Month: January 2022
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U.S. and NATO Respond to Putin’s Demands as Ukraine Tensions Mount
WASHINGTON — The United States and its allies on Wednesday formally rejected Russia’s demands that NATO retreat from Eastern Europe…
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North Korea Launches 2 Ballistic Missiles, South Korea Says
SEOUL — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday in its sixth missile test…
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Republican Rift on Ukraine Could Undercut U.S. Appeals to Allies
WASHINGTON — As President Biden tries to forge a united allied response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, unity on the…
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Kurdish-led Forces End Prison Siege, Defeating ISIS Fighters
BEIRUT, Lebanon — After six days of deadly battles, the Kurdish-led militia that had been battling Islamic State fighters for…
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Kurdish-led Forces End Prison Siege, Defeating ISIS Fighters
BEIRUT, Lebanon — After six days of deadly battles, the Kurdish-led militia that had been battling Islamic State fighters for…
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How the Computer Chip Shortage Could Incite a U.S. Conflict With China
WASHINGTON — The war game scenario conducted by a Washington think tank began with a sudden failure at three Taiwanese…
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E.U. court throws out $1.2 billion antitrust fine against Intel.
In a defeat for the European Union’s tech antitrust efforts, a top court on Wednesday threw out a $1.2 billion…
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Diplomats are meeting in Paris under the Normandy Format. We explain.
As part of the frenzied diplomatic effort to head off a conflagration in Ukraine, there has been a virtual summit…
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Your Thursday Briefing: U.S. Responds to Russia
We’re covering the U.S. response to Russia’s security demands and the recapture of a Syrian prison from ISIS. A delivery…
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The U.S.-Kurd alliance in Syria has a tangled history.
For U.S. forces in Syria, an on-again off-again alliance is very much on again. The fighting around Sinaa prison in…