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February 04, 2025
Ukraine Needs U.S. Weapons. Trump Wants Its Rare Earth Minerals In Return.

The latest twist in U.S. President Donald Trump’s maneuvering to bring Russia’s war on Ukraine to an end? No more U.S. for Kyiv unless on it gives U.S. more access to its rare earth minerals. What exactly is a rare earth mineral and why does Trump want it?

February 03, 2025
Trump's USAID Reform Causes Alarm As Musk Weighs In On Foreign Aid

Donald Trump’s administration has taken aim at USAID in a series of moves that could spell the end of the United States’ main foreign-aid entity.
February 02, 2025
'Brutal Crackdown' Continues In Georgia As Protesters Rally In Tbilisi

Georgian authorities arrested several opposition figures during anti-government protests on the streets of Tbilisi on February 2, prompting the European Union to again condemn what it termed the “brutal crackdown” on dissent.
February 02, 2025
Ukraine Races To Bring Back Refugees As Labor Crisis Deepens

As Ukraine faces a critical labor shortage amid its ongoing war with Russia, the government is urging millions of refugees abroad to return and help rebuild the nation. New “unity hubs” in Europe aim to reconnect Ukrainians with their homeland, but will they be enough to persuade them to come home?
February 01, 2025
Trump Able To End Ukraine War In 'Months, Not Years,' Aide Keith Kellogg Says

U.S. President Donald Trump has a “solid” strategy to end the war in Ukraine within months, the president’s special representative for Ukraine and Russia has said.
January 31, 2025
North Korean Troops Vanish From Ukraine War’s Front Lines, Officials Say

North Korean troops have not been seen on the front lines in Ukraine for weeks now. After taking “big losses,” it’s unclear if they’re retreating for good or just temporarily rotating out.
January 30, 2025
Investigation Begins Into Plane Crash That Killed Russian-Born Skaters

Former Russian World Champion figure skaters Vadim Naumov and his wife, Evgenia Shishkova, are among scores killed in a mid-air collision between a passenger jet a military helicopter on a training flight over the Potomac River near the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
January 29, 2025
At Serbian Protests, 'Generation Vucic' Finds Its Voice

Serbia’s youth-powered protests have shaken the country’s political establishment, causing the resignation of the prime minister and talk of early elections. The protesters flair for digital innovation has enabled them to bypass state-controlled media and spread their message far and wide.
January 28, 2025
Serbian PM Milos Vucevic Steps Down Amid Protests Over Novi Sad Train Station Tragedy

Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic said he is resigning following weeks of mass protests demanding accountability for a deadly accident in Novi Sad where the collapse of a concrete canopy killed 15 people at the northern city’s rail station, which critics blamed on rampant government corruption.
January 27, 2025
Zelenskyy Warns Same Evil 'Still Exists' Today As Leaders Mark Auschwitz Anniversary

Survivors of the Auschwitz death camp joined European leaders to mark the 80th anniversary of their liberation against a backdrop of rising support for far-right parties, particularly in Germany as it heads toward parliamentary elections next month.
January 26, 2025
Lukashenko Poised To Win Belarus Election Condemned As 'Sham' By EU

Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenko has secured his seventh term in office in a presidential election that European Union leaders have denounced as a "sham."
January 25, 2025
'A Haunting Place': Auschwitz 80 Years After Liberation Of Infamous Nazi Death Camp

Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The infamous Nazi death camp was located in German-occupied Poland during World War II. More than 1 million people -- mostly Jews -- were systematically killed at the site.

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