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Month: April 2022

European nations accuse Russia of natural gas ‘blackmail’

By VANESSA GERA and VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish and Bulgarian leaders accused Moscow of using natural gas to blackmail their countries after Russia’s state-controlled energy company stopped supplying their countries with gas Wednesday. European Union leaders echoed those comments and were holding an emergency meeting on the Russian move. The

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Kamila Valieva: Figure skater could not have achieved ‘perfection’ while doping, says Vladimir Putin

By Mitchell McCluskey and Issy Ronald, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended teenager figure skater Kamila Valieva, arguing it would be impossible to achieve “perfection” while using banned substances. “It is utterly impossible to achieve such perfection using unfair methods, with the help of additional substances and manipulations,” the Russian president said on Tuesday.

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Kamila Valieva: Figure skater could not have achieved ‘perfection’ while doping, says Vladimir Putin

CNN By Mitchell McCluskey and Issy Ronald, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has defended teenager figure skater Kamila Valieva, arguing it would be impossible to achieve “perfection” while using banned substances. “It is utterly impossible to achieve such perfection using unfair methods, with the help of additional substances and manipulations,” the Russian president said on

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Republican lawmakers slam Homeland Security secretary over the border

By Lauren Fox and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced off Wednesday with Republican members of Congress in a series of high-profile hearings that put the secretary and the administration’s immigration policies in the spotlight ahead of the midterm elections. Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas took issue with Mayorkas’

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Attorneys general for Virginia and Washington, DC, launch separate investigations into Washington Commanders’ financial dealings

By Melissa Alonso and Abby Bustin, CNN Attorneys general in Virginia and Washington, DC, have launched investigations into financial misconduct allegations against the NFL’s Washington Commanders and owner Daniel Snyder. The investigations come after lawmakers in Congress laid out accusations against the team and executives including Synder last week, including that they “may have intentionally

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