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Germany will close Russia’s General Consulate in Bonn, terminate the agreement concerning the Russian House in Berlin, and tighten entry controls for Russian citizens. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul announced this at a joint press conference with Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt on 1 September, after German authorities formally attributed the attackContinue Reading

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Exclusives Desperate to save Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, Ukrainian forces counterattack and reinforce. A Russian pincer is slowly closing around the last two big free cities in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. Winter will be a brief reprieve. NATO vows to defend every inch. Svalbard is where Russia plans to prove itContinue Reading

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Texas saw the greatest increase in the first half of 2026, while California’s production plummeted. By Dan Gearino As data centers and other large users drove demand higher, U.S. power plants increased their output by 2.1 percent in the first half of the year compared to the first half ofContinue Reading

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New legislation gives Pakistan’s military chief sweeping command powers, raising questions about oversight., Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan’s parliament in late August passed legislation that, for the first time, spells out in statute the powers of the country’s most senior military office, continuing a restructuring of the military’s command structure thatContinue Reading

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Thursday on the News Hour, remembering feminist icon Gloria Steinem, a trailblazer who helped transform the fight for women’s rights and equality. NATO countries confront the threat of sabotage from Russia, while in Ukraine, a high death toll means more Russians could soon be forced to fight. Plus, we speakContinue Reading

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As Washington works on the historically large defense budget, there is one theme which should loom large in the budget but comparatively, will cost little. Key to our national security is countering the gray zone activity that our adversaries are waging against the US and developing our own offensive grayContinue Reading