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US offers carrots, threatens sticks with Russia over Ukraine The Biden administration is presenting Russia with a combination of carrots and sticks as it approaches discussions with Moscow over threats to invade Ukraine. Read more >

Kansas contractor sentenced for fraudulently taking millions of federal funds meant for disabled vets A Topeka-based contractor cheated to obtain contracts between 2009 and 2018 that should have gone to firms led by disabled veterans and racial minorities. The type of scheme involved is often called “Rent-A-Vet” or “Rent-A-Minority” fraud., prosecutors said. Read more >

Russia's rifts with the West keep growing. How did we get here? Putin has shown an ability to rattle NATO leaders and keep Europe off balance, demanding sweeping security guarantees that include NATO's ruling out any future expansion in Ukraine or other countries along Russia's borders. NATO leaders say Moscow cannot dictate the alliance's move Read more >   Kazakhstan adds uncertainty to talks with Russia on Ukraine Russia's decision to send paratroopers into Kazakhstan, where a crackdown on violent anti-government protests has left dozens dead, injects additional uncertainty into upcoming talks over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read more >   Why is Kazakhstan claiming foreign links to the unrest? Here's what we know. As protests spread across the Kazakhstan, former President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s handpicked successor, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, began pointing the finger at domestic and foreign “bandits and terrorists” and an internal plot to foment chaos. Read more >

Bosnia's Dodik: From moderate to genocide-denying autocrat He was once described in Washington as an anti-nationalist "breath of fresh air" in the murderous, genocide-scarred Balkan morass of ethnically divided Bosnia. Read more >   Intel reports repeatedly failed to forecast Capitol riot Intelligence reports compiled by the U.S. Capitol Police in the days before last year's insurrection envisioned only an improbable or remote risk of violence, even as other assessments warned that crowds of potentially tens of thousands of pro-Trump demonstrators could converge in Washington to create a dangerous situation. Read more >   Manchin's $1.8 trillion spending offer appears no longer to be on the table Manchin said publicly this week that he was no longer involved in talks with the White House over President Biden’s Build Back Better economic package. Read more >   As Afghanistan's harsh winter sets in, many are forced to choose between food and warmth The country's new Taliban rulers, cut off from most international aid as well as Afghan government assets held in U.S. accounts, have scant resources to protect millions of vulnerable people against another harsh winter. Read more >   No escape from Guantánamo for former detainees It was the first day of his fourth month without work, and Hisham Bin Ali Bin Amor Sliti was feeling increasingly agitated - like a caged animal. He was 5,500 miles and seven years away from Guantánamo Bay, where he was locked up for more than a decade, but Sliti still felt like a prisoner. Read more >   Students' A-bomb art shown on exhibit at UN An exhibition featuring artwork inspired by the experiences of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors by Hiroshima City high school students is being held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Read more >

 

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