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After ‘Meaningful Progress’ at Peace Talks, Zelensky Says Ukraine Is at Critical Moment

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Ukraine was at a “critical moment” and would soon determine its next steps, after negotiations with American officials over the weekend to revise a U.S.-backed proposal aimed at ending the war with Russia.

How a Sabotaged Ankle Monitor Ended Bolsonaro’s House Arrest

Shortly before he was expected to begin a 27-year sentence for trying to stage a coup, Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, on Saturday took a soldering iron to his tracking device.

Vietnam’s Year of Floods, Mud and Death

More than 90 people in Vietnam have been killed in the past week from flooding and landslides, and around a dozen more are missing, government officials reported Sunday, as a deadly rainy season in Asia that has been supercharged by climate change seems to drag on without end.

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