Russia Russia's finance ministry proposed raising VAT from 20% to 22% to fund rising defense and social spending. That violates Pres. Putin's pledge from a year ago not to raise taxes again before 2 …

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Ukraine Pres. Trump met with Pres. Zelensky on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly yesterday, and afterwards said his views on the Ukraine war had shifted as his understanding of the military a …

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Coming up this week The 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA) culminates in some dramatic (by diplomatic standards) sessions this week. Several more countries plan to recognize Palestinian statehood at th …

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Ukraine Poland floated the idea of making the skies over Ukraine a no-fly zone. It's an idea first raised by Pres. Zelensky early in the war: Zelensky reasoned that if the skies over his country wer …

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Venezuela The U.S. Navy targeted another alleged drug boat near Venezuela, killing three people who Pres. Trump said were "positively identified, extraordinarily violent drug trafficking cartels and …

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Coming up this week  Arab foreign ministers are holding an emergency summit today to discuss a united response to Israel's strike on Hamas leaders in Doha last week. Some analysts worry that th …

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