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US sanction officials plan missions to clamp down on Russia

Top sanctions officials from the U.S. Treasury Department are set to make a series of international trips as part of a new campaign to pressure firms and countries that continue to do business with the Kremlin to cut off financial ties because of Russia's war on Ukraine

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023

Republicans furious at Biden’s Afghanistan review, Democrats mum

A review released by the White House largely blamed former President Trump for chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera · Apr 7, 2023

Russia hits illegally annexed Ukraine areas from ground, air

Russian forces have bombarded the regions of Ukraine it has illegally annexed but doesn’t fully control, resulting in casualties, building damage and power outages

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023

Lynn Schmidt: The Pence-Trump divide defines today's Republican Party conundrum

Maybe it is because I am preparing to launch one of my children off to college, but I have been thinking a lot about inflection points in life. The Republican Party is also at one of those points. The party, like my daughter, needs to decide what it wants to…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 7, 2023

Commentary: Now that Finland is part of NATO, can it help Ukraine?

Officials at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were celebrating at their headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday as the alliance welcomed Finland into its fold. In joining NATO, Finland has abandoned a 75-year tradition of military neutrality, throwing its lot in with the West against an increasingly isolated Russia.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 7, 2023

Senior US lawmaker says doing everything possible to speed up Taiwan arms deliveries

A senior U.S. lawmaker said on Friday he was doing everything possible to speed up the delivery of weapons to Taiwan, suggesting other countries that have the arms could sell them onto the island with U.S. government permission.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2023

Kremlin says its strategic aim is to create a ‘new world order’ – as it happened

Foreign minister says Russia rejects a ‘unipolar world order led by one hegemon’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 7, 2023

Ukraine seeks to prevent military leaks after NATO assistance plans reportedly appear on social media

Ukraine's leaders discussed ways to prevent leaks of military information on Friday after secret documents detailing U.S. and NATO efforts to help the country plan a counter-offensive against Russia's invasion reportedly appeared on social media.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2023

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Push is on to boost troops’ housing allowance

Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2023

'Putin has decided to become the new Stalin': Exiled Russian dissident Vladimir Osechkin

Russian dissident Vladmir Osechkin spoke to FRANCE 24 from the French city of Biarritz, where he has been living in exile since 2015. The founder of Gulagu.net, an NGO that documents abuses in the Russian prison system, believes the Russian secret services "tried to organise his liquidation" in September 2022.…

France 24 · Apr 6, 2023