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The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Russian troops killed a Ukrainian man because he had the same last name as the Putin critic.In a Tuesday Twitter thread, Navalny shared a picture of a passport with the name Ilya Ivanovich Navalny that he said was left next to the body of a 60-year-old man…

A small but growing number of Kremlin insiders are questioning President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and have serious concerns about its potentially devastating economic and political impact, Bloomberg reported.Bloomberg cited ten sources with direct knowledge knowledge of the situation in its report, and described the critics as being spread across senior positions in government…

© Reuters. People without masks arrive to the counter for check in at La Guardia Airport after the Biden administration announced it would no longer enforce a U.S. coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mask mandate on public transportation, following a federal judge’s ruli By Jeff Mason, Trevor Hunnicutt and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s…

Sanctioned Russian millionaire Oleg Tinkov ripped Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, a rare public criticism by a Russian elite.”I don’t see ANY beneficiary of this crazy war! Innocent people and soldiers are dying,” Tinkov in an Instagram post shared Tuesday,He said that Russian generals are realizing they have a “shitty army.””And how will…

President Biden and his immediate predecessor issued Easter messages that were as different as the men themselves. Other living presidents weighed in as well.Biden, who wished the nation a “Happy Easter” on Twitter, invoked the teachings of Christian savior Jesus Christ in his missive.“As we reflect today on Christ’s Resurrection, we are reminded that with…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian Prime Minister and head of the country’s delegation Denys Shmyhal attends a joint news conference after an EU-Ukraine Association Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 11, 2021. Francois Walschaerts/Pool via REUTERS By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and top Ukrainian finance officials will visit Washington…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An eagle tops the U.S. Federal Reserve building’s facade in Washington, July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/ By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday said he would nominate former Treasury official Michael Barr to be the U.S. Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official, replacing Sarah Bloom Raskin, who withdrew in…

© Reuters. Trucks wait in a queue to cross into the United States as Mexican truck drivers block the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa International Bridge connecting the city of Ciudad Juarez to Santa Teresa, Nuevo Mexico, to protest truck inspections imposed by Texas Governor By Ted Hesson and Lizbeth Diaz (Reuters) -A federal-state dispute over U.S. immigration…

© Reuters. A man walks past a part of a missile from a previous Russian military attack, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s finance ministry on Monday welcomed the creation of a special new account set up by the International Monetary Fund to…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state court judge has concluded that Democrat Abby Finkenauer cannot appear on the June 7 primary ballot for U.S. Senate, knocking off the candidate considered by many to be the party’s best chance to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley.Judge Scott Beattie, a 2018 appointee of Republican Gov. Kim…