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New York Times:
Ukraine Live Updates: France Pushes for Biden-Putin Meeting — President Biden has “agreed in principle” to meet the Russian leader if there is no invasion. Mr. Biden has stepped up his warnings about Moscow's plans after seeing evidence that an attack on Ukraine was imminent.
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Washington Post:
U.S. claims Russia has list of Ukrainians ‘to be killed or sent to camps’ following a military occupation — The United States has informed the United Nations it has credible information showing that Moscow is compiling lists of Ukrainians “to be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation …
Élysée:
The President of the Republic spoke with the President of the United States, Mr. Joe BIDEN and the President of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir PUTIN. — He proposed a summit to be held between President BIDEN and President PUTIN and then with relevant stakeholders to discuss security and strategic stability in Europe.
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The White House, Fox News, Bloomberg and Mediaite
NBC News:
Biden and Putin agree to summit with France if Russia does not invade Ukraine — U.S. intelligence learns Russian military got order to go ahead with invasion — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to a summit to discuss the situation in Ukraine …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
There Are No Chamberlains in This Story — In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arrived home from a conference in Munich. He and other leaders had met with Hitler; they had agreed to allow the German army to annex a slice of Czechoslovakia; in exchange, Hitler offered more dialogue …
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BizPac Review, Washington Post and New York Times
U.S. Mission Russia / U.S. Embassy & Consulates …:
Security Alert — Event: According to media sources, there have been threats of attacks against shopping centers, railway and metro stations, and other public gathering places in major urban areas, including Moscow and St. Petersburg as well as in areas of heightened tension along the Russian border with Ukraine.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, New York Post and TASS
Alexander Gabuev / The Economist:
Alexander Gabuev writes from Moscow on why Vladimir Putin and his entourage want war — Elites have hijacked Russia and conflated the country's interests with their own — ANYWHERE YOU turn in Moscow, it's easy to find members of the Russian elite who wonder why the West thinks that war …
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New York Times
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Blitzkrieg or Minor Incursion? Putin's Choice Could Determine World Reaction — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may be looking for fissures in the Western alliance, which so far has been united against him. — MUNICH — When President Biden declared on Friday he was convinced …
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Fox News
John Harwood / CNN:
Former top Trump Russia adviser details the sharp contrast between the former President and Biden
Washington Post:
Wielding the threat of war, a new, more aggressive Putin steps forward
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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
A country on the brink: The situation inside Ukraine as Russian forces loom
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Straight Talk Info …, Washington Post and Streams of Crunchiness
BBC:
Ukraine tensions: US sounds fresh alarm over Russia invasion fears
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Politico, New York Times, Straight Talk Info …, globalnews.ca, The Unz Review, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy and Los Angeles Times
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
U.S. has intel that Russian commanders have orders to proceed with Ukraine invasion
Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Biden abruptly cancels Delaware trip after top level meeting on Ukraine crisis
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Washington Times and CBS News
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Cruz: ‘Joe Biden becoming president is the best thing that ever happened, tragically, for Vladimir Putin’
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POLITICUSUSA, Fox News and CBS News
Washington Post:
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian forces stay in Belarus; Biden to convene NSC about invasion threat
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
How Putin took Europe to the brink of war
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NBC News, Washington Post, New York Post, Comment is Freed and BBC
Jessica Brandt / Brookings:
Preempting Putin: Washington's campaign of intelligence disclosures is complicating Moscow's plans for Ukraine
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Shoaib's Newsletter and Washington Post
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russian State TV Is So Ridiculous Right Now It Looks Like a Farce
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Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story and TASS
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
The C.D.C. Isn't Publishing Large Portions of the Covid Data It Collects — The agency has withheld critical data on boosters, hospitalizations and, until recently, wastewater analyses. — For more than a year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has collected data on hospitalizations …
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The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, Mediaite and Unreported Truths
New York Times:
Vast Leak Exposes How Credit Suisse Served Strongmen and Spies — Leaked data on more than 18,000 accounts shows that the Swiss bank missed or ignored red flags. — The client rosters of Swiss banks are among the world's most closely guarded secrets, protecting the identities …
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OCCRP
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Alyssa Lukpat / New York Times:
Hank the Tank, a 500-Pound Bear, Ransacks a California Community — Paintballs, bean bags, sirens and Tasers cannot keep the “exceptionally large bear” from seeking leftover pizza and other food. Officials say he has broken into at least 28 homes since July.
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Insider
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Havana Syndrome: High-level national security officials stricken with unexplained illness on White House grounds — Since 2016, U.S. government officials overseas and their families have reported sudden, unexplained, brain injuries with symptoms of vertigo, confusion and memory loss.
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Florida governor: school districts that defied no-mask mandate to lose $200m — Ron DeSantis is backing a bill that would strip education funding from Democratic counties that retained Covid precautions — Florida's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, is backing a controversial proposal …
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Mother Jones
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
Inside NYC's skyrocketing anti-Asian violence: How hate speech led to hate crimes — Three days after US officials first used the term “China Virus” on a national news broadcast, a barrage of anti-Asian attacks began in New York City. — Within hours, two Asian Americans were separately assaulted …
Associated Press:
Mexico to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz: At least our presidential candidates accept defeat — Mexico's president and U.S. ambassador needle Texas senator over Donald Trump's ongoing lies about 2020 election after Cruz claims ‘deepening civil unrest in Mexico.’ — MEXICO CITY — Sen. Ted Cruz …
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