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Zelensky Names Ukraine’s Ex-Top General Ambassador to U.K.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Thursday appointed Valery Zaluzhny as his new ambassador to Britain, just a month after he removed him from his post as the country’s top general amid tensions between the military and civilian leadership. “Gen. Valery Zaluzhny told me that this is the direction he would like to take —

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U.S. power company admits it might have started huge Texas fire

A U.S. power company admitted Thursday that its equipment may have sparked the largest wildfire in Texas’ history. Xcel — the parent of Southwest Public Service Company, which provides electricity to part of the state — said it was working with officials investigating the cause of the blaze that charred more than a million acres

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Friday Briefing: A New Plan for Gaza Aid

The U.S. plans to build a new aid path into Gaza President Biden is expected to announce during his State of the Union address that the U.S. military will build a floating pier off Gaza to let ships deliver food and other aid to Gazans, U.S. officials said. Constructing the pier will involve hundreds or

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Russia says killed IS militants planning attack on Moscow synagogue

The FSB said an IS cell based in Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, had been planning to shoot Jewish worshippers at a synagogue. Russia’s FSB security service said Thursday it had killed Islamic State militants who were planning a “terrorist attack” on a Moscow synagogue, Russian state news agencies reported. The FSB said an IS cell

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Sweden ends its neutrality and joins NATO after tensions, years-long wait

Sweden has formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War Two neutrality as concerns about Russian aggression in Europe have spiked following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Secretary of State Antony Blinken presided at a ceremony in which Sweden’s “instrument

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