China Speaker of the House Pelosi did indeed visit Taiwan, despite objections from Chinese officials - and concerns from the Pentagon. Pelosi met with Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen and celebrated …

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Al Qaeda A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaeda's top leader and a key mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks 21 years ago.The strike that killed Zawahiri …

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Ukraine A Ukrainian grain ship left Odesa for Lebanon yesterday, marking the first (legal) grain exports from Ukraine since the war began five months ago. Under the terms of the UN-brokered deal to a …

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Ukraine Russia targeted a suburb of Kyiv for the first time in several weeks, striking a military base and injuring soldiers and several civilians.The UK says Russia is using Wagner Group hired guns …

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Russia SecState Blinken plans to speak to Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine to offer a prisoner swap. The U.S. would trade WNBA star Brittney G …

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Energy Natural gas futures are up 66% this month, which is the largest monthly rise since futures contracts came into existence in 1990. Record heatwaves on every northern continent drove demand for …

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