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At just 22, Pulisic has now hit the net more times in the Champions League than DaMarcus Beasley, the veteran of four World Cup final tournaments for his nation and owner of 126 caps for his country. Pulisic needed only 14 minutes to make the eye-catching breakthrough, putting Chelsea ahead in …

Speaking on Tuesday, Commander Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for the US Navy’s Middle East-based Fifth Fleet, told the Associated Press that there had been two incidents of “unsafe maneuvers” by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).  In a video published by the US Navy, the Iranian Harth support ship appears …

In what seems to be an indication of how lives will never return to pre-pandemic norms, the European Commission president on Sunday suggested that some sort of Covid-19 vaccination certificates will indeed be necessary for would-be travelers from the US. “All 27 member states will accept, unconditionally, all those who …

Speaking to journalists on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said his government was “strongly opposed to the use of unilateral sanctions” and would work with its allies to reduce their impact. “China and Russia maintain a comprehensive partnership with each other,” the official said. ”In matters of protecting …

The Sunday Times reported over the weekend that a Type 45 destroyer, armed with anti-aircraft missiles, and a Type 23 submarine-hunting frigate will detach from the Royal Navy’s carrier fleet in the Mediterranean in order to pass into the Black Sea next month. At the same time, defense sources told the …

A spokesperson for the department revealed that the Russian MiG-31 jet “took off from an airfield in Kamchatka to identify [the American plane] and accompany it. The fighter pilot identified the target as a strategic reconnaissance aircraft RC-135.” The ministry confirmed that the spy plane, equipped with high-tech reconnaissance equipment, …

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told journalists that there is “absolutely nothing” that requires the Americans’ presence near his country’s Black Sea shore, accusing the White House of trying to provoke Moscow. “Provocative in the literal sense of the word: they are testing our strength, playing on our nerves. …

The proceeding unrest quickly escalated to looting and destruction, with authorities responding through tear gas, riot gear, the deployment of the National Guard and a curfew. Observers have been quick to point out the scene of the incident was a mere 10 miles away from where George Floyd was killed, for …

You might laugh at nonsense debates like ‘Kyiv or Kiev?’ or whether Mikhail Bulgakov was Russian or Ukrainian, but, like most culture wars, what seems to be just minor and silly fixations masks larger existential questions about the future of the nation. Thus, we have a strange situation where Ukrainian …