#Don’t bet on the end of Vladimir Putin

#Don’t bet on the end of Vladimir Putin

“Don’t bet on the end of Vladimir Putin” Almost five decades ago I was sent on my first assignment to Moscow as a wet-behind-the-ears foreign correspondent for Reuters, and was told in farewell drinks at the pub just how lucky I was. Surely, said my fellow hacks, I would witness the end of Leonid Brezhnev,…

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#Scenes from the war in Ukraine

#Scenes from the war in Ukraine

“Scenes from the war in Ukraine” Like the rest of the world, the Canadian photographer Philip Cheung spent weeks anxiously watching the events leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Seeing the relentless barrage of cities and the bombing of innocent civilians made me want to document the reality on the ground. This could be…

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#Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth with Russian cosmonauts

#Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth with Russian cosmonauts

“Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth with Russian cosmonauts” NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth Wednesday with two Russian cosmonauts after spending a US record 355 days in space. Vande Hei, 55, and cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov departed the International Space Station early Wednesday and touched down hours later in a…

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