Global politics

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Denmark boosts Arctic defense spending by $2 billion after Trump's Greenland interest

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Man who burned Quran 'shot dead in Sweden'

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Man who burned Quran 'shot dead in Sweden'

RIP

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DW News
Feb 1, 2025

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The Wall Street Journal 
Feb 1, 2025

Russia is developing a new naval base in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia after Ukraine destroyed around a third of its Black Sea fleet. In 2023, Russian-backed Abkhaz authorities announced Moscow's intentions to transform a port in Ochamchire into a permanent naval base, which could threaten Ukraine and the security of NATO member states like Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria. 

WSJ explains what the new base reveals about Moscow's plans for the region.

Chapters:
0:00 Russia's new base
0:38 Ochamchire
2:41 Trade routes
4:03 Construction and development
4:44 NATO's Black Sea strategy

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Cocaine "no worse than whiskey," would be "sold like wine" if legalized worldwide, Colombia's president says

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The Cipher Brief
Feb 7, 2025

Ambassador Gary Grappo served as Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; U.S. Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman; and Charge d'Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He's currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Middle East Studies at the Korbel School for International Studies, University of Denver.

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Lebanon's prime minister forms new government after unusual US intervention

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How Spain's economy became the envy of Europe

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Ukraine, Russia position for peace talks ahead of pivotal White House visits

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Germany extends border controls by 6 months as election rivals focus on migration ahead of poll

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Kremlin says Russian citizen released in US after Trump greets freed teacher