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Are we in Cold War 2.0?
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum doesn’t think so. Now autocracies are less ideological. What they do share, she writes in a new book…
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Tim Mak
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Alessandra Hay
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Investigation: Supposedly ‘neutral’ Russian Olympians support Putin
At least 7 athletes competing in Paris have a history of supporting the invasion, Russian occupation of Ukrainian territory, or the Putin regime – this…
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Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova
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Tim Mak
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Learning Doggy CPR In A War Zone
Preparing for the worst in Kyiv, Oleh goes to pup medicine class to learn how to care for dogs in an emergency, as part Kyiv’s dog adoption days – and…
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Oleh Tymoshenko
7
NEWSFLASH: What J.D. Vance means for Ukraine
It's bad. The Ohio senator has been openly hostile to the Ukrainian position for years. Here's a primer on what you need to know:
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Tim Mak
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Oleh Tymoshenko
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NEWSFLASH: Trump shooting & Ukraine war implications
Here's how the violence is likely to affect the trajectory of Russia's invasion:
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Tim Mak
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Ukrainian LGBTQ soldiers face injustice: Who takes the body?
An estimated 50k queer soldiers are fighting to defend Ukrainian freedom. But if they fall in battle, their partners are not recognized. We go inside…
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Mariana Lastovyria
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Tim Mak
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NEWSFLASH: Children's hospital hit by brazen Russian daylight attacks
Just a week ago we profiled the work of the Okhmatdyt Children's Clinic in Kyiv. Today, it was hit. We rushed to the scene to report.
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Tim Mak
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Oleh Tymoshenko
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Anastasiia Kryvoruchenko
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Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova
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The original prophet of Taiwanese independence
As China threatens death penalty for Taiwan independence advocates, here's the untold story of a man persecuted for these beliefs; the sacrifices he…
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Elaine Lin
9
NEWSFLASH: Ukraine implications for U.K. Labour’s Landslide Election
Here’s what incoming PM Keir Starmer has said about the United Kingdom’s position on Ukraine if his party were to be elected to power. And what about…
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Alessandra Hay
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Tim Mak
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Time for Ukraine to panic about Trump-Biden?
The first-ever nationwide poll conducted by The Counteroffensive, a collab with the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. Plus, what a Trump or…
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Tim Mak
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June 2024

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