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The Ukrainian authorities consider Moscow an enemy, as they accuse it of annexing Crimea, and of other alleged “aggressive” acts, during the fall-out from Kiev’s tumultuous 2014 ‘Maidan.’ That Western-backed uprising saw the country’s democratically elected government toppled from the street. Kiev may feel uncomfortable with the reminder that some …

Speaking on Sunday as part of a meeting with members of the governing United Russia party, ahead of parliamentary elections next month, Putin paid tribute to those behind the immunization drive. “We need to do everything we can to overcome this pandemic,” he said, “and the best tool we have …

The death toll in Humphreys County climbed to 21 as of Sunday afternoon, according to the local emergency management agency, and 45 people were still missing as crews went house to house. It’s not clear whether there have been any deaths in neighboring counties. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a …

The Taliban, which seized control of Afghanistan’s capital and most of the country a week ago, squarely blamed the chaotic evacuation of foreign nationals and locals, who worked for the US-led coalition forces, on Washington. Despite all the resources the US possessed, it failed to bring order to the airport, …

The American military airlifted some 11,000 US citizens, NATO allies, former Afghan employees of the US military, and other “vulnerable” Afghans out of Kabul airport over the weekend, Biden told reporters at a press conference on Sunday.  After a week of chaos in Kabul, with the US evacuation marred by …

The veteran outgoing leader, who was visiting Ukraine, on Sunday, two days after talks with her Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev. Zelensky praised, what he called, Merkel’s longstanding support of his country and awarded her the Order of Liberty, the country’s highest …

“Everyone shows up to work sort of downtrodden, almost dead inside, for lack of a better term,” Jon Anfinsen, a spokesman for the Border Patrol’s union, told the Washington Examiner in an article published on Sunday.  The US has set new 20-year highs in each of the past two months …

The dogs, one of which had just given birth to puppies, were housed in a pound in the northwest of the state, and were due to be picked up by volunteers from a Cobar-based animal shelter. However, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Sunday that workers with the Bourke Shire …

According to Biden’s public statements, the US withdrawal and evacuation from Afghanistan is going about as well as can be expected. The president has claimed that Al-Qaeda – the terrorist group the US set out to destroy 20 years ago – is no threat in Afghanistan, and the US’ allies …

The Bank of America’s radical re-education programme actually exhorts its staff to become “woke at work,” writes the City Journal, citing documents it obtained from a whistleblower. In practice, being woke at work means acting in accordance with the doctrine and practices promoted by campus social justice warriors, Black Lives …