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Four years into Russia’s grinding war on Ukraine, Al Jazeera looks at the costs — to people, territory and treasuries., It’s Europe’s biggest war since World War II. It’s also Russia’s deadliest war since that conflict. And it has reshaped the global economy — with Moscow facing the most sanctionsContinue Reading

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Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Arctic Blast Brightened the… Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change ArticlesContinue Reading

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Activists briefly displayed a photograph and caption targeting Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at the Louvre, saying they wanted to draw attention to allegations involving the former British royal. The group, “Everyone Hates Elon,” placed a label beneath the image reading, “He’s Sweating Now — 2026,” and said the action was intended toContinue Reading

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Multiple sources reported on Sunday the Mexican government killed the country’s most wanted cartel boss, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, or “El Mencho,” during a military operation in Jalisco. “El Mencho” led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). Last February, the U.S. State Department listed the cartel as a terrorist organization. TheContinue Reading

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Claim: Lawyer Kristina Conti, International Criminal Court (ICC)-accredited assistant to counsel, said that she will resign and leave the extrajudicial killing case if the death penalty is reinstated.  Rating: FALSE  Why we fact-checked this: The post has already received 5,200 reactions, 4,000 comments, and 152 shares as of writing. ItContinue Reading

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Exclusives Russia used Belarus’s cell towers to bomb Ukrainian power plants. Then hackers got inside the operators’ chatrooms. For six months, Ukrainian IT specialists watched Russian drone operators plan routes in real time — tracking launch orders and flight paths, feeding everything to Ukraine’s defense forces. Russia rushed reinforcements toContinue Reading

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Russian forces control most of the ruins of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast and are attempting to encircle Ukrainian defenders still holding the city’s south, Ukraine’s Joint Forces communications chief Viktor Trehubov told Ukrainian TV.  The report comes two days after a senior Russian general claimed that Moscow’s troops had already seized the city. Vovchansk, whichContinue Reading

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Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Martha Pskowski as they discuss plans for a border wall through Texas’ biggest state park and one of the jewels of the national park system. By Martha Pskowski Building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has been a signatureContinue Reading