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© Reuters. Police officers stand in front of the National Congress as the senate debates the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s Senate voted late on Thursday to approve a $45 billion debt deal with the…

LONDON — Anyone looking for signs that embattled and isolated Russia might soften its position would not have found much hope in the increasingly belligerent words of President Vladimir Putin.With his invasion of Ukraine floundering and his economy teetering, Putin doubled down Wednesday, turning his baleful glare on Russians who are against the invasion or…

In the days after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, dozens of companies said they would suspend political donations to Republican lawmakers who had backed then-President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election.Video Transcript[MUSIC PLAYING]

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a news conference for foreign media in Kyiv, Ukraine March 12, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will deliver a virtual address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg attends the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, three family members of President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson and lawmakers in the latest punishment for Russia’s…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at a Women’s History Month event “honoring Billie Jean King and women athletes in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Title IX”, at the United States Capitol building in Washington, U.S., March 9, 2 2/2 By Steve Holland and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President…

2/2 © Reuters. A man walks past posters while demonstrators protest outside the National Congress, as members of the parliament debate the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Agustin Marca 2/2 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday urged Argentina to…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker unloads packages from his truck in Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to provide the long…

President Joe Biden declared Ukraine “will never be a victory for Putin.” He made the comments while announcing the US will ban all Russian oil imports. Biden said Putin “may be able to take a city, but he’ll never be able to hold the country.” (March 8)

USA TODAY Opinion asked U.S. Army Col. Yevgeny (Eugene) Vindman to give his assessment of developments in Ukraine’s war with Russia. Vindman, along with his twin brother, Alexander Vindman, served on the National Security Council during the Trump administration. They raised concerns about President Donald Trump’s phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2019;…