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More than 15,000 Russians on Sunday endorsed the candidacy of Alexei Navalny, seen as the only Russian opposition leader who stands a fighting chance of challenging President Vladimir Putin in a March vote.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who says he intends to stand in next year’s presidential elections, has already served 3 jail terms this year — but Friday it was his campaign chief’s turn. Photo: Vasily Masimov, AFP
The leaders of Germany and France called on Saturday for all sides in the Ukraine conflict to 'face their responsibilities' after a rise in ceasefire violations in the east of the country.
Fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists, who hold parts of the Donetsk and Lubansk regions, has killed more than 10,000 people since April 2014. Photo: Aleksiy Filippov, AFP/File
President Trump at the White House in July. His visceral approach to immigration defined his campaign and has shaped the first year of his presidency. Photo: Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will soon be the law of the land, once President Trump signs it in January. However, one little item got quietly slipped into that legislation that now opens the Arctic Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.
A caribou walks next to a section of an oil pipeline near the Brooks Range. The pipeline carries oil from the Arctic and Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope to Valdez, Alaska. Photo: Stan Shebs
