US journalist detained in Russia reportedly reading famous anti-Soviet novel by a Ukrainian Jew as he sits in notorious ex-KGB prison

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Evan Gershkovich in a file photo supplied by The Wall Street Journal.

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A $200 Russian smartphone aiming to replace the iPhone isn't getting much love — fewer than 1,000 units have been sold since its debut

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A woman takes pictures with a smartphone standing on the pedestrian Patriarchal Bridge over the Moskva river, with the Kremlin seen in the background, in central Moscow on March 21, 2023, ahead of a meeting of Russian President and his Chinese counterpart.
A $200 Russian smartphone aiming to replace the iPhone isn't getting much love — fewer than 1,000 units have been sold since its debut.

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Mispronouncing the word 'Bruschetta' could soon cost thousands of euros in Italy, where politicians want to pass a law to penalize 'Anglomania'

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Russian fighter jets are reportedly ambushing Ukrainian pilots in sneak attacks. Fending them off would require F-16s, pilot says, which the US previously said 'won't help them.'

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A woman holds a banner 'Mr Biden Send F-16 To Ukraine' during a daily demonstration of solidarity with Ukraine at the Main Square one day ahead of one-year anniversary of Russian invasion on Ukraine. Krakow, Poland on February 23, 2023. Demonstrators urged US President Joe Biden to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

A French politician posed for a Playboy magazine cover. Her colleagues are criticizing the decision amid political upheaval in the country.

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Marlène Schiappa arrives to the 48th Cesar Film Awards at L'Olympia on February 24, 2023 in Paris, France.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasts Russia's chairmanship of the UN Security Council as 'absurd' and says it shows 'the complete bankruptcy of such institutions'

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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The Taliban has detained a British influencer who says he travels to 'dark' and 'extreme' places for fun

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Taliban fighters stand guard as female students arrive for entrance exams at Kabul University in Kabul on October 13, 2022.

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Russian troops are dying in Ukraine due to heavy alcohol consumption, poor weapons handling, and hypothermia, UK intel says

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Russia ordered troops to cross into rebel-held Ukrainian territory on Monday.

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Russia's arrest of Evan Gershkovich is the first time the country has accused an American journalist of spying since the Cold War. The Wall Street Journal calls the targeting of their reporter 'a vicious affront to a free press.'

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TOPSHOT - A picture taken on July 24, 2021 shows journalist Evan Gershkovich. - A US reporter for The Wall Street Journal newspaper has been detained in Russia for espionage, Russian news agencies reported Thursday, citing the FSB security services.

Russia is again the president of the UN Security Council. Last time Russia held the position it invaded Ukraine.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin waves in a village outside of Pskov, Russia, on September 11, 2021.

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