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Zelensky challenges Putin’s offer to meet after Russia ignores ceasefire demand
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Poland blames Russian intelligence for arson attack on Warsaw shopping center last year
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Russia’s European neighbors are lifting bans on landmines. Campaigners are horrified
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Serbia’s President Vucic cuts short US visit and returns home after falling ill
Belgrade AP — Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has cut short a visit to the United States and returned to Serbia…
Zelensky says talks with Trump at pope’s funeral were their ‘best’ yet
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Woman killed in Greece after bomb explodes in her hands
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Auctioning off millennial saint-to-be’s relics is Satan’s work, archbishop says
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Marine Le Pen verdict fuels debate that Europe’s ‘rule of law’ is throttling the ‘will of the people’
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Putin’s response to Ukraine ceasefire not good enough, UK PM says, as Kyiv allies seek to pressure Russia
London CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to a US-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine is “not good enough,” Britain’s Prime…
