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Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias

The Russian leader called the U.S. special envoy “an intelligent man” who is properly representing his country in peace negotiations.

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A photo released by Russian state media showed President Vladimir V. Putin meeting with Steve Witkoff in Moscow in August. The two are scheduled to meet again next week.
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U.S. Has Limited Knowledge of Those It Kills in Boat Strikes

The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since the campaign began in early September. But it does not know who specifically is being killed.

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Lessons of the long war against terrorism appear to have been cast aside as the Trump administration attacks boats in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific that it says are carrying drugs.
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Robert A.M. Stern, Architect Who Reinvented Prewar Splendor, Dies at 86

He designed museums, schools and libraries before winning international acclaim late in life for 15 Central Park West in Manhattan, hailed as a rebirth of the luxury apartment building.

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Robert A.M. Stern in 2007. Glowing reviews drove a stampede of celebrities to 15 CPW — the building he described as “my breakthrough” — overshadowing the competition from sleek glass towers that had been the rage in Manhattan early in the new millennium.
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Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned

Author tells high court her public support for group means her books could disappear from UK stores altogether

The Irish author Sally Rooney has told the high court she is highly unlikely to be able to publish new work in the UK while the ban on Palestine Action remains in effect because of her public support for the group.

On the second day of the legal challenge to Palestine Action’s proscription, the effect on Rooney, who said her books could disappear from UK stores altogether, was held up as an example of its impact on freedom of expression.

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© Photograph: Martina Bocchio/Awakening/Alamy

© Photograph: Martina Bocchio/Awakening/Alamy

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Suspect in Washington DC national guard shooting had ties to CIA, agency confirms

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, worked with agency-backed military units during US war in Afghanistan

The suspected shooter of two national guard members in Washington DC on Wednesday worked with CIA-backed military units during the US war in Afghanistan, the agency has confirmed.

The alleged gunman, identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, came to the US in September 2021 under an Operation Allies Welcome program that gave some Afghans who had worked for the US government entry visas to the US.

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© Photograph: Nathan Posner/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Nathan Posner/Shutterstock

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