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Severe flooding and storms in the Southeast leave at least 4 dead, officials say

Much of the U.S. faced another round of biting winter weather Sunday, with torrential rains causing intense flooding in Kentucky and resulting in at least four deaths in the Southeast. The Northern Plains faced life-threatening cold, and tornado watches were

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Congo says Rwanda-backed rebels occupy a 2nd major city in its mineral-rich east

Rwanda-backed rebels reached the center of east Congo’s second largest city, Bukavu, on Sunday morning in an unprecedented expansion of their reach in their yearslong fighting. (Image credit: Janvier Barhahiga)

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Congo says Rwanda-backed rebels occupy a 2nd major city in its mineral-rich east

Rwanda-backed rebels reached the center of east Congo’s second largest city, Bukavu, on Sunday morning in an unprecedented expansion of their reach in their yearslong fighting. (Image credit: Janvier Barhahiga)

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Congo says Rwanda-backed rebels occupy a 2nd major city in its mineral-rich east

Rwanda-backed rebels reached the center of east Congo’s second largest city, Bukavu, on Sunday morning in an unprecedented expansion of their reach in their yearslong fighting. (Image credit: Janvier Barhahiga)

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The U.S. presented Ukraine with proposal to access its minerals, offering no guarantees in return

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give the United States access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals because the document was too focused on U.S. interests.

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GOP lawmaker swatted down on CNN for defense of Vance and Musk ‘flirting with Nazism’

Panelists on CNN’s State of the Union sparred over two top Trump administration officials — Vice President J.D. Vance and adviser Elon Musk — “flirting with Nazism” following the vice president’s eyebrow-raising speech at last week’s Munich Security Conference. On

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Trump’s Ambition to Redraw the World Map Ignores Those Affected Most

President Trump’s approach to foreign policy deals is reviving a bygone imperial approach that may backfire, experts say.

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Ukraine Won’t Accept a Deal It Didn’t Help Negotiate, Zelensky Says

Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, told NBC News that he’d warned President Trump that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is a “liar.”

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US, Ukrainian officials head to Saudi Arabia as talks loom on ending Russia’s war – The Associated Press

US, Ukrainian officials head to Saudi Arabia as talks loom on ending Russia’s war  The Associated Press Rubio says talks in Saudi Arabia meant to be opening step toward peace  POLITICO Trump Administration Officials to Meet With Russian Counterparts on Ukraine War  The

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‘You think that’s winning?’ CBS host slams Trump for ‘flattering brutal dictator’ Putin

CBS host Margaret Brennan grilled Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) about whether he thought President Donald Trump was “winning” when he flattered Russian President Vladimir Putin, who she described as a “brutal dictator.” “Vladimir Putin, it sounds like you would agree,

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