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For once, a politician who wasn’t afraid of fashion.

Missiles pummeled Kramatorsk, a Ukrainian military command center in the east, hours before President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia was expected to address a ceremony honoring the Soviet triumph in World War II.

New data suggests a promising possibility for the economy — that the U.S. avoids big job losses.

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Washington and Manila announced a plan to give the American military access on four new locations in the Southeast Asian country, a strategic partner in the region.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is under pressure over his country’s bid to join the E.U. as some European leaders plan a Friday visit to Kyiv.

The United States and the Philippines have announced a plan to broaden American military access. The alliance is complicated by colonial history and rising tensions over Taiwan.

“Even maniacs and serial killers serving life sentences have the right to receive a visit, but I don’t,” the Russian opposition leader wrote on Twitter.

The plan, which includes redesigning the bank note to focus on Indigenous history, has rekindled the debate about republicanism in Australia.

Russia is massing hundreds of thousands of troops and stepping up its bombardment, perhaps signaling the biggest assault since the start of the war. “I think it has started,” Ukraine’s leader says.