online: 'Where Was His Staff?'

Donald Trump's letter to Norway's PM tying Greenland threats to his Nobel Peace Prize snub has been slammed online as childish, heightening diplomatic tensions with European allies.

International Business Times UK · Jan 20

Putin will meet Trump as a ‘fiscal crunch’ is about to hit Russia’s war machine

“Though that may not be enough to compel Putin to seek peace, it does suggest that the walls are closing in on him.”

Fortune · Aug 9, 2025

Ukraine levels up the fight with drone strikes deep into Russia

Unable to match Putin’s military might, Ukraine is engaging in ‘smart warfare’ to attack the enemy’s oil and gas supply lines

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2024

What do we really know about the Russian roots of America’s biggest cannabis company?

Curaleaf could be worth $75bn by 2030. But its US-born chair, Boris Jordan, faces questions over his two decades in Russia

The Guardian - US · Jul 19, 2022

Putin’s exit ‘being discussed’ in Kremlin as elites and allies turn on him

A damaging fresh report claims there is a wish amongst Russia’s elite that ‘in a fairly foreseeable future’ warmongering Putin will not ‘govern the state’.

Daily Record · May 25, 2022