“I’ve talked to the defenders of Mariupol today,” Zelensky said in a video address on Sunday, praising the southern port city that has come under horrendous bombardment by Russian forces. “Their determination, heroism and firmness are astonishing,” he said. “If only those who have been thinking for 31 days on how to hand over dozens…Continue Reading

President Biden’s declaration that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” threatens to push deeply strained U.S.-Russia relations closer to collapse, former officials and analysts said, with potentially serious implications for Washington’s ability to help steer the war in Ukraine to an end and avoid a wider conflict.The remark — an off-the-cuff coda to…Continue Reading

One night, a commander gave them just 10 seconds to line up “ ‘before we start shooting,’ ” he said. Hilko was the last to reach the line and a soldier carrying a shotgun proceeded to open fire on the 63-year-old’s leg as punishment — then left him wounded without medical care.Story continues below advertisement“He…Continue Reading

JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel in advance of a historic meeting of top Israeli and Arab diplomats in the Negev dessert on Monday — the latest indication of a realignment of Middle Eastern relations following normalization deals struck two years ago.But the rare meeting of Arab countries on Israeli soil…Continue Reading

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Partially it’s because some people are willfully ignorant or think it’s just a moody phase so since we’re closer together some signs just become more noticeable.Partially it’s because the pandemic and especially the lockdowns put our brains into being more limbic which is when our limbic systems kick in to make us fight a threat,…Continue Reading

Bloomberg — Senator Amy Klobuchar called for the Supreme Court to adopt the same ethics standards as lower courts after revelations that a conservative justice’s wife was active in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The Minnesota Democrat, a member of the Judiciary Committee, said it was “unbelievable” that Justice Clarence Thomas hadn’t recused…Continue Reading