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Ukrainian troops advance east as Kyiv seizes the initiative

Updated September 7, 2022 at 7:40 a.m. ET Listen to the article (2 minutes) An unexpected Ukrainian military offensive in the east, near the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, is gaining ground, testing Russian occupation forces that are also under pressure in southern Ukraine, in the latest a sign that the defenders of Ukraine are seizing …

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Stock futures are flat as the Nasdaq tries to recover from a 7-day losing streak

Stock futures were flat on Wednesday after the major averages added to weeks of losses amid a jump in bond yields in the previous session. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded just 7 points higher. S&P 500 futures edged up 0.1% and Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.2%. The stock added to its …

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Wounded Ukrainian soldiers reveal high cost of Kherson offensive

September 7, 2022 at 02:00 EDT A Ukrainian soldier wounded during the first fighting of the new offensive in the Kherson region is being treated at a medical center in southern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are pushing to retake territory occupied by Russia. (For The Washington Post/FTWP) Comment on this story comment SOUTHERN UKRAINE – In …

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California blackouts canceled amid ‘extraordinary heat event’ – USA TODAY

California blackouts canceled amid ‘extraordinary heat event’ USA TODAY California’s power grid operator issues Stage 3 alert level, tells Fox Business that rotating power outages are “highly possible.” Record heat overwhelms California’s power grid; permanent blackouts will begin on KPIX CBS SF Bay Area PG&E says overheating transformers cause outages for 40,000 customers KTVU FOX …

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Sources deny Harry Styles spat on Chris Pine at Don’t Worry Darling premiere

Sources close to Harry Styles have denied that the singer-actor spat at co-star Chris Pine at the premiere of his film, Don’t Worry Darling, at the Venice Film Festival on Monday. Speculation dominated sections of the internet overnight and into Tuesday after video footage emerged that appeared to show Styles depositing saliva on Pine’s lap …

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Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Comment on this story comment A document outlining a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. and a private club last month, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring concerns among U.S. intelligence officials about classified material hidden on the …

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Liz Truss’ cabinet is the first in the UK without a white man in the top job

Comment on this story comment Liz Truss, who won a hard-fought battle to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister, is presiding over a historic moment: for the first time, no white man holds one of the four main seats of British political power. Shortly after becoming Prime Minister on Tuesday, Truss got to work …

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IAEA team details damage at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; Zelenskyy rings the NYSE opening bell

Six ships leave Ukraine with 129,538 metric tons of agricultural products An aerial view of the Barbados flagged ‘Fulmar S’ named empty grain vessel as representatives of Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations (UN) Joint Coordination Center (JCC) conduct an inspection of the vessel in Istanbul, Turkey on August 5, 2022. Islam Yakut | …

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