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  • Trump’s Empty Sanction Threats Against Russia – Michael Warren

    Trump’s Empty Sanction Threats Against Russia – Michael Warren

    As Russia grows bolder with its acts of aggression, the American president continues to react like a detached observer with limited agency instead of the leader of a global superpower.

    The incursion of Russian military drones into Polish…

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    September 16, 2025
  • Israeli military begins ground invasion of Gaza City – The Washington Post

    1. Israeli military begins ground invasion of Gaza City  The Washington Post
    2. Live updates: Israel begins ground offensive in Gaza City, as UN commission says Israel is committing genocide  CNN
    3. Israel launches ground offensive deep inside Gaza City  

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    September 16, 2025
  • Russian forces attacking Kharkiv with Shahed drones, injuries reported

    Russian forces attacking Kharkiv with Shahed drones, injuries reported

    Russian forces are conducting strikes on Kharkiv.

    According to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov the Russians are attacking the city with drones, Ukrinform reports.

    Preliminary information indicates that the location on the border of the city’s Slobidskyi and…

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    September 16, 2025
  • Zelenskyy calls for a European air defense system as Russian strike wounds 13 in Ukrainian city

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces bombarded the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with rockets overnight, wounding 13 people, including two children, officials said Tuesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged European leaders to…

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    September 16, 2025
  • British ex-soldier goes on trial for Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland

    British ex-soldier goes on trial for Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland

    The ex-paratrooper, who cannot be identified and is known only as Soldier F, is accused of murdering two men and attempting to murder five others.

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    September 16, 2025
  • UN official says conflicts, disasters and funding cuts a ‘perfect storm’ causing acute hunger

    UN official says conflicts, disasters and funding cuts a ‘perfect storm’ causing acute hunger

    BANGKOK (AP) — A string of natural disasters and global conflicts, combined with drastic cuts to international aid means that some of the world’s neediest people are suffering from serious food…

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    September 16, 2025
  • Musk buys Tesla stock – could he become the first global trillionaire?

    The CEO of Tesla is making a public show of confidence in the company’s future, as the EV maker’s success could allow him to become the world’s first trillionaire.

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    September 16, 2025
  • Surge of Americans seeking British citizenship since Trump returned to power – POLITICO

    Surge of Americans seeking British citizenship since Trump returned to power – POLITICO

    “Prominent figures in the U.S. and U.K. deliberately talk down our country, and in particular our capital city,” Khan told the Guardian newspaper Monday evening, stressing that the latest statistics proved them wrong.

    Since the start of 2025, the Home Office has received citizenship…

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    September 16, 2025
  • Great changes unseen: The China-Russia nexus and European security

    Great changes unseen: The China-Russia nexus and European security

    Summary

    • Under Chinese leader Xi Jinping, China places security above all other policy implications.
    • The officially endorsed philosophy of the country’s statecraft heralds “great changes unseen…

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    September 16, 2025
  • Calm Realism, Not Cold War: Europe’s China Reset – The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

    1. Calm Realism, Not Cold War: Europe’s China Reset  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine
    2. Between Washington and Beijing: How Europe fits into US-China strategic competition  Brookings
    3. Player or playground? Europe sidelined again…

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    September 16, 2025