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It is hard to know which of the myriad allegations swirling around Matt Gaetz finally put an end to the former Florida congressman’s short-lived bid to become Donald Trump’s attorney general. The 42-year-old, who Trump had nominated to become the nation’s top law enforcement official, has variously...
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Like Chekhov’s gun coming off the wall in Act V, it was probably only a matter of time before Vladimir Putin launched an experimental, nuclear-capable ballistic missile into Ukraine. It is hardly a coincidence that his decision comes as the war approaches a likely endgame, with both sides jockeying...
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President-elect Donald Trump is considering shaking up the leadership at the FBI by firing the director and installing an experienced former agent and MAGA loyalist in the top two roles. Trump has planned for months to fire Christopher Wray if he was elected, but in recent days has struggled to find...
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Russian lawmakers approved an almost 30 per cent hike in defence spending next year, committing the country to yet more huge outlays on its military offensive against Ukraine. Moscow had already ramped up military spending to levels not seen since the Soviet era, pumping out missiles and...
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According to the old cliché, a frog dropped into a pot of boiling water will immediately leap out, while the same frog placed in a pot of room-temperature water is incapable of noticing the water slowly coming to a boil, and will remain in the pot, unaware of the impending doom, until it is cooked...
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