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The United States and Finland announced new military aid as Western allies meet. "We have to speed up. Time must become our weapon; the Kremlin must lose," Ukrainian president says.

Yi Fuxian, a demographer, says the overall figures could be higher, suggesting that “China's real demographic crisis is beyond imagination and that all of China’s past economic, social, defense and foreign policies were based on faulty demographic data."

While praised globally for handling of the nation's worst mass-shooting and health-driven response to the coronavirus pandemic, Jacinda Ardern faced mounting criticism at home.

There is no immediate word on whether the crash was an accident or a result of the war with Russia.

Jerusalem initially expresses concern the move could damage its relations with Moscow lest Russia limit its freedom of action in Syria, where it has a military presence.

Ukraine has for months sought to be supplied with heavier tanks, including the US Abrams and the German Leopard 2 tanks, but Western leaders have been treading carefully.

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin says the suspect was neutralized by police.

The revelation could prove to be a political headache for the president, who called former President Donald Trump's decision to keep hundreds of such records at his private club in Florida "irresponsible."

Jewish Democrats laud the appointment of Hakeem Jeffries as House minority leader, yet in 2019, he was among the defenders of Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar as they faced scrutiny over their antisemitic and anti-Israel statements.