• 03/14/2025

Kiev may use ceasefire to obtain weapons, mobilize troops — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Maybe, to get weapons. Or, maybe, to train the newly mobilized personnel,” the president said https://tass.com/politics/1927775

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Jennifer Johnston, Irish Novelist Who Probed Country’s Fault Lines, Dies at 95

New York Times She explored tensions among the social classes and within families in fiction that prompted Roddy Doyle to call her “Ireland’s greatest writer.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/books/jennifer-johnston-dead.html

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Dems killed VA sex offender bill before it could get a hearing, Republican says, despite recent incidents

Fox News A Virginia Republican lawmaker is blasting Democratic leaders in Richmond, after what she characterized as their hasty dispatching of a fresh piece of legislation she authored targeting sex offenders and people deemed dangerous to children. Delegate Kim Taylor, R-Petersburg, who herself won a “Biden+12” district in what is the state’s most Democratic municipality…

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Russia liberating all settlements close to Sudzha one after another — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “I am confident that all the plans that were mapped out in the area of the incursion in the Kursk Region will be carried through, like in other frontline areas,” the head of state stressed https://tass.com/politics/1927771

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Meet ‘Pink’: The 1.4-million-year-old face changing Europe’s human story

Jerusalem Post Researchers say the fossil suggests a previously unknown human species lived in Europe over one million years ago. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-845886

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U.S. influencer snatches baby wombat from its mom. Cue Australian ire.

Washington Post Widely shared video of the woman holding the baby wombat prompted Australian authorities to open an investigation into her visa status. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/13/wombat-snatch-influencer-ausrtalia/

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Novatek reports 0.6% drop in hydrocarbon reserves in 2024

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Natural gas sales dropped by 1.1% to 77.76 bln cubic meters in 2024, Novatek said https://tass.com/economy/1927761

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Kursk situation under Russia’s control, Ukrainian battlegroup blocked — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “This is full isolation and full gunfire control,” the Russian leader stressed https://tass.com/politics/1927749

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