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War-weary Ukrainians who fled Russia’s full-scale invasion face end of temporary sanctuary in America

War-weary Ukrainians who fled Russia’s full-scale invasion face end of temporary sanctuary in America

Posted by | Mar 25, 2023

When U.S. officials at the U.S.-Mexico border stamped the Ukrainian passports of Mariia and her daughter last April and gave them permission to stay for a year, she figured she would return home within months. Now with that year almost up and the war that caused them to flee still raging, their permission to stay in the United States — known as humanitarian parole — is set to expire April 23. “The word `worry’ doesn’t capture what I’m feeling,” said Mariia, who spoke through an interpreter and asked that only her first name be used over concerns that speaking...

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FCK PTN: Ukraine symbolically body slams Putin with postage stamps based on Banksy mural

FCK PTN: Ukraine symbolically body slams Putin with postage stamps based on Banksy mural

Posted by | Mar 24, 2023

Again highlighting its tenacity, its resilience and its way with words, Ukraine marked its grim anniversary of Russia’s invasion with a new postage stamp, featuring an image from street artist Banksy’s recent visit there. A small boy deftly flipping to the ground a man in a judo match, with in one lower corner the words, in Cyrillic, “FCK PTN (ПТН ПНХ).” The “allegorical” image, says the post office, describes, “A year of resistance – painful, ragged, fierce, persistent,” but above all “Ukrainian.” A bloody year on, Russia’s war of aggression remains what one U.S. official calls “a grinding slog,”...

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Putin’s sales pitch: Why GOP members of Congress are suddenly outspoken against aid to Ukraine

Putin’s sales pitch: Why GOP members of Congress are suddenly outspoken against aid to Ukraine

Posted by | Mar 24, 2023

Make no mistake. There is a battle right now between autocracy and democracy around the world. Countries are lining up on either side. And that is really what is going on, at this stage, with Ukraine. This is literally a battle for the 21st century order. For the way the people of the world, the entire planet and all its resources, will ultimately be run and used. It could determine whether our world will be ruled by a small number of morbidly rich autocrats and their factotums, or whether it will be ruled by the people themselves through politicians...

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Disaster Debate: Pro-Russian voices spread toxic propaganda on social media after Ohio train crash

Disaster Debate: Pro-Russian voices spread toxic propaganda on social media after Ohio train crash

Posted by | Mar 23, 2023

Soon after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio last month, anonymous pro-Russian accounts started spreading misleading claims and anti-American propaganda about it on Twitter, using Elon Musk’s new verification system to expand their reach while creating the illusion of credibility. The accounts, which parroted Kremlin talking points on myriad topics, claimed without evidence that authorities in Ohio were lying about the true impact of the chemical spill. The accounts spread fearmongering posts that preyed on legitimate concerns about pollution and health effects and compared the response to the derailment with America’s support for Ukraine following its...

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Putin charged with war crimes after international court issues warrant over child abductions in Ukraine

Putin charged with war crimes after international court issues warrant over child abductions in Ukraine

Posted by | Mar 23, 2023

The International Criminal Court said on March 17 that it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine. It was the first time the global court has issued a warrant against a leader of one of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. The ICC said in a statement that Putin “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of (children) and that of unlawful transfer of (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.” The...

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Shock and Awe: Why the United States military remains in Iraq after 20 years

Shock and Awe: Why the United States military remains in Iraq after 20 years

Posted by | Mar 20, 2023

Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, in blinding explosions of shock and awe, American forces remain in the country in what has become a small but consistent presence to ensure an ongoing relationship with a key military and diplomatic partner in the Middle East. The roughly 2,500 U.S. troops are scattered around the country, largely in military installations in Baghdad and in the north. And while it is a far cry from the more than 170,000 U.S. forces in Iraq at the peak of the war in 2007, U.S. officials say the limited — but continued — troop...

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