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Ukraine Loses Hard-Won Position Near Dnipro River in the South

Ukrainian troops have lost a hard-won position on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, after months of bloody fighting to hold on to a piece of land in what some Ukrainian soldiers and military analysts have described as a futile operation.

The Catholic President Who’s ‘Almost’ Jewish

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. President Javier Milei of Argentina has promised to renew efforts and seek justice for the 85 victims, and, has taken an intense interest in Judaism.

U.K. Failed in Handling of Covid Pandemic, Inquiry Finds

Britain’s government “failed” the country’s citizens in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a damning report from an official public inquiry said, partly because officials had prepared for “the wrong pandemic.”

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