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Month: July 2022

Stepan Kaplunov describes himself as a "Ukrainian nationalist" but says he has never held white supremacist views.

To Russia, he’s a traitor and right-wing extremist. In Ukraine, he’s a Russian fighting against his own country

By Scott McLean, Sarah Dean and Dennis Lapin, CNN On the outskirts of Kyiv, past endless rows of Soviet-style apartment blocks, there’s a sterile rehabilitation center filled with Ukrainian troops injured on the front lines. There are patients with nerve damage, burns, breaks, even an amputated leg — and it seems almost everyone’s inked arms

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Sherry Xue Li

Two people charged with scheme to sell foreign nationals access to US politicians, including Trump

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Two people have been charged with running a years-long scheme that took in at least $27 million from foreign investors, which involved false promises for green cards in exchange for investments, funding a fake school and promising access to prominent American politicians, including former President Donald Trump, in exchange for money

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Parents and family attend a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District where parents addressed last months' shootings at Robb Elementary School

Uvalde parents call for school board to fire district’s police chief: ‘Why the hell does he still have a job with y’all?’

By Raja Razek and Steve Almasy, CNN Angry residents of the emotionally shattered Texas town of Uvalde confronted the school board Monday night with speakers calling for district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo to be fired and asking what safety measures will be put in place when schools reopen. The grief from the May 24

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Malaysian customs officers display seized elephant tusks and other animal body parts in Port Klang

Malaysia seizes $18 million worth of elephant tusks, tiger bones and other trafficked animal parts

Story by Reuters Malaysian authorities have seized a massive haul of trafficked animal parts, including elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and tiger bones worth around 80 million ringgit ($17.9 million). Authorities discovered around six tonnes of ivory tusks and other animal parts at the western port in Selangor state on Sunday. The animal parts

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