Month: January 2026

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RT by @SpiesVespers: RT by @SpiesVespers: 2026 starts strong! “Peter Moskos’s Back from the Brink is both oral history and urban epic” “Urban epic” sure has a nice ring to it. Michael Fortner’s review of “Back from the Brink” just out in the Washington Monthly. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/01/how-new-york-city-got-safe/

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¡Atentado de Ucrania contra Putin pudo haber detonado una GUERRA NUCLEAR!

#Geopolítica #Rusia #Ucrania #Putin #GuerraNuclear #ConflictoRusiaUcrania#ActualidadMundial #Internacional #Noticias #AnálisisGeopolítico#TensiónNuclear #Dro…

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For Russia’s Wartime Diaspora, New Year’s Traditions Become a Tether to Home

Ahead of New Year’s Eve, the biggest holiday in Russia, Sergei, 30, a Russian IT specialist based in Romania, said he would try to watch “The Irony of Fate,” the 1975 romantic comedy that is a New Year’s staple in Russia, in its entirety for the first time. “It’s kind of a weird tradition that came from the U.S.S.R., but there is something cozy about it,” Sergei said.
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RT by @emin_bred: Robert Gates, former CIA Director and U.S. Secretary of Defense: NATO expansion was “recklessly ignoring what the Russians considered their own vital national interests… When Russia was weak in the 1990s and beyond, we did not take Russian interests seriously. We did a poor job… pic.

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Под огонь РФ в первый день года попали несколько регионов

В первый день нового года российская армия КАБами ударила по пригороду Харькова. Одна из бомб упала в экопарке, разрушены вольеры для птиц и хищников. От взр…

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Украина получила на вооружение ещё два зенитно-ракетных комплекса “Пэтриот”, сообщило министерство обороны страны. Ранее глава ведомства Денис Шмыгаль заявлял, что договоренности о поставках достигнуты с правительством Германии. https://smarturl.click/8pavQ

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, Russia-Ukraine War | Russia: Ukraine Targeted Putin’s Home

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BTS announces release date for new album

K-pop sensation BTS is set to release a new album on March 20, 2026, and will kick off a world tour later in the year, Azernews reports.

The post BTS announces release date for new album first appeared on The South Caucasus News – SouthCaucasusNews.com.

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From @TheAthleticFC: Gabon’s national team has been suspended by the government until further notice after they were eliminated from the group stage of the Africa Cup of Nations. Gabon finished bottom of Group F after losing all of their games at AFCON. https://nyti.ms/4skRRHN