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Why Putin can call Trump’s bluff on Ukraine | About That

Why Putin can call Trump’s bluff on Ukraine | About That

Russia launched its largest airstrike on Ukraine since the start of the war, hitting and setting fire to a government building in central Kyiv for the first time. As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to try to end the war in Ukraine, Andrew Chang explains why Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps escalating it.

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Ethiopia's dam of dreams, and Egypt's existential fear

Ethiopia’s dam of dreams, and Egypt’s existential fear

Looming high above the Blue Nile and stretching nearly two kilometres across, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been a nation-building project and potential economic revolution 14 years in the making. With its inauguration today, it is officially Africa’s largest hydroelectric project.

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