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  • Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, on September 22, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

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    Ukraine to resume strikes on Russia’s refineries, Zelensky tells FT, as frustration with Trump mounts

  • … during a CNN and Jubilee Town Hall with James Talarico, in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. Talarico is the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Texas, competing with Republican Ken Paxton in the highly-watched midterms race.

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  • Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a blaze at the site of a Russian missile strike at an apartment building in Kyiv on Wednesday.

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    Ukraine says Starlink restriction disrupting military as Musk claims US controls those systems

  • Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a blaze at the site of a Russian missile strike at an apartment building in Kyiv on October 14.

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    Gift for Putin as fears grow that Trump is turning the screws on Ukraine

  • A view of the Japanese embassy in Moscow, Russia, on March 4, 2025.

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    Russia detains Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying

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  • Russian invasion of Ukraine: Latest news, analysis and videos

  • Trump’s diesel deal with Putin drives a wedge through the Western alliance

  • Trump’s US-Russia diesel deal draws bipartisan criticism

  • Trump says Ukraine should get a new leader as he spars with Zelensky over US-Russia diesel deal

  • Leading pro-Kremlin war blogger detained in Montenegro and ordered to leave country

  • Russian strike kills at least 33 in eastern Ukraine in deadliest single attack this year

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  • At the center of Russia’s plague scare, residents ‘don’t trust’ officials – but have little other choice

  • Russia says no epidemic risk as WHO pushes for transparency on plague lab death

  • Checklists, masks and mystery: What we know about the plague scare in Russia

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<p>US President Donald Trump acknowledged that Russia has not disclosed many details about the death of a Russian lab worker at a plague research institute but believes its not linked to a bioweapon. His comments come as Russia’s health watchdog says there is no risk of an epidemic, but global health experts are still urging caution and asking for more transparency and information from Moscow.</p>
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<p>Russian authorities have imposed “anti-epidemic measures” after a laboratory worker at a Russian plague laboratory died of a mysterious illness. CNN’s senior international correspondent Frederik Pleitgen reports.</p>
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  • A person pumps diesel fuel into his tractor-trailer at a truck stop on September 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida.

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    Trump signs executive order aimed at lowering diesel prices

  • A picture taken on November 20, 2024 shows the headquarters of Swiss food giant Nestle in Vevey, western Switzerland. Nestle slid two percent on November 19, 2024, after new chief executive Laurent Freixe announced a plan to slash costs and have a standalone water and beverages business. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

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    Kremlin seizes Nestlé’s assets in Russia as crackdown on private business grows

  • A motorist fills up his gas tank in a gas station in Belleville-en-Beaujolais in France on June 04, 2026.

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  • NOVOSIBIRSK, RUSSIA - JULY 03: A view of the fuel stations as long queues formed from the early hours of the morning in Novosibirsk, Russia on July 03, 2026. The number of regions in Russia where restrictions have been imposed on gasoline and diesel fuel sales has exceeded 40, while the government is considering additional measures, including a complete ban on diesel exports, to address supply shortages in the domestic market. (Photo by Rostislav Netisov/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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    Russia bans diesel exports after Ukrainian attacks, straining tense global market

  • Goodzone shopping mall in Moscow, Russia, on April 23, 2026.

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    What a deserted mall in Moscow says about Russia’s economic woes

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  • Ukrainian rescuers work at a Coca-Cola factory hit by a Russian strike in the Kyiv region on September 3, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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    Trump admin silent as Russia hits American businesses with ‘drones and missiles’ in Ukraine

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    Trump’s foreign policy, Epstein and corruption allegations loom over Senate debates in Maine, Georgia and Iowa

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  • President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Oncenter, in Syracuse, New York, on Friday, Oct. 9.

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    Russia deal, execution plans and deportations tell a defining tale about Trump and power

  • US President Donald Trump stands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, US, August 15, 2025.

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    Trump’s US-Russia diesel deal draws bipartisan criticism