CIA chief says Ukraine needs to puncture 'Putin's hubris' in the next 6 months

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Vladimir Putin smiles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014.

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Russia is smashing open its $45 billion piggy bank of Chinese yuan as energy revenue crashes

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at BRICS Summit in Brasilia
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Here's why Israel, one of the toughest militaries, isn't arming Ukraine despite a global push to do so. It's got another fight in focus.

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Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzers are positioned in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near the Syria border on January 2, 2023.
Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzers are positioned in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights near the Syria border on January 2, 2023.

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The Western-made tanks heading to Ukraine are unique — but that creates unique problems for Ukraine's military

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A US soldier scrambles into the driver's compartment of an M1A1 Abrams tank at Fort Benning in Georgia in May 2016.

Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy

Even North Korea — one of Putin's last remaining allies — is backing away from helping Russia with its disastrous war with Ukraine

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, North Korea, on December 30, 2022.

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Goldman Sachs' commodities team reportedly raked in $3 billion in 2022, with wild swings fueling one of its best years ever

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Putin says Russia faces German tanks, just like at Stalingrad, but hints that this time Moscow has nukes

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with members of public patriotic and youth organizations at the Battle of Stalingrad Museum and Panorama in Volgograd on February 2, 2023.

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Trump says that if he's reelected he won't use the powers of the presidency to punish his enemies, but adds that he'd be 'entitled to a revenge tour'

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse, Saturday, January 28, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse, Saturday, January 28, 2023, in Columbia, South Carolina.

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A US weapons maker is offering Ukraine a pair of deadly combat drones for $1, 'no strings attached,' but it's not that simple

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An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted drone aircraft performs aerial maneuvers over Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, U.S., June 25, 2015. U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Cory D. Payne/Handout via REUTERS
An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted drone aircraft performs aerial maneuvers over Creech Air Force Base

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Oil giant Shell says it will spend $4 billion buying back shares, as it reports its highest ever annual profit

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Natural gas shipments
Shell posted its biggest annual profit ever thanks to a strong fourth-quarter performance by its natural-gas business.

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