How Putin's Russian goon squad used Mexican gig workers to troll an American election

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The Wagner Group is a private company in name only. A trove of leaked documents demonstrate that it is best understood as an arm of the Russian state.

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How Ukraine uses high-tech anti-drone guns to down Russian drones and recover intelligence from them

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Ukrainian soldiers with the anti-drone KVS G-6, manufactured by Kvertus Technology.
Ukrainian soldiers with the anti-drone KVS G-6, manufactured by Kvertus Technology.

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Meta allowed a Kremlin-linked oligarch to run Facebook ads calling for uprisings against pro-Western government in Moldova

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The logo of Meta, which owns Facebook, outside the company's California headquarters.

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Rising tensions with Russia have NATO militaries worried about the revival of a Cold War-era submarine threat

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An undersea cable is laid to Hiddensee island in the Baltic Sea in July 2009.

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The most dangerous cruise routes, ports, and destinations are in parts of the world where conditions are unpredictable — and help is nowhere nearby, travel analysts say

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A ship is seen on December 18, 2019 in Antarctica.
A ship in Antarctica.

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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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