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🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin is preparing to tighten his grip on power in an election next month, as his war in Ukraine grinds on. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s threat to abandon NATO allies if he returns to the White House has made the question of how to handle Russia’s authoritarian leader…

🇮🇳 Indian security forces fired tear gas on Tuesday to stop thousands of farmers demanding minimum crop prices from marching on the capital New Delhi after talks with the government failed. Local broadcasters showed thick clouds of tear gas fired to disperse protesters near Ambala, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) north…

🇺🇲 US House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated that his Republican-led chamber will not take up a bill to provide billions in new assistance for Ukraine and others, despite its likely passage in the Senate with bipartisan backing. The $95 billion package includes funding for Israel's fight against

🇮🇱 Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah where more than a million Palestinians are trapped. CIA Director William Burns was due in Cairo for a new round of talks…

Donald Trump on Saturday said he would "encourage" Russia to attack any NATO member country that didn’t meet its financial obligations to the defense alliance. "No, I would not protect you," he said. "In fact, I would encourage them [Russia] to do whatever the

🚨📰 Breaking News: The party of the imprisoned former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, won the most seats in Pakistan’s Parliament, surprising the country’s powerful military and fueling a political crisis. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

LONDON — In a semi-secret courtroom in an overheated basement, a three-judge tribunal this week heard testimony about an alleged Russian spy who may have burrowed deep into Britain’s top intelligence agencies, gaining access to secret documents and meeting with prime ministers and British royalty when they traveled…

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Governments across East Asia — from China and Taiwan to Japan and South Korea — have been trying to convince women to have more babies. It’s getting existential: China is fast running out of the workers needed to power its manufacturing-focused economy and is forecast to lose as…

JAKARTA, Indonesia — As the country’s first president not to come from the political or military elite, Joko Widodo was a testament, said diplomats and political pundits, to the rising strength of democracy in the world’s fourth-most-populous country. Over two terms in office, Widodo’s focus on…

The special counsel’s report and President Biden’s performance at a last-minute news conference on Thursday night placed his age, the singularly uncomfortable subject looming over his re-election bid, back at the center of America’s political conversation. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Tension was building in Pakistan as authorities struggled to explain a delay in announcing the result of the national election, leading to accusations that the authorities were suppressing a tide of votes in favor of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan. Thursday’s election pitched Khan’s passionate support against the…

President Vladimir Putin said Russia hasn’t achieved its objectives in Ukraine yet, adding that he would consider negotiations if the US stops supplying weapons to Kyiv. “We haven’t yet achieved our goals,” Putin said in the interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in Moscow. It’s…

🇺🇦 KYIV — Ukraine’s top commander, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, appeared to be officially removed Thursday night — the latest twist in a drawn-out saga between him and President Volodymyr Zelensky, who told the military chief 10 days ago that he was being dismissed. Read more: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Scientists and engineers in the UK say they've set a nuclear fusion energy record, bringing the clean, futuristic power source another step closer to reality. Widely seen as the holy grail of clean energy, nuclear fusion is the same process that powers the sun and other stars. Experts

🌞 Daily rundown • Pakistan goes to the polls in a widely watched national election • Donald Trump brings his fight to stay on the ballot to the US Supreme Court • Israeli forces intensify strikes on Rafah in southern Gaza ➡️ Read our newsletter: #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Chinese Bitcoin miners have bounced from country to country in search of cheap power and benign regulations since Beijing cast them out. Now, they've arrived in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia — home to Africa's largest dam — has become a hotspot for crypto miners, thanks to it

Exclusive: Soon after his country began bombing Yemen in 2015, the de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates confidentially reached out to an old friend: retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who also served as the deputy supreme commander of the Emirati military, needed…

There will be plenty of festivities and performances for non-football fans to tune into on Super Bowl Sunday beside the big game—including a highly anticipated halftime show by R&B superstar Usher, as well as other dazzling pre-show sets. #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday total victory in Gaza was within reach, rejecting the latest offer from Hamas for a ceasefire to ensure the return of hostages still held in the besieged enclave #Nostr | #growNostr | #Press | #PLEBchaiN | #Newstr…