It involves claims a confidential informant made in 2020 about Hunter Biden’s alleged business dealings when he served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
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Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
The last of the great saloon singers of the mid-20th century, Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create ‘a hit catalog rather than hit records.’
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By pulling out of Ukrainian grain deal, Russia risks alienating its few remaining partners
Putin’s actions not only threaten global food security but also could backfire against Russia’s own interests
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Northeast floods devastate farmers as months of labor, crops swept away
Storms dumped up to 2 months’ worth of rain in a couple of days in parts of the region.
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New U.S. sanctions are aimed at choking off Russia’s access to battlefield supplies and revenue
The latest sanctions build on those imposed on Russia when the U.S. and other Group of Seven nations rolled out a wave of global actions during a Japan summit in May.
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Former Trump State Department official convicted for attacking police during Capitol riot
Federico Guillermo Klein was convicted of 12 counts, including 6 charging him with assaulting, resisting or impeding police officers.
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Senate committee approves legislation to impose stronger ethics standards on Supreme Court justices
Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to set ethics rules for the court and a process to enforce them, including new standards for transparency around recusals, gifts and potential conflicts of interest.
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Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad after man threatens to burn Quran in Stockholm
The attack came ahead of a protest by an Iraqi asylum-seeker who burned a copy of the Quran during a demonstration last month in Stockholm.
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Pioneering hacker Kevin Mitnick, FBI-wanted felon turned security guru, dies at 59
Mitnick’s pioneering antics in the 1980s and ’90s made him the most celebrated U.S. hacker.
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Russia bombards Odesa and other southern Ukraine port cities for 3rd night
The strikes killed at least two people in Odesa. In Mykolaiv, a city close to the Black Sea, at least 19 people were injured, including a child, Ukrainian officials said.