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In parliamentary systems like New Zealand’s, it is the norm for leaders to step down when doing so may serve their party’s electoral prospects. In other political systems, leaving office early is rare.

The buildup is part of President Biden’s commitment to increase American forces in Europe in response to the Russian invasion last February.

The remains of Charles Byrne, a 7-foot-7 man who died in 1783, will no longer be on public view, an effort to address what one official at the Hunterian Museum called a historical wrong.

While Germany has not yet made a decision on whether to send Leopard 2s to Ukraine, a Kyiv official said his country’s soldiers would begin training on them.

Even as frustration mounts over what some see as Germany’s indecision on sending Leopard 2s to Ukraine, a Kyiv official says his country’s soldiers will begin training on them.

“Poker Face” debuts next week. Could the throwback, case-of-the-week format be a cure for streaming woes?

New alcohol guidelines say that not drinking is the only way to cut risk, but government-owned stores aggressively promote liquor, beer and wine.

After a meeting of Ukraine’s allies, the U.S. secretary of defense said Germany had not yet made a decision on sending the Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. He added the U.S. had no announcement to make on providing Kyiv with M1 Abrams tanks.

More than 60 people were abducted a week ago while searching for food in an area blockaded by insurgents. On Friday, the military said the captives had been released.

The defense minister had led an anticorruption task force in Guatemala for several years. The authorities also announced arrest warrants against former investigators for the group.