Moscow said it traded the U.S. basketball star for arms dealer and Russian citizen Viktor Bout. The swap occurred at the Abu Dhabi airport, and President Joe Biden said Griner is on a plane to the United States.
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Russian forces attacked settlements in eastern Ukraine from the ground and air, officials said, in support of the Kremlin's apparently scaled-back ambition to secure only the bulk of Ukrainian lands it has claimed.
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The approval paves the way for the defense budget to hit $45 billion more than proposed by Biden.
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German authorities on Thursday ordered 23 people to be held for questioning as they investigate a far-right group that prosecutors say wanted to overthrow the state and install a former member of a German royal family as national leader.
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