Map shows how Russia's border with NATO more than doubles with Finland as a member

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A map showing how NATO's current border with Russia compares to its border if Sweden and Finland join.
A map showing how NATO's current border with Russia compares to its border if Sweden and Finland join.

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  • Finland officially became a member of the NATO military alliance on Tuesday.

Finland joins NATO, creating a new geopolitical nightmare for Putin, one that he sparked himself

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia on March 30, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia on March 30, 2023.

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Florida Democrats are trying to use Ron DeSantis' book laws against his own recently published book

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the University of Miami on May 17, 2022 in Miami, Florida.

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Trump's Secret Service agents would accompany him if he went to jail, says retired US judge

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Then-US President Donald Trump walks with Secret Service agents in Yuma, Arizona, in August 2017.
Then-US President Donald Trump walks with Secret Service agents in Yuma, Arizona, in August 2017.

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Russia wants to ditch the Wagner Group and replace it with another private army that's easier to control, UK intel says

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Prigozhin vs
Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (left).

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The QAnon Shaman's new roommates after he got out of jail had no idea who he was, report says

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Jacob Chansley, also known as the QAnon Shaman, inside the Capitol on January 6.

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Russia is trying to cover up the decline of a once elite unit that was rendered 'combat ineffective,' UK intel says

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A Ukrainian serviceman drives an armoured vehicle towards frontline positions near Vuhledar, Ukraine, where the  155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet  is fighting, on February 22, 2023.
A Ukrainian serviceman drives an armoured vehicle towards frontline positions near Vuhledar, Ukraine, where the  155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet is fighting, on February 22, 2023.

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Former Russian commander in Ukraine says Moscow was unprepared for a protracted war and is now 'heading for military defeat'

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Igor Girkin
Igor Girkin, also known as Igor Strelkov, speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on November 13, 2018.

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Renaissance artists da Vinci and Botticelli may have used egg yolk in their masterpieces, new study finds

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Lamentation over the Dead Christ. Found in the collection of Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Botticelli’s Lamentation over the Dead Christ — one of the artworks found by the study to have egg yolk in the paint.

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  • Renaissance artists may have used egg yolk to protect and alter their paintings, scientists find. 

Russia uses facial recognition technology from US companies to spy on anti-war protestors, says report

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Russian law enforcement officers detain a person during a rally, after opposition activists called for street protests against the mobilization of reservists ordered by President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia September 24, 2022.
Russian law enforcement officers detain a person during a rally against the mobilization of reservists ordered by President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia September 24, 2022.

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