In the days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to revitalize Germany’s military. Nearly two years on, major change has yet to be felt.
Tag: Politics and Government
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Kenya’s Leader Lifts His Global Profile. At Home, the Public Fumes.
President William Ruto has drawn attention internationally as a climate champion and peace mediator but faces domestic discontent over rising food and fuel prices, and new taxes.
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How to Kill a Palestinian State
A growing fraction of the progressive left is making common cause with some of the worst people on earth.
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Wife of Ukraine’s Spy Chief Was Poisoned, Officials Say
Marianna Budanova, whose husband is the director of military intelligence, is recovering in a hospital, the officials said. Her husband has long accused Russia of trying to kill him.
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Israel and Hamas’s Fragile Cease-Fire
How a grass-roots campaign for the return of hostages managed to pause the war in Gaza.