Ukraine Ukraine's New Year's Day HIMARS strike on Makiivka in Russian-occupied Donetsk apparently killed quite a few Russian military recruits: Russia counted 63 dead; Ukraine claimed the figure was …

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Coming Up This Week Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, aka Lula, was re-inaugurated as Brazil's president yesterday. He criticized the "dictatorship" of his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, and pledged to fight …

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China The U.S. will require travelers from China to show negative COVID tests starting Jan. 5 - even if they enter through a third country or only connect in the U.S. en route to another destination. …

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Russia Pres. Putin announced a response to the new $60 per barrel price cap for Russian oil: Russia will ban oil exports to any countries that agreed to the price cap. In reality, all the countries t …

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Ukraine Pres. Zelensky paid a surprise visit to Washington DC - his first trip outside of Ukraine since the war began - to meet Pres. Biden and address the U.S. Congress as the war passes its 300th d …

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China China reported five COVID deaths yesterday, but analysts monitoring hospital and funeral data say the true figure is almost certainly much higher. State media said it could take months to retur …

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