Meet Belarusian dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, who is Putin's closest ally and helping him in the war in Ukraine

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends Russian-Belarussian talks in Sochi, Russia, February 7, 2020.

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Exclusive: British authorities surveilled FBI spy chief Charles McGonigal's secret 2018 meeting with a Russian contact

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Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives to Manhattan federal court in New York, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in New York.
Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives at a federal courthouse in Manhattan on Feb. 9.

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China has U-turned on almost all major policies it put in place in the last 3 years — and it's not surprising, given the state of its economy

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Chinese President Xi Jinping's regime has reversed major policies in a bid to boost growth in the world's second-largest economy.

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Trump and Kushner's Saudi ties are an ethical minefield — and Hunter Biden's a distraction, DC watchdog says

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Donald Trump meets with then Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, March. 14, 2017. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, right, listens.

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Russia was cut off by Viagra's manufacturer, leaving the Kremlin scrambling to commission generic erection pills

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Packs of viagra tablets lie on a table.
Packs of Viagra tablets lie on a table.

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The US Navy's struggle to keep ships in fighting shape is leading sailors to 'cannibalize' more parts from other ships

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The lower bow unit of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is lowered into place at a Newport News shipyard in March 2000.

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Putin is 'still convinced he can prevail' in Ukraine, and other nearby countries 'could be at risk of attack' if he wins, top Russia experts warn

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Vladimir Putin smiles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an awarding ceremony for Russian team members who won medals at the Winter Paralympic games on March 17, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

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Several of Putin's homes have been connected to railway lines with secret stations built nearby for his armored train: report

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Russian President Vladimir Putin rides a suburban train in Moscow, Russia, in November 2019.

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The property market is so bad in China that some banks are letting people be on mortgages till they are 80

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An elderly woman looks at the price tags of houses at a local real estate office in downtown Shanghai on February 12, 2018.
Some banks in China are raising upper age limits for mortgage borrowers amid a property market slump.

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Rural Ohio is facing comparisons to Chernobyl after a massive chemical leak caused by a train derailment. Here's what the disaster really has in common with the nuclear accident.

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A yellow train car on fire releasing smoke on the left, a large white building with a huge hole in the roof on the right
East Palestine incident (left) and Chernobyl power plant (right)

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