• 11/19/2024

From Rahmbo to Rahm-bassador: How an unlikely diplomat has wooed Japan

Washington Post He’s hard-charging and sweary even by Washington standards, but super-polite Japan has taken a surprising shine to Ambassador Rahm Emanuel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/15/rahm-emanuel-japan-ambassador/

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Ukraine live briefing: Zelensky in Berlin as Germany announces $3 billion in new military aid

Washington Post Germany’s latest military package is likely to include Leopard tanks, other armored vehicles and reconnaissance drones, a top Ukrainian official said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/14/russia-ukraine-war-news/

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Erdogan’s fate in the balance as Turkish voters head to the polls

Washington Post Voters across Turkey headed to the polls Sunday in a crucial election pitting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/14/turkey-erdogan-election-opposition-kilicdaroglu/

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Six Russian aircraft intercepted near Alaska airspace during US military training exercises: NORAD

Fox News The North American Aerospace Defense Command released a statement Saturday saying it had intercepted six Russian aircraft operating off the coast of Alaska.  In a press release about Thursday’s incident, NORAD said it “detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted six Russian aircraft operating in and near the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).…

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Mexico faces humanitarian crisis as Biden migration policy kicks in

Washington Post The desperation at a migrant camp in Matamoros, a half-mile from the U.S. border, underscored the questions swirling around Biden’s new migration policy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/border-mexico-migrants-title-42/

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Search underway for surfer presumed dead after shark attack in Australia

Fox News Rescuers were searching waters off South Australia Saturday for a 46-year-old surfer presumed to have been killed by a shark.  “A man is believed to have died following a shark attack at Walkers Rocks Beach,” police said in a statement. The remote beach popular with surfers is near Elliston, a town of fewer than 1,000…

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Israel and Islamic Jihad agree to cease-fire, ending five-day conflict

Washington Post Israel and Islamic Jihad, the Gaza-based militant group, agreed to a cease-fire Saturday night, ending a five-day bout of violence that killed at least 35 people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/israel-ceasfire-gaza-islamic-jihad/

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Housing association discovers body of tenant six years after death

Fox News A British housing association apologized after discovering a tenant’s body in his home possibly six years after he died.  “Everyone at Bolton at Home has been deeply shocked by this, and we realize it will concern and upset people to learn his body remained undiscovered for such a long time,” Noel Sharpe, chief…

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Zelensky interview transcript: ‘Ukraine must win’

Washington Post In an interview with The Washington Post, Ukraine’s president discussed the much anticipated counteroffensive, leaked U.S. intelligence documents and the U.S. presidential election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/zelensky-washington-post-interview-transcript/

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Zelensky, in private, plots bold attacks inside Russia, leak shows

Washington Post THE DISCORD LEAKS | Intercepts reveal Zelensky’s aggressive instincts, a marked contrast to his image as the stoic statesman weathering Russia’s onslaught. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/13/zelensky-ukraine-war-leaked-documents/

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