US ‘playing with fire’ on Taiwan, China warns: Xinhua

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​al jazeera​​​ China has warned that the United States is “playing with fire” after President Joe Biden said that Washington would defend Taiwan militarily if the self-governed island is attacked by →

‘Criminal adventure’: Ukraine war fuels Russia’s brain drain

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​al jazeera​​​ By Niko Vorobyov If a country’s strength is its people, then Russia might be in trouble. According to official statistics, nearly four million Russians left the country in the first →

Battle of the bike path: Tensions between riders increase

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​the brussels times​​​ The growing diversity of bicycles on the nation’s cycle paths is leading to frustration and even confrontation between faster and slower users, according to the Flemish →

What to know about Ukraine today: Russia’s assault in the east, Zelenskyy's Davos talk and the first war crimes verdict

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​nbc news​​​ By Yuliya Talmazan Russian forces are pressing their offensive in Ukraine’s east, President Joe Biden says the Kremlin must “pay a dear price” for its actions and a Russian soldier gets →

Inside the front-line battle to stop Russia annexing more of Ukraine

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​cbs news​​​ While some of Ukraine cities have been hammered by Russian missiles and artillery for almost three months, it's small villages in the south and east of the country that have borne the →

50% jump in active-shooter incidents from 2020 to 2021: FBI

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abc news By Luke Barr When a disgruntled employee opened fire in the parking lot of a FedEx distribution facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, in April 2021, the shooter did so because he wanted to →

1st increase in births reported in 7 years, CDC finds

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abc news By Mary Kekatos The number of births increased in the United States for the first time in seven years, according to a new federal report. Provisional data published Tuesday from the Centers →

Can a U.S.-China War Be Averted?

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​national interest​​​ by Paul Heer There is no dearth of commentators with ideas about, and proposals for dealing with, the downward spiral in U.S.-China relations. But former Australian prime →

Biden’s remarks on ‘intervening militarily’ in Taiwan question not gaffe but signals hollowing out one-China policy

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​global times​​​ By stating the US would intervene militarily if the Chinese mainland takes the island of Taiwan by force, the Biden administration is taking a step further to hollow out the →

Ruble gains vs dollar, euro show Western sanctions are counterproductive

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​global times​​​ By Wang Yi German and Italian companies, which are approaching imminent deadlines to pay for their gas supplies from Russia, were told they could open ruble accounts to keep buying →

Is Moldova Next? Brigadoon in a Tough Neighborhood

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​national interest​​​ by Ronald H. Linden In the Scottish legend of Brigadoon (made famous by the Lerner & Loewe musical), an enchanted village appears for one day every one hundred years but is →

Beijing urges millions to keep working from home amid COVID outbreak menace

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​reuters​​​ By Martin Quin Pollard and Engen Tham Beijing authorities extended work-from-home guidance for many of its 22 million residents to stem a persistent COVID-19 outbreak, while Shanghai →

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