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Panama Unsettled by Trump Threat to Seize Canal
Jimmy Carter’s Farewell Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that has been invaded by the United States before. By Annie Correal and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Reporting from Mexico City President-elect Donald J. Trump’s suggestion on Tuesday that the United States might reclaim the…
Russia Claims to Seize Key Eastern Ukraine Town of Kurakhove
Russia-Ukraine War Ukraine has largely been driven out of Kurakhove, a battered but strategic town in the Donbas, Russia said. Kyiv’s forces were pressing a renewed offensive in southern Russia. By Marc Santora Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine Five months after storming across the border into the Kursk region of southern Russia, Ukrainian forces were making…
Rwanda-backed rebels seize key town in DR Congo
Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various reports. This is the second town seized by the M23 group in as many days in the mineral-rich North Kivu province. The group has taken control of vast swathes of eastern DR…