Although there was widespread celebration of Ukraine’s gains over the weekend, U.S. officials know Russian President Vladimir Putin still has troops and resources to tap.
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Russia’s war in Ukraine the backdrop to pope’s Kazakhstan visit
Pope Francis is also going to be in the Kazakhstan capital of Nur-Sultan at the same time as Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Australian man killed by kangaroo in rare fatal attack
Police believe the victim had been keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet.
Bezos rocket crashes after liftoff, only experiments aboard
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket company has suffered its first launch failure.
Twitter whistleblower bringing security warnings to Congress
Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko was Twitter’s head of security until he was fired early this year. He is to testify Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Thousands of Minnesota nurses launch 3-day strike over pay
They contend that salary increases will help improve patient care by resolving understaffing stresses.
Pressure mounts on U.S. railroads and unions to reach a deal
Business groups and the White House are concerned that a national rail strike would be ‘an economic disaster.’
Loss of unifying queen could fray the bonds of fractious U.K.
Queen Elizabeth II has been likened to the invisible glue holding the United Kingdom together.
Alabama nearly ready with untried execution method, state says
The method, nitrogen hypoxia, is supposed to cause death by replacing oxygen with nitrogen.
Top-ranked U.S. colleges all cost more than $55,000 a year
U.S. News & World Report on Monday published its list of the top colleges for the upcoming school year.