Emblem-Shattering Monument In Russia Sparks Outcry In Japan

A memorial to Soviet forces in Russia's Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk was unveiled on September 4, depicting a Red Army soldier smashing a symbol of imperial Japan. The emblem remains a national emblem of the country today, leading to outrage in Japan.

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US Envoys Head To Kyiv After Stop In Moscow, Late-Night Meeting With Putin

After a day of crucial meetings in Moscow, including with President Vladimir Putin, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are switching wartime venues, heading to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy with aims of ending the conflict now in its fifth year.

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'Apocalyptic Scenes' In Druzhkivka As Ukrainian Civilians Struggle To Leave

The city of Druzhkivka in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region is being battered by Russian strikes as the front line moves closer. A few thousand civilians remain in the city, many without water, electricity, or gas, while evacuations are becoming increasingly difficult.

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Trump EPA aims to exempt datacenters from disclosing air pollution, advocates warn

Trump administration proposes new rule to dismantle requirement for datacenters to publicly report air pollution

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Russian strikes on food warehouses pose threat of shortages in Ukraine

Moscow has shifted to targeting shopping centers and food distribution sites, and markets in Kyiv and other cities are struggling to keep their shelves stocked.

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Mobile detention sites, courtrooms inside the jails, and a clause saying state law does not apply. What ICE's new detention solicitation reveals

A contract solicitation posted Friday covers vans that hold people at arrest scenes, courtrooms inside private detention centers, and a clause declaring state law inapplicable.

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Estland und der russische Angriffskrieg: Und wenn sie kommen?

Die baltischen Staaten sind Russland nicht nur geografisch nahe. Doch der Nachbar im Osten droht wieder gefährlich zu werden. Begegnungen in Estland.

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Latvia’s ‘Weekend Warriors’ Prepare For Potential Russian Threat

Latvia’s volunteer National Guard, the Zemessardze, has taken on a growing role in the country’s defense since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Following ordinary Latvians as they take part in military exercises, Current Time looks at why they give up their weekends to train.

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Ebola in der DR Kongo: „Der schlimmste Ausbruch der Geschichte“

In drei Monaten hat das Virus in der DR Kongo mehr Tote gefordert als beim letzten großen Ausbruch in zwei Jahren. Und die Sterblichkeitsrate steigt weiter.

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Donald Trump sued over $100,000-a-month early-access offer to Truth Social posts

Suit alleges subscription offer is attempt to sell privileged access to information generated in president’s official capacity Donald Trump has been sued after a subscription service charging up to $100,000 a month for early access to his posts on his Truth Social platform sparked allegations of corruption. The lawsuit, filed in the US district court for the southern district of New York, was brought by the Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation against Trump, two of his aides and the executive office of the president. Continue reading...

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Behind The Hobbling Of Russia's Yabloko Party: A Swirl Of Legal Contortions

A children’s song. Doves. Suprematist art. A Hiroshima photograph. Few were surprised by the court decision banning Russia’s Yabloko party from running in upcoming Duma elections. Many were perplexed over how authorities went about doing it.

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Ukrainian Ground Drones Run Supplies, Evacuate Wounded Under Russian Fire

RFE/RL followed soldiers from Ukraine’s 117th Mechanized Brigade as they deployed ground drones to frontline positions in the Donetsk region. The unmanned vehicles carry ammunition and supplies across roads exposed to Russian drones.

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Inside Russia’s New Gulag

Human-rights groups estimate that more than ten thousand Ukrainian civilians have disappeared into the Russian prison system. This is the story of one cell in the new Gulag.

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Top Russian Court Bars Anti-War Party From Upcoming Elections

Russia's Supreme Court barred the liberal Yabloko party from the ballot in parliamentary elections next month, blocking what would have been the only group that is calling for an end to Moscow's war against Ukraine.

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Historic documents in limbo with proposed National Archives closure | Nichi Bei News

The National Archives at San Francisco and Chicago faces closure, according to an e-mail sent to staff on June 23. With the closure and the process to move files out […]

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Proteste in Georgien: Die Wände sprechen Bände

An vielen Fassaden der georgischen Hauptstadt Tbilissi finden sich regierungskritische Graffitis. Die Stadtreinigung entfernt sie, am nächsten Tag sind sie wieder da.

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Activists Call Baku Court's Sentencing Of Independent Journalists An 'Unmistakable Warning'

When Human Rights Watch's Georgi Gogia heard that several independent journalists were handed lengthy sentences this week by a court in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, he didn't know what motivated the judge. But he does know the message is an "unmistakable warning."

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Ukraines Ex-Präsident entdeckt: Drei Hektar in Sotschi

Jour­na­lis­t*in­nen haben Ukraines vertriebenen Ex-Präsidenten Wiktor Janukowitsch aufgespürt: Er lebt luxuriös im russischen Sotschi.

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Ukraine Defense Exhibition Organizer Held Without Bail After Deadly Russian Strike

A Ukrainian court has ordered the organizer of a military technology exhibition into pretrial detention without bail after a Russian missile strike on the event killed at least 11 people and injured 100. Vasyl Honcharuk allegedly organized the July 24 exhibition without required approval.

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Ukraine’s Dr. Strangelove

A rocket designer with a dubious past sets out to build a missile shield with Europe—and without America.

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Russia Strips Arctic Air Defenses As Ukraine War Strains Military

New satellite images appear to show that several strategically important sites in Russia's far north have had air defense batteries removed as the Kremlin struggles to counter Ukrainian drone attacks elsewhere in the country.

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Albanien: Zehntausende protestieren gegen Kushner-Bauprojekt

Die Proteste gegen ein Luxusbauprojekt des Trump-Schwiegersohns in Albanien wachsen weiter. Am Samstag demonstrierten in Tirana erneut mehrere Zehntausend Menschen.

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