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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Ukraine The NYT called the counteroffensive Ukraine is planning on Kherson "one of the most ambitious and significant military actions of the war." Its success would hamper Russia's ability to use th …

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China A Bloomberg article pasted below describes a decline in China's Belt and Road investments in recent years, as well as a shift from infrastructure projects to technology and health initiatives d …

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