China walks back ambassador's claim that ex-Soviet states aren't real countries, a position that played strongly into Putin's hands

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony before Russia - China talks in narrow format at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcome ceremony before talks in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023

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The son of a Putin aide says he fought in Ukraine, but reports claim that at the same time his Tesla was racking up fines in Moscow

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) listens to his press secretary Dmitry Peskov in 2016.

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Ted Cruz ridiculed for saying smoking is a person's 'own damn choice' while celebrating abortion restrictions

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US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) arrives for a US Senate Judiciary Committee oversight on March 1, 2023.

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Russia is using a new delivery of Iran's Shahed drones to strike Ukraine to make up for a lack of precision munitions, reports say

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A Russian drone, considered by Ukrainian authorities to be an Iranian-made Shahed-136, over Kyiv on October 17, 2022.

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A 2000-year-old Roman bust that was sold for $35 at a Goodwill in Texas is heading back to its 'rightful' home in Germany

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Laura Young bought the bust in a Texas Goodwill store in 2018.

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Ukrainian troops have established a bridgehead on the east bank of the Dnipro river, implying Russia's defensive positions are weakening, report says

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A damaged church is seen in still occupied Oleshky on the other side of the Dnipro in Kherson, Ukraine.
A damaged church is seen in still occupied Oleshky on the other side of the Dnipro on November 13, 2022 in Kherson, Ukraine

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Ukraine is aiming to launch a 'big bang' style counter-offensive in order to break stalemated war, says military expert

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Ukrainian artillery teams fire toward Russian positions in Bakhmut.

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The worst bird flu outbreak in US history is 'wiping out everything in numbers we've never seen before.' Here's what you need to know.

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A dead pelican is seen on the beach in Lima, Peru on December 07, 2022. The government decreed a 90-day health emergency throughout the national territory because more than 13,000 pelicans died on the beaches of Peru, possibly infected with H5N1 avian flu.
A dead pelican on the beach in Lima, Peru on December 07, 2022.

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Alleged former Wagner fighters claim they killed young children in Ukraine

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A former Russian criminal prisoner who was fighting with Wagner in an interrogation room after being captured by Ukrainian soldiers near Bakhmut on March 12, 2023.

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The Saudi crown prince wants to build a trillion-dollar utopia in the desert. His deals with China reveal a darker vision.

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This image shows the design plans for 'The Line,' a part of the Saudi Arabian megacity of NEOM, and a portrait of its mastermind, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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