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Trump’s Mixed Messaging: Tough Talk for Putin, Cold Dismissal for Zelensky
White House Strategy Unclear — But May Tilt Toward Moscow
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Michael Bociurkiw
Trump, the ‘Deal Maker,’ Now Missing in Action
US Warns It May Walk Away if No Ukraine-Russia Agreement
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Michael Bociurkiw
'The People's Pope'
Pope Francis, 266th Pontiff and First From Latin America, to Be Buried Saturday, Vatican Says
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Michael Bociurkiw
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World Briefing Plus
Further reflections on the Pope’s passing—and the end of a brief calm in Ukraine.
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Michael Bociurkiw
Pope Francis Dead at 88
World Mourns Death of First Latin American Pontiff
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Michael Bociurkiw
U.S. Diplomatic Footprint Set for Major Retrenchment
Trump Administration Draft E.O. Moves to Gut State Department Operations - NYT
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Michael Bociurkiw
Putin Declares Unilateral Easter Ceasefire
With a Kremlin-Friendly White House, Kyiv Finds Itself in a Tight Spot
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Michael Bociurkiw
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As Trump Camp Wavers on Ukraine, Kyiv Faces Strategic Isolation
Ukraine War File Too Toxic for Trump White House
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Michael Bociurkiw
When Aid Doesn't Come: What it's Like Reporting from Disaster Zones with Yogita Limaye
In conversation with the BBC's South Asia & Afghanistan Correspondent Yogita Limaye
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Michael Bociurkiw
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Team Trump Targets Courts, Fed, Ivies—and Allies
The assault on universities is strikingly Kremlin-esque—mirroring Orbán-style tactics used to muzzle academic freedom in Hungary.
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Michael Bociurkiw
Growth Up, Pressure On: China Beats Forecasts as U.S. Pushes for Deal
China’s Economy Grew Faster Than Expected—Before U.S. Tariff Blitz Hit
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Michael Bociurkiw
Trump: "This is Biden's War, Not Mine!"
Presidential Narrative Shifts as History Gets Rewritten for the Base
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Michael Bociurkiw
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