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Washington Post:
Zelensky rips the West for inaction as shellings make Russia-Ukraine war seem increasingly imminent — MUNICH — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky forcefully demanded stronger actions from world leaders as the threat of full-scale attack by Russia intensifies amid increased shelling …
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CNN and The Times of Israel
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Karen Gilchrist / CNBC:
German Chancellor rejects calls to sanction Russia now — argues the West should keep Putin guessing — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday rejected calls to sanction Russia now, saying that Moscow should not be sure “exactly” how the West will react.
Miami Herald:
Jeffrey Epstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel, ex-Miami modeling agent, found dead in Paris jail — Jeffrey Epstein's former business partner and alleged accomplice in trafficking and sexually abusing girls, Jean-Luc Brunel, was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, according to French authorities.
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The Huxleyan, UPI, Townhall and National Review
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Angela Charlton / Associated Press:
Modeling agent close to Epstein found dead in French jail — PARIS (AP) — A modeling agent who was close to disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, where he was being held in an investigation into the rape and sex trafficking of minors, according to the Paris prosecutor's office.
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Wall Street Journal, HotAir, ABC News, Telegraph, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, NBC Connecticut, Al Jazeera, abc7NY, The Times of Israel, Metro.co.uk, Slate and New York Post
Peter Allen / Daily Mail:
Jeffrey Epstein's pimp Jean-Luc Brunel ‘hangs himself alone in Paris jail with no CCTV’: Ghislaine Maxwell's family ‘shocked and scared for her’ as man …
Jeffrey Epstein's pimp Jean-Luc Brunel ‘hangs himself alone in Paris jail with no CCTV’: Ghislaine Maxwell's family ‘shocked and scared for her’ as man …
Kim Willsher / The Guardian:
Jean-Luc Brunel, held on suspicion of supplying girls to Epstein, found hanged
Jean-Luc Brunel, held on suspicion of supplying girls to Epstein, found hanged
Martin Goillandeau / CNN:
French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel found dead in prison cell
French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel found dead in prison cell
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New York Post
Liam James / The Independent:
Jean-Luc Brunel: Jeffrey Epstein-linked fashion agent found dead in cell
Jean-Luc Brunel: Jeffrey Epstein-linked fashion agent found dead in cell
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Mediaite, Page Array and New York Times
New York Times:
A Press Tour Turns Frantic in Ukraine As Russia-Backed Shelling Intensifies — As shelling intensified in eastern Ukraine, a seemingly routine press tour turned into a frantic rush to safety. — NOVOLUHANSKE, Ukraine — “Be calm,” Denis, the 28-year-old driver said, after several mortar shells landed on the road behind us.
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Washington Post, One America News Network, Anti-bellum, TASS and Breitbart
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The Guardian:
West plans to arm resistance if Russian forces occupy Ukraine — Invasion ‘must be seen to fail’, says PM US is willing to provide military help — Patrick Wintour, Luke Harding, Shaun Walker in Stanytsia Luhansk — Secret discussions are under way between western allies over how to arm …
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TASS, Reuters, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera and Interfax-Ukraine
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Shelling Escalates in Ukraine as Thousands Flee, Fearing Attack
Shelling Escalates in Ukraine as Thousands Flee, Fearing Attack
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Faugy Strategy, CBS Chicago, Hitman's Hidden Notes, Boston.com, TheBlaze and PIX11
Washington Post:
Trump properties in talks to host lucrative Saudi golf events … Former president Donald Trump's company is angling to host events at his golf courses for the controversial Saudi golf league, according to three people familiar with the matter, potentially handing Trump a lucrative business partnership …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints — Using machine learning, separate teams of computer scientists identified the same two men as likely authors of messages that fueled the viral movement. — “Open your eyes,” the online post began, claiming, “Many in our govt worship Satan.”
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Families of U.S. troops killed in Kabul airport bombing question whether Pentagon distorted investigation findings — As the sun faded on another anxious, adrenalized day, Kareem Nikoui, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Southern California, balanced on top of a concrete traffic barrier and scanned the crowd.
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Fox News and The Daily Caller
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Biden extends the national pandemic emergency first declared in March 2020. — President Biden said on Friday that he would extend the national emergency that was first declared in March 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The additional authority had been set to expire on March 1.
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The Gateway Pundit and The White House
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Trump's Truth Social app set for release Monday in Apple App Store, per executive … Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, appears set to launch in Apple's App Store on Monday, according to posts from an executive on a test version viewed by Reuters …
Orange County Watch:
California NAACP Calls For Spitzer's “Immediate Resignation” — Earlier today, Rick Callender, President of the California State Conference of the NAACP, told OC Watch that the organization is calling for the “immediate resignation” of Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer …
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
CNN's Problems Are Bigger Than Jeff Zucker — How an upcoming merger at Time Warner could upend life at the cable news network. — In 1973, Tele-Communications Inc., a cable company headed by a thirty-two-year-old named John Malone, was having trouble getting the city of Vail, Colorado, to accept its rates.
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Raw Story and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
David Folkenflik / NPR:
‘The Washington Post’ takes new approach to national coverage with a ‘Democracy Desk’ — The Washington Post is about to unveil a Democracy Desk to report on the front lines of battles over voting, access to the polls, and the people caught up in these fights.