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Having targeted the permanent bridges, Ukraine’s military shared a video Wednesday saying its special forces were using the U.S.-manufactured high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) to destroy pontoon bridges and engineering equipment in the Kursk region as well — a first official acknowledgement that Kyiv was using Western weapons in the Kursk offensive.Pontoon bridges are temporary…
As Covid-19 was spreading across New York in March 2020, state officials held a private conference call to discuss their response to the pandemic. But there was someone else listening in who had no business being on the call: a Chinese government official. The official, according to federal prosecutors, had been surreptitiously added to the…
WASHINGTON — The families of American hostages being held by Hamas have pressed the White House to seriously consider cutting a unilateral deal with the terrorist organization to secure their loved ones’ release, and the option is currently under discussion within the Biden administration, according to five people familiar with the discussions. In a meeting Sunday with national security…
WASHINGTON — Employees of the Russia-backed media network RT funded and directed a scheme that sent millions of dollars to prominent right-wing commentators through a media company that appears to match the description of Tenet Media, a leading platform for pro-Trump voices, according to an NBC News review of charging documents, business records and social…
Six-time world medalist Shilese Jones will not compete at this weekend’s U.S. Championships, she announced ahead of Friday’s competition in Fort Worth, Texas. Jones is one of a handful of gymnasts in contention for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team competing in Paris this summer. Two weeks ago, at the Core Hydration Classic, Jones…
MADRID — Kylian Mbappé is finally a Real Madrid player. Real Madrid said on Monday it reached a deal with the France star for the next five seasons, bringing together one of soccer’s top talents and its most successful club. The announcement came after years of flirtation by Madrid with the player who inherited the…
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea plans to suspend a military agreement signed with North Korea in 2018 aimed at easing tensions, the presidential office said Monday, after Seoul warned of a strong response to balloons launched by Pyongyang carrying trash to the South. North Korea has launched hundreds of balloons carried by wind across the border…
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Beijing has accused two Chinese citizens of spying for Britain, in the latest test of a relationship that has grown increasingly fraught. China and Britain have clashed over Beijing’s clampdown on free speech and open elections in Hong Kong, a former British territory that was guaranteed its own economic and political freedoms…
The speaker of Georgia’s parliament said he signed into law Monday a divisive measure that has drawn weeks of protests by critics who say it will curb media freedom and jeopardize the country’s chances of joining the European Union. Speaker Shalva Papuashvili acted after the legislature, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party, overrode a veto of…
