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2 Weeks After Trump Talks, Russia Bombards Kyiv, Killing at Least 18

An hourslong barrage of Russian missiles and drones killed at least 18 people in Ukraine’s capital, including four children, early on Thursday, officials said.

Jimmy Lai’s Freedom May Now Hinge on Beijing and Trump

The landmark trial of Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media mogul and prominent democracy campaigner, wrapped up on Thursday. But whether or not he is freed may depend more on a political decision than a legal one.

U.N. Votes to Withdraw Peacekeepers From Lebanon Over Next Two Years

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to terminate the U.N.’s peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon over the next two years, signaling the end of an effort begun nearly half a century ago to patrol the volatile borderlands between southern Lebanon and Israel.

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