Details in the drone incident the Kremlin says aimed to assassinate Putin 'don't quite add up.' Experts have 3 theories on what happened.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin holding a piece of paper.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on April 6, 2023.

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Former F-16 pilot says he would not want to fly missions over Ukraine right now, arguing 'there is no fighting chance'

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the the 408th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, flies a training sortie Sept. 9, 2015, over Germany.
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the the 408th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, flies a training sortie Sept. 9, 2015, over Germany.

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One of the world's most expensive cities just raised the minimum wage by 32 cents an hour — and it's getting absolutely slammed for it

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Pedestrians wearing face masks are seen crossing the road at a zebra crossing in Hong Kong.
Financial hub Hong Kong just hiked its minimum wage on Monday — by 32 cents.

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Wagner Group lost more than 100 soldiers in a single day because of a lack of ammunition, mercenary boss says

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, speaks in Paraskoviivka, Ukraine in this still image from an undated video released on March 3, 2023.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, speaks in Paraskoviivka, Ukraine in this still image from an undated video released on March 3, 2023.

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A downed US jet, a bombed embassy, and 25 years of rumors about how China built its first stealth fighter

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An F-117 Nighthawk over Death Valley in February 2019.

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China has kicked off one of its first long post-pandemic holidays, and an industrial town with cheap barbecue is so popular that authorities are telling people to go elsewhere

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Tourists enjoy a barbecue feast at a gourmet marketplace during the five-day May Day Holiday on April 29, 2023 in Zibo, Shandong Province of China. (
Tourists across China are traveling to Zibo, a city in east China, for its local barbecue sticks.

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The balloons are back: The origin of an object spotted floating 36,000 feet over Hawaii is unknown

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A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Montana, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Montana, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.

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For only the second time in its history, the US Navy is beginning the slow, tricky process of taking apart a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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USS Nimitz in the Persian Gulf in August 2013.

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The US Navy is putting its submarines on rare public display in a message to Russia's growing undersea force

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Navy submarine USS San Juan in Iceland
USS San Juan off the coast of Iceland on April 26.

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DeSantis gave a 'low-wattage' and 'horrendous' speech in London as presidential polling slides: 'Nobody in the room was left thinking, 'this man's going places.''

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Ron DeSantis.
Ron DeSantis.

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