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The focus of fighting shifts to Ukraine’s south.
Fleeing Russian occupied territories, drivers travel in long convoy on their way to Zaporizhzhia on Sunday.Credit...David Guttenfelder for The ...
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Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Lawmakers Visit Taiwan
Good morning. We’re covering a visit by U.S. lawmakers to Taiwan and Salman Rushdie’s road to recovery. In this photo…
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Threat to Ukraine Nuclear Plant Increases as Fighting Rages
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — The main front in Russia’s military onslaught on Ukraine appears to have shifted dangerously to the south…
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Arts
An Orchestra Supports Ukraine, and Reunites a Couple Parted by War
WARSAW — After years of struggling to make a living as musicians in Ukraine, Yevgen Dovbysh and Anna Vikhrova felt…
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With New Weaponry, Ukraine Is Subtly Shifting Its War Strategy
KYIV, Ukraine — Despite suffering grievous losses over nearly six months of war, Russia still holds a distinct advantage over…
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Russian attack in eastern Ukraine kills 2 civilians, regional military leader says.
A Russian attack on the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine early Friday left two civilians dead, 13 others injured,…
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Why are Russia and Turkey growing so close? Putin needs allies, and Erdogan needs bolstering.
BRUSSELS — Turkey’s mercurial president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is in political difficulty before elections next year, with his economy imploding…
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Business
Russian Economy Contracts Sharply as War and Sanctions Take Hold
The Russian economy contracted steeply in the second quarter as the country felt the brunt of the economic consequences of…
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A Greek Scandal Reverberates as Eavesdropping Expands in Europe
ATHENS — In a tense and highly confidential meeting in the senate chamber of the Greek Parliament, the prime minister’s…
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U.N. ship to carry Ukrainian grain directly to countries worst affected by shortage.
The first ship hired to carry Ukrainian grain directly to famine-stricken parts of the Horn of Africa since the Russian…
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