The sentencing of Staff Sgt. Gordon Black on charges of stealing and threats of murder further complicates U.S. relations with Russia, which have grown increasingly tense over the fighting in Ukraine.
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Nuclear powers are deepening their reliance on their nukes, a watchdog group says
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute report says it hasn’t seen nuclear weapons playing such a prominent role in international relations since the Cold War.
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Can seized Russian assets help pay for Ukraine aid?
G7 leaders are meeting in Puglia, Italy, this week. At the top of their agenda: the tricky details of how to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
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Russian propaganda is using deepfakes, sham websites and social media swarms
The hallmarks of Russian-backed influence are consistent: trying to erode support for Ukraine, discrediting democratic institutions and seizing on existing political divides.
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Slovakia’s Fico says his views on Ukraine were behind his assassination attempt
Fico pledged to be back at work in a month and said he felt “no hatred” towards his attacker, but he blamed the opposition: “It’s evident that he only was a messenger of evil and political hatred.”
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In a first, OpenAI removes influence operations tied to Russia, China and Israel
AI tools have helped the people behind influence operations produce more content, but OpenAI says the operations it disrupted didn’t gain traction with real people or reach large audiences.
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Blinken tells Ukraine U.S. aid will make a difference against Russia’s offensive
Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kyiv and said some new U.S. aid already arrived and more will reach the battlefield in the coming weeks.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls God an “ally” against Russia in Orthodox Easter message
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians in an Easter address to be united in prayer and called God an “ally” in the war with Russia.
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The U.S. counterintelligence head says the list of threats is long and getting longer
Mike Casey tells NPR that the scale of spying against the United States is “impressive and terrifying.” He says: “More players are getting into it with more tools, going after more targets.”
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Chechnya is banning music that’s too fast or slow. These songs wouldn’t make the cut
Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya will only allow music between 80 and 116 beats per minute, though it’s unclear how the rule will be enforced.
