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Ukraine kicks off its football league season in empty stadium for first time since Russian invasion (photos)

Ukraine has kick-started its football league’s season, with a ceremony paying tribute to those killed in the war and the soldiers who remain on the frontline. The opening-day game between Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist 1925 from Kharkiv marked the first top-level football match played in the country since Russia’s invasion …

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US to announce further security package of up to $3 billion on Ukraine’s Independence Day marking six months since Russia’s invasion

US to announce further security package of up to $3 billion on Ukraine

The U.S. is set to announce a security assistance package of up to $3 billion for Ukraine on Wednesday August 24, which is the country’s Independence Day and marks six months since the beginning of the war.    This package, is far larger than any single previous US package since …

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The world before Russia?s invasion of Ukraine no longer exists – Germany says as it pledges more assistance to Ukraine

The world before Russia?s invasion of Ukraine no longer exists - Germany says as it pledges more assistance to Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which is nearing the six-month mark, has changed the world permanently, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Tuesday, August 23.   According to Baerbock, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the 23rd of February altered the peace of Europe and the world and it will never be …

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U.S. aid chief criticizes China’s ‘absence’ in a food crisis stoked by Russia’s invasion.

U.S. aid chief criticizes China’s ‘absence’ in a food crisis stoked by Russia’s invasion.

Nations that have refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine risk accelerating a global food crisis, the United States international aid agency’s chief said on Monday, singling out China for hoarding fertilizer and grain while millions of people in East Africa face starvation. Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. …

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes on trip to Kyiv, his second visit since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (photos/video)

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson goes on trip to Kyiv, his second visit since Russia

Boris Johnson has made his second visit to Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine.   The British prime minister met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the capital of Ukraine today to offer a new military training programme which will see the UK train up to 120,000 Ukranian troops every 120 days …

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Twitter reacts to Rolling Stone’s ranking of Cardi B’s ‘Invasion Of Privacy’ as 16th greatest hip hop album of all time

Twitter reacts to Rolling Stone's ranking of Cardi B's 'Invasion Of Privacy' as 16th greatest hip hop album of all time

Fans couldn’t believe their eyes as the Cardi B’s 2018 album ‘Invasion of Privacy’ was ranked 16th ahead of Nas‘ Magnus Opus ‘Illmatic,’ Kanye West’s debut album ‘College Drop Out, ahead of all TU Pac‘s albums, Lil Wayne‘s ‘Carter 3,’ Fifty Cent’s ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin,’ and countless other …

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Russian Politicians demand ‘immediate withdrawal’ from Ukraine as 100 servicemen are fired for refusing to take part in the invasion

Russian Politicians demand

Russian politicians are now demanding an ‘immediate withdrawal’ from Ukraine as 1115 soldiers are fired for refusing to take part in the invasion   Communist deputy Leonid Vasyukevich, 69, a veteran Russian legislator recently issued an appeal to Vladimir Putin to stop military action, bring his troops home, and end …

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Opinion: My country shares an 800-mile border with Russia. The Ukraine invasion has utterly changed how I view NATO

Opinion: My country shares an 800-mile border with Russia. The Ukraine invasion has utterly changed how I view NATO

After decades of demurring, Finland appears ready to find shelter under NATO’s expansive defense umbrella. Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who met with her Swedish counterpart Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday, underscored the shift in thinking that many of us here have been feeling. “We have to be prepared for all kinds …

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