Europe cannot keep assuming the US will fund its defense, European leader warns

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A Ukrainian soldier walks with a firearm in the snow, with other soldiers and black smoke behind him
Ukrainian servicemen attend drills near the border with Russia in Sumy region, Ukraine, in January 2024.

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Russia says its democracy is the best in the world, days after Putin's only real political rival died in prison

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Forum of Future Technologies in Moscow on February 14, 2024 .

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JK Rowling's tweets about a lurid murder story reopened a heated debate about transgender convicts

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JK Rowling in 2018.

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Ukrainian POWs are being bought and sold on a Russian black market, report says

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Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov attends a military ceremony in Grozny, Russia, on October 5, 2021.

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Everyone is angry at Germany after a series of snubs and screw-ups

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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, viewed unsmiling from above in Berlin on January 22, 2024.
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on January 22, 2024.

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Gen Zers want you to know they are sick of extravagant influencer brand trips

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Gen Z is tired of seeing influencers sent on lavish trips for free (stock image).

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Russia's hardliners are furious over its latest loss at sea, saying commanders would rather cover up mistakes than learn

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (center) waves next to Russia's defense minister Sergei Shoigu (fourth left) and commander in chief of the Russian navy, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov (right).

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Russia seems to be OK with sacrificing its planes over Ukraine to achieve a bigger prize, experts say

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A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces walks beside the blue remnants of a Ukrainian jet with rubble and a house behind him
Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces inspects remains of a Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighting aircraft in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on April 6, 2022

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An Italian town that offered $1 homes was transformed by an influx of remote workers and tourism

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A welcome sign for Mussomeli in Sicily, Italy.
A welcome sign for Mussomeli in Sicily, Italy.

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Ukrainian soldiers have learned to send in drones before attacking trenches, military trainer says

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Ukrainian service members in a trench at a frontline in Ukraine's Donetsk region in 2023.

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