Foreign policy

Ukraine war live updates: Zelenskyy says Russia ‘won’t get away with this’ after many civilians are hurt in strikes on Mykolaiv

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[ad_1] Russia established fighting positions on reactor buildings at nuclear power plant, UK claims Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant on March 29, 2023. Stringer | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russian forces had established “sandbag fighting positions” on the roofs of reactor buildings at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant by March 2023, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said … Read more

Calls to move away from the U.S. dollar are growing — but the greenback is still king

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[ad_1] Calls to move away from relying on the U.S. dollar for trade are growing. More and more countries — from Brazil to Southeast Asian nations — are calling for trade to be carried out in other currencies besides the U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar has been king in global trade for decades — not … Read more

DHS task force will examine how to use AI to protect homeland security

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[ad_1] Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a new conference in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. Veronica G. Cardenas | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security will establish a new task force to examine how the government can use artificial intelligence … Read more

Ukraine war live updates: Zelenskyy meets with troops in Donetsk; Moscow court denies WSJ reporter’s appeal

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[ad_1] Zelenskyy meets with troops on the frontlines in Donetsk Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday visited front-line positions of the country’s military in the city of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region, one of the hot spots of the ongoing Moscow-Ukraine war. Ukrainian Presidency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited … Read more

Ukraine war live updates: Zelenskyy slams ‘beasts’ in gruesome beheading video; Kremlin calls footage ‘terrible’

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[ad_1] Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal meets U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Washington Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal arrived in Washington with a Ukrainian delegation where he met with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon. Shmyhal’s delegation includes Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and Central Bank Governor Kyrylo Shevchenko. The Ukrainian officials are set to … Read more

Ukraine war live updates: Secret Pentagon and NATO files leaked; Russians have reached center of Bakhmut, UK says

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[ad_1] Russia has ‘highly likely’ advanced to the center of Bakhmut, UK government says A Ukrainian serviceman looks on as he sits on an anti-air gun near Bakhmut, on March 24, 2023. Aris Messinis | Afp | Getty Images Russian forces have “highly likely” advanced into the center of the war-ravaged city of Bakhmut after … Read more

Ukraine war live updates: Russia flexes its muscles with intercontinental ballistic missile drill; Kyiv waits for China call

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[ad_1] Russian claims of gains in Bakhmut disputed Defense officials in the U.K. have disputed Russian claims to have taken control of a metals plant in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. A Russian-installed official in Donetsk, where Bakhmut is located, claimed on Wednesday that fighters from the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, had taken … Read more