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Russia claims the Israeli air force used the plane as a shield from Syrian air defences.
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Russia's new intercontinental hypersonic weapon travels 27 times the speed of sound
Russia's new intercontinental hypersonic weapon travels 27 times the speed of sound.
Officials say they feared Putin influenced the Trump's views on Ukraine, 2016
Did Putin himself help spur the idea of Ukraine's culpability?
How Russian propaganda showed up in an Italian murder trial
New York Times: The evidence raised alarms about fake news is penetrating courts.
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'Music to Putin's ears': Russian forces shoot down US drone
At first it seemed like an accident. But now a far more sinister plot has been revealed.
The Russia ban that isn't really a ban stokes anger
New York Times: Critics say WADA's banishment of Russia has too many loopholes.
The great thaw: Arctic may have crossed key threshold as permafrost melts
Carbon stored in frozen Arctic soils could be released as permafrost melts.
Melting ice strands polar bears on Russia's Arctic coast
There have been increasing reports of polar bears approaching villages in Russia.
Russian doping blurs innocence and guilt, with Olympics caught in middle
New York Times: Russia deleted and manipulated thousands of drug-testing records.
GOP mounts campaign to delegitimise impeachment inquiry
Republicans will mount an aggressive campaign to delegitimise the process.
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Jay Kuten: US impeachment hearings breathtaking
Gordon Sondland's statement corroborated the testimony of less central prior witnesses.
Inside Russia's failed doping cover-up
New York Times: Russia fabricated evidence to try to discredit a whistle-blower.
Trump briefed on complaint before Ukraine aid released
New light shed on what triggered impeachment inquiry into 'high crimes'.
A320 pilot dies from heart attack in Russia
A Russian pilot was forced to make an emergency landing when he suffered a heart attack.
Trump embraces conspiracies, insults opponents amid impeachment
Prospect of being impeached has changed nothing about Trump's unorthodox approach.
Fake Russian scam NZ Herald site sells new iPhones for $1
A clone NZ Herald site is offering $1 Apple products.
Badminton: Sharrock shuttles between codes
Chris Sharrock winds down his national badminton coaching duties to resume cricket.
Sinkhole horror: Two men boiled alive as car swallowed up
"What a horrendous way to die. One moment you're driving, the next, drowning in hot water"
Johnny Depp's 'go-go girlfriend' has ended their relationship
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His decision to report what he had learned triggered a rapid-moving impeachment inquiry.
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Trump stubbornly refused to change his mind for months. Then he reversed course. Why?
Trump's confidant Roger Stone found guilty in high-profile trial
Roger Stone has been found guilty of lying to politicians investigating the 2016 election.