A pro-Kremlin oligarch's impounded yacht is being auctioned off — with the money going to Ukraine

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Barcolana yacht
The Barcolana yacht owned by Russian Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, seized by Italian police in October 2022. For illustration purposes only.

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Global military spending saw its steepest spike in more than a decade, with the US vastly outspending everyone else

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Gunners from Ukraine's 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade and 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22
Ukrainian forces firing at a Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 21, 2024.

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The US is weighing using the power of the dollar to stop Chinese banks aiding Russia — but its plan could backfire

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A Chinese flag flies near buildings in the central business district on a polluted day in Beijing on February 27, 2018.

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Thousands of planes have run into issues with jammed GPS signals while flying over Eastern Europe, and some people are blaming Russia

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A Ryanair plane.
Thousands of planes appear to have run into issues with jammed GPS signals over the Baltics, a new report by The Sun outlines.

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Russian state TV has found itself a fur-clad, 'demonstratively heterosexual' GOP 'beauty' to fawn over: Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Turkey may soon put its controversial Russian S-400 air defenses in operation

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Parts of a Russian S-400 missile-defense system are unloaded from a Russian plane at Murted Airport, known as Akinci Air Base, near Ankara, Turkey in 2019.

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Russia and China's 'unfriendly' space behavior is 'concerning' and could threaten US satellites, defense analysts say

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Satellite over the Earth's surface.
A satellite over the Earth's surface.

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Russia's economic strength will last another 18 months before unraveling as Putin grapples with policy 'trilemma,' think tank says

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds a glass during a ceremony of receiving diplomatic credentials from foreign ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

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Ukraine aid will kill Russian momentum, but won't win it the war

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Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024.

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Russia may ramp up attacks on Ukraine to capitalize on the limited window it has before new US aid arrives: ISW

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Ukrainian gunners firing at Russian positions in the Kharkiv region.
Ukrainian gunners firing at Russian positions in the Kharkiv region.

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