Wagner Group employs 'Trumpian tactics' in bizarre video that appears aimed at recruiting US veterans to fight for Russia, historian says

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Men dressed in Russian military fatigues stand in front of a door with a giant W in front of it.
Visitors wearing military camouflage stand at the entrance of the 'PMC Wagner Centre', which is associated with businessman and founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin.

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A former sales director will get more than $86,000 after his boss allegedly said he didn't want a team of 'bald-headed 50-year-old men' who were a 'mirror image' of himself

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Mark Jones claims that his former boss once told him, "I don't want a team of bald-headed 50-year-old men — I want to change the dynamics."

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A Yale professor suggested that Japan's old people should kill themselves in a mass suicide, and it made him a celebrity

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An elderly woman crosses the street in Japan.
An elderly woman walks in a street in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on March 13, 2020.

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Russian inmates only had to march a few yards to be considered fit enough to fight in Ukraine for the Wagner Group, 2 captured fighters say

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Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin addresses former convicts as he releases them from serving in his mercenary army, according to state-controlled media
Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin addresses former convicts as he releases them from serving in his mercenary army, according to state-controlled media

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Jared Kushner's private equity firm concealed the origins of Saudi-backed funds and used the SEC's own rules to help them do it, report says

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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (L) meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (R) during his visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 1, 2020. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Jared Kushner (L) meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (R) in NEOM, Saudi Arabia, on September 1, 2020.

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A video appears to show Russia using a drone boat to attack a key Ukrainian bridge

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A still from a video showing an explosion at Zatoka bridge in Ukraine.
A still from a video showing an explosion at Zatoka bridge in Ukraine.

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Western forces are raiding gunrunners at sea and throwing wrenches into Iran's plans

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Guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) and patrol coastal ship USS Hurricane (PC 3) sail in the background as Sailors inventory a large quantity of urea fertilizer and ammonium perchlorate discovered on board a fishing vessel intercepted by U.S. naval forces while transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman, Nov.

American cacti are rapidly colonizing the slopes of the Swiss Alps as snow disappears, says report

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Skiiers hit the slopes above the ski resort of Zermatt in the Swiss Alps on November 28, 2020
Skiiers hit the slopes above the ski resort of Zermatt in the Swiss Alps on November 28, 2020

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Ukraine claims its first kill of Russia's 'Terminator' armored vehicle, believed to be one of Putin's most advanced weapon systems

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Russia BMPT Terminator armored vehicle
A serviceman washes a BMPT Terminator armored fighting vehicle designed to support tanks as part of preparations for the Victory Day military parade, in Moscow, April 23, 2019.

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Indian government cancels 'Cow Hug Day' anti-Valentine's celebration after it was widely mocked

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A Hindu devotee offers food to a cow during Gai Puja - cow worship - as part of the Gopal Ashtami festival, in Amritsar on November 11, 2021.
A Hindu devotee offers food to a cow during Gai Puja - cow worship - as part of the Gopal Ashtami festival, in Amritsar on November 11, 2021.

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