Neutral no more? Switzerland cozies up to NATO as Russia bombs Ukraine … Maybe the Swiss will have better luck than Finland or Sweden, as Turkey’s Erdogan is having none of it … As for Putin, he’s not too worried, as long as they don’t boost their military.
In a sign of Russia's urgent need to bolster its war effort in Ukraine, parliament said on Friday it would consider a bill to allow Russians over 40 and foreigners over 30 to sign up for the military.
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U.S. stock indexes rose on Friday led by megacap growth and healthcare shares at the end of a volatile week, roiled by concerns over the impact of rising inflation on earnings and the fallout of rate hikes on economic growth.
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Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed described his experience in a Russian psychiatric facility in an interview broadcast on Friday, detailing squalid conditions amid severely mentally ill inmates.
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