Russia wants to replenish its troops by recruiting 400,000 new contract soldiers starting April: reports

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Young men walk in front of a billboard promoting contract army service with an image of a serviceman and the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" in Saint Petersburg on September 29, 2022.

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Meet China's latest AI news anchor, a young woman who runs virtual Q&A sessions to teach people propaganda

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Ren Xiaorong debuted on Weibo on Sunday and so far only works with preset questions and responses.
Ren Xiaorong debuted on Weibo on Sunday and so far only works with preset questions and responses.

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Miles Guo, the Chinese tycoon charged with defrauding his fans of more than $1 billion, once starred in a music video where he shadowboxed on a luxury yacht to lyrics like 'take down the CCP'

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Guo Wengui, also known as Miles Guo, features in two music videos on YouTube.
Guo Wengui, also known as Miles Guo, features in two music videos on YouTube.

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Credit Suisse to borrow up to $54 billion from Swiss National Bank as it looks to shore up liquidity amid the banking crisis

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People walk by the New York headquarters of Credit Suisse on March 15, 2023 in New York City.

Kremlin elites are fighting over how best to control their Ukraine war narrative, says the Russian foreign ministry's top spokesperson

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Maria Zakharova, Spokeswoman for Foreign Minister of Russian Federation attends his press briefing at UN Headquarters.
Maria Zakharova, the Russian foreign ministry's top spokeswoman, attends a press briefing at UN Headquarters.

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'No doubt' that more banks will fail after Silicon Valley Bank's implosion, says the FDIC chair who oversaw part of the 1980s banking crisis

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Employees stand outside of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.
Employees stand outside of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.

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Wagner boss says the Kremlin won't talk to him anymore after he complained that Russia isn't giving his troops enough ammo

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Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin says he's been completely cut off from the Kremlin.

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A former Trump official has launched a PAC backing Ron DeSantis for a 2024 run, calling him the 'strongest Republican available'

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Ken Cuccinelli speaks at a White House press conference in 2020, while Ron DeSantis waves at a crowd on March 5, 2023.
Ken Cuccinelli called DeSantis the "strongest Republican available" for the 2024 election.

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Xi Jinping wants China's army to work closely with the country's tech giants, further blurring the lines between the military and civilian sectors

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China's President Xi Jinping swears under oath after being re-elected as president for a third term during the third plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2023.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

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Alex Jones is trying to swing a bankruptcy plan where he still gets paid $520,000 a year

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InfoWars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media outside Waterbury Superior Court during his trial on September 21, 2022 in Waterbury, Connecticut. Jones is being sued by several victims' families for causing emotional and psychological harm after they lost their children in the Sandy Hook massacre.
InfoWars founder Alex Jones.

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