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White House seeks $47 billion for covid, monkeypox, Ukraine and floods
Comment on this storyCommentThe Biden administration on Friday asked Congress to approve more than $47 billion in new emergency funds this fall to combat the coronavirus, secure new monkeypox vaccines, bolster Ukraine’s defenses and respond to devastating floods in Kentucky.The official request sets up a fierce fight on Capitol Hill, where…
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Video shows moment car bomb blasts ‘traitor’ in Russian-occupied Ukraine
Dramatic surveillance footage posted Saturday shows the car bomb blast that killed a “traitor” security official in occupied eastern Ukraine earlier this month.
Askyar Laishev, a former Ukrainian security official who joined the Russian-backed Luhansk People’s Republic as head of intelligence in 2014, was killed by Ukraine…
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Ukraine needs more air defences to protect grain exports, Zelenskiy says
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Swiss President Alain Berset, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte attend an international summit on food security 'Grain from Ukraine', amid Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 25,... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreKYIV, Nov 25…
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GOP accuses Biden of requesting new round of nearly $12B in Ukraine aid to benefit
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Republicans are questioning President Biden's request for Congress to approve nearly $12 billion in additional aid to Ukraine this month over concerns the timing is meant to benefit Democrats ahead of the November midterm elections. GOP lawmakers worry the White House is pushing the aid package…
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Military training efforts for Ukraine hit major milestones even as attention shifts to Gaza
A FRENCH ARMY BASE, France (AP) — Battle cries pierce the smoke and rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire as Ukrainian soldiers fight through and take enemy trenches and dugouts that hide gruesome, bloody remains.“Grenade!” one screams in Ukrainian. Another yells: “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!” This time,…
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Mine blast kills 3 at beach in Ukraine, video shows
Three people were killed and two others wounded when a mine exploded at a beach in Ukraine, local authorities said Monday.
Footage shows beach-goers being fatally maimed as they swam Saturday at a beach in Zatoka in Ukraine’s Odesa region, where millions of residents and tourists alike spend summer vacations along the Black Sea.…
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Russian shelling kills six in Kherson; Finland to blockade Russian borders
4 Hours AgoRussia says Finland has chosen a path of confrontationKremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Finland had chosen a path of confrontation and that Russia saw this as a mistake, state media outlet TASS reported.One can "only express deep regret that the Finnish authorities have taken the path of destroying bilateral…
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Ukrainian families divided as some flee fierce fighting in east
Millions of Ukrainians have been displaced by fightingOthers are still being evacuated as the war grinds onSome residents refuse to leave their homesKOSTIANTYNIVKA, Ukraine, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Olha Skachkova and her son, 11-year-old Denys, climbed out of an armoured van which had just whisked them out of their home town of Toretsk, close to the…
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Ukraine ordered them to evacuate. As Russia advances and the toll mounts, some are heeding
Marina, who did not want her last name revealed out of fears for her safety, is one of them. She decided to stay in her home city of Kramatorsk, about 10 miles from the front lines, despite having the means to escape to Kyiv or even western Ukraine, far from active fighting. She said the prospect of having to collect rainwater to drink or use…
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Finland shuts nearly all crossings to Russia; fears for Dutch aid for Ukraine after shock
Finland shuts nearly all crossings to RussiaFinland has temporarily closed all but one of its eight passenger crossings to Russia, Reuters reports.More than 700 migrants from countries such as Afghanistan, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, and Somalia have entered Finland over the past weeks via Russia.<gu-island name="TweetBlockComponent"…
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