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Brittney Griner freed from Russian custody in prisoner swap

Biden declares ‘She is safe. She is on a plane. She is on her way home’

The Independent UK

Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap

The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price — and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brittney Griner - live: WNBA star released as detained Paul Whelan says he’s ‘disappointed’ in Biden’s efforts

The WNBA star was detained at a Russian airport in February

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A look at Brittney Griner's career on, off basketball court

Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russia prison in a high-level prisoner exchange

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner released in prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer

In exchange for Griner, the U.S. has freed convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Axios

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison

Griner was traded for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap did not include former Marine Paul Whelan who remains imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges the U.S. says are false.

WEKU

Brittney Griner, U.S. basketball star caught up in Russia crisis

A U.S. official said on Thursday that U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, who had been jailed in Russia in charges of possessing and smuggling illegal drugs, was now in U.S. custody.

Reuters

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2022 was year the horror of war returned to Europe

This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched

The Independent UK

Kremlin: gas union with Uzbekistan not about political conditions

The Kremlin said on Thursday that a proposed gas union including Uzbekistan did not involve imposing "political terms" on the Central Asian nation.

Reuters

US basketball star Brittney Griner freed in prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout

Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price…

France 24

Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: why the Kinburn spit is of vital military significance and opens up the recapture of Crimea

The Kinburn spit, a tiny headland at the mouth of the Dniepro river, has been described as having “enormous strategic importance” in the next phase of the Ukraine war. Ukraine has indicated its intention to liberate it and an operation seems to be under way to do so.

The Conversation

Putin is losing the ground war, but Europe must dig in for the economic battle

There is more than one front in Europe’s almost 10- month-long war. The first is in the mud, where the worst trenches and dugouts in Eastern Ukraine are starting to bear more than a passing resemblance to scenes from the First World War. The second can be seen from space:…

Evening Standard

4 Oil and Gas Stocks to Buy Before the Winter Freeze

The oil and gas industry benefited from the rising crude oil process earlier this year thanks to the sanctions on Russian oil exports and production cut by OPEC+. While oil prices recently declined to pre-war levels on economic jitters, rising energy demand in winter should benefit Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero…

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Russia says goal of Zaporizhzhia nuclear safety zone is to 'stop Ukraine shelling'

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the main goal of a proposed safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was to "stop Ukraine shelling" the facility, while Kyiv said Moscow was storing advanced weapons on the site.

The Guardian - UK

Cop15: Trudeau pledges £510m for Indigenous-led conservation projects

Canada’s prime minister calls on China, Russia and Brazil to expand protected areas for nature

Reuters

Ukraine detains couple suspected of spying for Russia in Odesa

The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has detained a married couple suspected of spying for Russia in the Black Sea city of Odesa, one of Ukraine's largest ports.

Reuters

Russia says U.S. withdrawal from INF treaty 'created vacuum'

Russia said on Thursday that the United States' withdrawal from a treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles was a destructive act that had created a vacuum and stoked additional security risks.

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Wimbledon consider reversing blanket ban on Russian and Belarusian players in 2023 amid Ukraine war

Wimbledon are looking at reversing the blanket ban on Russian and Belarusian players at next year’s tournament.

Reuters

Russia's Duma passes bill banning surrogacy for foreigners

The lower house of the Russian parliament on Thursday passed in the second and third readings a bill that bans foreigners from using Russian surrogate mothers.

Reuters

Ukraine faces 'significant' power shortages after Russian attacks

Ukraine enforced new emergency power cuts on Thursday as it tried to repair energy infrastructure damaged in Russian air strikes which the national grid operator said had caused significant supply shortages.

Reuters

Red Cross visits POWs held by Russia and Ukraine, commends progress

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) gained access to both Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war last week and more visits are planned in what it described in a Thursday statement as "important progress".

The Conversation

Ukraine war: new figures suggest only one in four Russians support it, but that won't be enough to oust Putin

Leaked internal Russian government polling recently indicated that as few as one in four Russians may be in favour of the war in Ukraine. Analysts believe that the forced mobilisation of over 300,000 civilians and the high level of casualties have all contributed to waning support for Russia’s war effort.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Two more classified documents found in Florida by Trump lawyers

Discovery in storage unit appears to confirm DoJ’s suspicions that former president possessed additional government records, sources say. Plus, Australia’s worst Christmas trees

The Independent UK

Russia has ‘stopped threatening to use nuclear weapons,’ Olaf Scholz says as Putin again threatens to use them

US accuses Russia of ‘irresponsible’, ‘loose talk’ of nuclear weapons

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