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Russia Fires Wave of Missiles Across Ukraine: Live Updates

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched dozens of missiles at Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Friday morning, knocking out heating systems in towns and cities across the country as temperatures dropped well below freezing and prompting the national utility to impose sweeping emergency blackouts.

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US to Expand Training for Ukrainian Forces: Russia-Ukraine Live Updates

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is expanding the training that the U.S. military provides to Ukrainian troops, with plans to more than double the number of forces it instructs at a base in Germany, according to two U.S. officials.

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Russia Targets Kyiv With Drones in Morning Attacks: Ukraine War News

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, before dawn on Wednesday, sending 13 Iranian-made drones from the Sea of Azov to the city, according to Ukrainian officials. All were destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses, they said, and there were no immediate reports of casualties.

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Despite Soaring Deaths in Somalia, Monitor Says It’s Not Yet a Famine. Some Object.

An official declaration of famine would unleash aid and attention. Some experts say Somalia shows that the international system for making the judgment is broken.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/world/africa/somalia-famine.html

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China’s Xi, in Saudi Arabia, Continues Re-Emergence From Isolation

He met with Saudi Arabia’s king and the leaders of Egypt, Tunisia, Kuwait and Sudan. He pledged to expand ports along the Red Sea, invest in petrochemicals and usher in a wave of Chinese tourism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/world/asia/china-gulf-us.html

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How the Global Spyware Industry Spiraled Out of Control

The market for commercial spyware — which allows governments to invade mobile phones and vacuum up data — is booming. Even the U.S. government is using it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/08/us/politics/spyware-nso-pegasus-paragon.html

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China Eases ‘Zero Covid’ Restrictions in Victory for Protesters

In a remarkable pivot, the Chinese government announced a broad rollback of those rules on Wednesday, an implicit concession to public discontent after mass street protests in late November posed the most widespread challenge to the ruling Communist Party in decades.

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Drone Attacks Hit Russia for 2nd Straight Day: Live Updates

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Missiles Target Ukraine’s Energy Grid; Blasts Reported at 2 Bases in Russia: Live Updates

Russia launched a volley of missiles at Ukraine’s energy grid on Monday, knocking out power in several regions, officials said, in the latest in a monthslong campaign of strikes by Moscow targeting civilian infrastructure.

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EU Agrees to Russian Oil Price Cap: Live Updates