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In my analysis of 12,000 Telegram comments posted after the October 7 Hamas attack, I found commenters talking about the two wars as part of the same antisemitic plots.
Volodymyr Zelensky and Ursula von der Leyen at a joint press conference in Kyiv.
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Unless the EU itself reforms, Ukraine’s membership would make it one of the biggest beneficiary of the bloc’s budget.
Are you sure you know what that emotionally jarring video clip really shows?
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When you view photos and video through the fog of war, first ask yourself: Do I really know what I’m looking at?
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Since 1947 the clock’s hand have been set at the beginning of every year.
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Ukraine needs some successes on the battlefield if it is to maintain international support.
The Ukraine war has made the EU much more dependent on liquefied gas.
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LNG carriers were delayed in unloading in EU ports because there weren’t enough terminals to process the fuel.
A worker rakes wheat in a granary on a farm near Kyiv in August 2023, a month after Russia pulled out of a deal aimed at protecting ships carrying Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
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The Ukraine war’s impact on food insecurity is critical, but there is more to the picture. The main problem is that capitalism allows food and other basic needs to become precarious commodities.
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History is full of examples that show why a ground war in Gaza is a bad idea – but is the Netanyahu government listening?
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, walks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkey walks a fine line between NATO commitments and Western alliances and its dependence on Russia for financial resources and trade.
Sevastopol: Russia’s naval base in Crimea has suffered several major attacks in recent months.
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Russia has lost control of the Black Sea, which will have major implications for the war on land.
The Ukraine government is using cyber-attacks as part of its response to the invasion.
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The use of cyber-attacks in Ukraine could have long-term implications for the way wars are carried out.
Family members at the Kyiv memorial of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the country’s war against Russia.
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Ad-hoc crowdsourcing efforts amid the Ukraine war, initially intended as stop-gap measures to support an underfunded Ukrainian military, have since coalesced into major global fundraising campaigns.
The Russian economy: A Potemkin village?
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A new study traces how Russia’s empire building, especially in Ukraine, resulted in long-term economic damage and fomented rebellion for over a century.
‘Democracy is in decline’ says Nobel committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen, as she gives the award to Iranian women’s rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi.
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The Nobel peace prize committee noted that awards in recent years highlight pressure on democracy which they say is in decline around the world.
Labeling a Russian rocket attack that killed 12 people in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, as a ‘tragedy’ sidelines human accountabilty.
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Calling something a ‘tragedy’ serves to minimize human responsibility for its causes, which can be convenient for the people who are causing the ‘tragedy.’
Republican Kevin McCarthy held a press conference after being removed from his post as speaker of the US House of Representatives.
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Democratic failure to rescue the speaker may mean they don’t get the budget and Ukraine aid they were hoping for.
Many of the buildings in Kharkiv that bats roost in have been destroyed or damaged by shelling.
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Shelling may have led to the killing of 7,000 noctule bats in the city of Kharkiv alone
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From the war in Ukraine and China’s role in the Pacific, to multi-billion-dollar military decisions, New Zealand will face huge challenges during the next term of government.
Keeping up morale: Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, with Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, after talks at Nato headquarters, September 28 2023.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Russia claims to have signed up at least 300,000 new military recruits since January 2023.
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It is Kyiv, not Moscow, that is feeling the pressure as the war drags on with no end in sight.