What the Hell is Joe Biden Doing in Ukraine?
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Peter Van BUREN

Does anyone know what the hell Joe Biden is doing in Ukraine? Americans must feel like a high school substitute teacher. America turns its back for five minutes after having won the Cold War, and Joe Biden has restarted it in the back row. No address to the nation, no white papers, just “Putin attacked Ukraine and it is an existential threat we must respond to.” Didn’t we used to vote on this kind of thing?

Engagement is a given. But what is the end point for Joe, the moment we announce we won? In Ukraine, no one knows. By starting this intervention with the promise not to send NATO into actual combat, Biden sent a clear signal to Putin...

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Jour­ney to pin­na­cle of Pak­istani pol­i­tics ends in re­crim­i­na­tion
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Im­ran Khan’s term in of­fice has end­ed in a firestorm of con­tro­ver­sy and pub­lic re­crim­i­na­tion.
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Mass protests in Pakistan against ‘imported’ government (VIDEOS)
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Ex-PM Imran Khan has said the country headed for a new “freedom struggle” blasting his ouster as a “US-backed regime change”

Massive demonstrations rocked multiple Pakistani cities, including the country’s capital of Islamabad, on Sunday, with thousands taking to the streets to express their support to the deposed Prime Minister Imran Khan. He was ousted by the country’s parliament in a successful no-confidence vote on Saturday. Khan blasted the vote as a foreign-backed regime change operation....

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Unarmed Palestinian woman shot by Israeli forces (VIDEO)
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The mother of six has been shot to death near a checkpoint in the West Bank

A 47-year-old Palestinian woman has been shot to death in the West Bank after allegedly approaching Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in a “suspicious manner” on Sunday, the IDF reported.

“The force opened fire as part of a suspect arrest procedure that included firing into the air. After she did not stop, the soldiers fired at her lower body,” the IDF said in a statement on Sunday. 

The woman, 47-year-old Ghada Ibrahim Ali al-Sabateen, can be seen in footage posted to social media raising her h...

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China beefs up nukes to deter ‘US threat’ – media

China is expediting efforts to expand its nuclear arsenal as Beijing is seriously concerned about the threat posed by the US, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

According to the newspaper, the Chinese leadership made a strategic decision to beef up the country’s nuclear deterrence long before the current conflict in Ukraine. However, the latest events in Europe, as well as the increasingly confrontational rhetoric between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan, have prompted an acceleration of the program.

https://www.rt.com/news/553631-china-beefs-up-nuclear-arsenal/

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Austrian Chancellor to meet Putin in Moscow

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer is expected to visit Russia on Monday, officials in both Moscow and Vienna have confirmed.

The upcoming visit was first reported by Austria's Kronen Zeitung newspaper, which cited government sources saying that the country’s leader was seeking to become a “bridge builder” in an attempt to help broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.

https://www.rt.com/russia/553638-nehammer-visit-moscow-eu/

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Macron, Le Pen prevail in first round of French elections

French President Emmanuel Macron and populist firebrand Marine Le Pen have set the stage for a head-to-head battle to determine the presidency later this month after emerging as the leaders from Sunday’s first round at the polls.

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https://www.rt.com/news/553649-macron-le-pen-win-french-election/

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US boasts of sending weapons to Ukraine ‘every day’

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has claimed that Washington is racing to fulfill Ukraine’s weapons wish list, ensuring that Kiev has all that it needs to repel Russia and support the US goal of weakening and isolating Moscow.

“We are doing everything we can as the United States, working around the clock, to deliver our own weapons and . . . organizing and coordinating the delivery of weapons from many other countries so that Ukraine has what it needs,” Sullivan said on Sunday in an NBC News interview. “Weapons are arriving every day, including today.”

https://www.rt.com/news/553641-us-accelerates-ukraine-weapons-aid/

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Russia adds billions to emergency spending fund

Russia has increased its reserve fund used for emergency spending by 273.4 billion rubles ($3.52 billion), the government announced on Sunday.

“The funds, among other things, will be used to implement measures aimed at ensuring economic stability in the light of external sanctions,” the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers said in a statement, referring to multiple restrictions placed on Russia by the US, most of the EU, and other nations in response to Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine.

https://www.rt.com/business/553628-emergency-spending-fund-russia/

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Trump endorses Dr. Oz for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania

Donald Trump has endorsed TV personality and cardiac surgeon Doctor Mehmet Oz for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania, his spokesperson announced on Saturday ahead of a rally for the ex-US president in North Carolina.

“The Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a tremendous opportunity to Save America by electing the brilliant and well-known Dr. Mehmet Oz for the United States Senate,” the statement, posted to Twitter, reads. “This is all about winning elections in order to stop the Radical Left maniacs from destroying our country.”

https://www.rt.com/news/553637-trump-endorses-oprah-doctor-oz/

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