Russia notched record-high oil sales last week despite sanctions and production cuts

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A worker checks a pressure gauge at an oil pumping station near the Rosneft company owned Suzunskoye oil field, north from the Russian Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 26, 2015.

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Chinese media is claiming an Instagram post shows the US military stealing aid for earthquake victims in Syria. It's a bogus conspiracy theory.

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Twitter user posting false claim about US Army.
False claims about US soldiers stealing aid for earthquake victims reached over a million users on Twitter.

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Turkey's powerhouse drone industry is on the verge of another milestone: a stealthy unmanned fighter jet for its new aircraft carrier

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Baykar's Kizilelma drone on display in Samsun, Turkiye on August 30.

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I paid $27,000 for leg-lengthening surgery to change the way I see myself. I used to feel like a child when I wore a suit and I couldn't bear jokes about my height.

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Ibrahim Alğan, in a wheelchair after surgery, right, and sitting outside after one of his surgeries. He paid nearly $30,000 to make his legs longer with surgery.
Ibrahim Alğan, in a wheelchair after surgery, right, and outside after one of his operations. He paid nearly $27,000 for surgery to make his legs longer.

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Russia will keep selling cheap oil at bumped-up levels to India - this is why they're both in it for the long haul, a top analyst explains

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Russia has rerouted its oil exports away from Europe towards Asia.

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Turkish Airlines put 'heroic' earthquake rescue dogs in the passenger cabin on their flights home — and even let some sit in business class

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A man sits in business class with a spaniel at his feet, and a Bernese mountain dog sits on a plane seat
Turkish Airlines said it carried dogs from countries including Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Hungary, and China.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene was one of 2 House Republicans to vote against mourning the 50,000 people killed in the Turkey-Syria earthquakes

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Migrants who died in Italy shipwreck paid 8,000 euros each

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  • Bodies are washing ashore days after a migrant boat smashed to pieces near southern Italy.
  • Rescuers said the migrants came from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Somalia, and Syria.
  • The tragedy has sparked a debate in the EU about migration policies.

40,000 dead: 'Disaster of the Century' as thousands are still missing in Turkey and Syria's horrific earthquake

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A woman cries as search and rescue efforts continue in Kahramanmaras, Turkey
A woman cries as search and rescue efforts continue in Kahramanmaras, Turkey

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Resurfaced videos from 2019 shows Turkish president bragging about builders skirting earthquake construction codes in areas now turned to rubble

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Two grieving people hug in front of a mound of building rubble in Hatay, Turkey, following the February 6 2023 earthquake.
Grieving relatives embrace as rescuers work to extract the bodies of a father and son from under the rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 14, 2023.

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