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US citizen detained in Russia for drug possession, says state media

By Katharina Krebs and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Russian customs service detained a 28-year-old US citizen at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow for possession of cannabis-laced marmalade, according to Russian state media agency TASS. “On February 7, Vnukovo customs officers detained a 28-year-old US citizen who was carrying marmalade with cannabinoids in his luggage,” Russian

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Vance turns on European allies in blistering speech that downplayed threats from Russia and China

By Alex Marquardt, Christian Edwards, Steve Contorno and Michael Williams, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — US Vice President JD Vance vented at European leaders Friday, telling them that the biggest threat to their security was “from within,” rather than China and Russia. Vance used his first major speech as vice president to lambast European politicians,

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Indiana teen accused of plotting Valentine’s Day school shooting was obsessed with the Parkland mass shooter, police say

By Lex Harvey, Holly Yan and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — An Indiana teen who had an “obsession” with the school shooter who murdered 17 people exactly seven years ago is accused of plotting another Valentine’s Day massacre, authorities say. Trinity Shockley, 18, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and two terrorism-related charges,

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Ukraine says Russia drone attack hits Chernobyl nuclear plant, radiation levels normal

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Tim Lister and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A Russian drone struck the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in an attack overnight into Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The strike hit the concrete shelter that covers the plant’s destroyed former fourth power unit, sparking a fire that was later

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Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, mostly Ethiopians, army says

Story by Reuters Bangkok (Reuters) — Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on Thursday, in a massive repatriation that comes amid a mounting crackdown on scam centers operating along a porous border. Criminal gangs have trafficked hundreds of thousands of people and forced

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