Prison was 'brutal and distressing' says ex-Goldman Sachs banker who was locked up in Malaysia over the 1MDB scandal

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Roger Ng, a former banker for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., departs from federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S. on Friday, April 8, 2022.

Russia's struggles in Ukraine are showing US special operators that they'll need to fight without their 'tethers' to win future wars

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Ukrainian, Romanian, and US Army Special Forces soldiers conduct close-quarters-battle training in Romania in May 2021.

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The US Air Force is finally getting rid of its A-10s, and its focus may be straying from the Warthog's unique mission

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An A-10 over central Germany in February 2000.

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Russia has been able to keep its most effective drone flying over Ukraine thanks to Western-made parts

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A Russian Orlan-10 drone in use for reconnaissance operations in Ukraine in March 2022.

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Russia shoots down China's peace plan for the Ukraine war as Beijing becomes more entangled in the conflict a year into the fighting

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Chinese buyers of Russian oil are seeking to avoid reputation damage, one analyst said.

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Russia's air force is struggling to hit targets in Ukraine, but its missiles can still keep Ukraine's jets at bay

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A destroyed Russian Su-34 fighter jet in Lyman, Ukraine on October 5.

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A single mother escaped Kyiv with her 5-year-old at the onset of the Russian invasion. She is one of 8 million refugees who can only dream of returning home.

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A image of Kyiv before the war partially covered by an image of Kyiv after with a silhouette of a woman and a child in the foreground

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A newly reported classified US government missive on the lab leak theory shows we still don't know where COVID-19 came from

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COVID-19 rapid antigen tests and plastic bags with 'biohazard' signs are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on January 31, 2023.
COVID-19 rapid antigen tests and plastic bags with 'biohazard' signs.

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Mexico's president is being mocked for sharing a photo that he claimed was of a woodland spirit creature similar to an elf

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 12: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico listens to an interpreter read back remarks outside the Vice Presidents residence at Naval Observatory on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Vice President hosted the President of Mexico for breakfast in advance of his bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House.

Ted Cruz says wearing the Ukrainian flag is 'like a COVID mask' — arguing that support for Ukraine among Democrats has become a 'virtue signal'

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks with reporters during a series of the votes at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 13, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks with reporters during a series of the votes at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 13, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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