U2, Bruce Springsteen, Kacey Musgraves and Carole King were among the artists that participated in Global Citizen’s Stand Up for Ukraine livestream, which called upon world leaders to raise funds to help refugees in the invasion-torn country. While most artists involved sent messages of support to Ukrainians, U2’s Bono and …
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This article was published in partnership with Religion News Service. Two days before he launched a bloody invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin sat alone in front of a camera and delivered a rambling, hour-long address. It outlined the ideological justification for what would ultimately become his “special military …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday begged Congress for more help defending his country, comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion to past American tragedies and asking for help to stop Russia‘s ongoing aerial attacks. Zelensky invoked Pearl Harbor and September 11 in his address, encouraging lawmakers to remember the feeling …
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For decades, world leaders and Big Oil CEOs were happy to turn a blind eye to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s autocratic impulses and fantasies of empire building. They were all fossil-fuel junkies, hooked on the easy money of oil and gas, and Putin had plenty of it. They helped finance …
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin extended official recognition to two breakaway republics in Ukraine‘s far-eastern Donbas region in remarks delivered Monday night in Moscow, and followed the speech by signing an order to deploy the Russian military to the contested area. “They want to defend their basic rights, to live on …
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Monday is shaping up to be a lighter day for the impeachment inquiry than Democrats had hoped. Two top officials in the Office of Budget and Management and two National Security Council lawyers who had been subpoenaed to testify by the House Intelligence Committee are ignoring those subpoenas, a move …
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President Trump, in the midst of a political firestorm over evidence showing he pressured the newly elected president of Ukraine to coordinate with his personal lawyer and attorney general to investigate a political rival, sat down for a previously-scheduled joint press conference with that man, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the United …
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