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Russia Invades Ukraine

March 2, 2022 btwuser 0

Recent headlines and news feeds have been dominated by stories about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an independent democratic nation of 44 million people. What […]

View of St. Basil's Cathedral (Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed) in Red Square

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February 16, 2021 btwuser 0

Widespread Protests Rock Russia Have you heard of Alexei Navalny? He is an activist, lawyer, and blogger who leads the Russian opposition movement against President […]

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Trouble in Helsinki

July 25, 2018 btwuser 0

On July 16, Donald Trump met with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The two hours of closed-door talks between the […]

Children Looking Excitedly Over Toy Store Checkout Counter

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March 23, 2018 btwuser 0

Baseball Minor Changes Are you a minor league baseball fan? If so, get ready: there will be some changes to the game in time for the […]

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A Look at Vladimir Putin

March 6, 2018 btwuser 0

Last week, Russian president Vladimir Putin–who is up for re-election later this month–gave a fiery annual address to his country. In it, he talked a […]

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December 22, 2016 btwuser 0

Cease Fire in Aleppo? Over the past week, American news reports have been full of images of wounded children in the Syrian city of Aleppo. […]

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sits with Eric Simmons in his first grade classroom at Shoal Creek Elementary in San Diego, Calif., March 23, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy). (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy). https://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/secretary-education-arne-duncan-travels-california.

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October 12, 2015 btwuser 0

Russian Air Strikes in Syria As ISIS continues to threaten in Syria, Russia has acted on its own with air strikes. A coalition against ISIS—which […]

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Where Was Putin?

March 18, 2015 btwuser 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on March 5, and then wasn’t seen or heard from again for eleven days. […]