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U.S. Shift to Support F-16s for Ukraine Began A Month Ago

By Helene Cooper | The New York Times

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin began initiating the Biden administration’s turnaround on providing Ukrainian fighter pilots with training on F-16 jets last month, after European allies told him that they wanted to go ahead with the training, a U.S. defense official said Monday.

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Biden Announces More Aid for Ukraine as Group of 7 Powers Meet in Japan

By Peter Baker, Motoko Rich & David E. Sanger | The New York Times

President Biden and other leaders of the world’s major industrial democracies rallied around Ukraine on Sunday with vows of resolute support and promises of further weapons shipments even as Russian forces claimed to have seized full control of a bitterly contested city.

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U.S. Signs New Security Pact With Papua New Guinea Amid Competition With China

By Nick Perry | Associated Press (free)

The United States signed a new security pact with Papua New Guinea on Monday as it competes with China for influence in the Pacific.

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U.S. Officials Walk Back Claim Drone Strike Killed Senior Al-Qaida Leader

By Omar Nezhat, Meg Kelly, Alex Horton & Imogen Piper | The Washington Post

U.S. military officials are walking back claims that a recent strike in Syria killed an influential al-Qaida figure, following assertions by the dead man’s family that he had no ties to terrorists but was a father of 10 tending to his sheep when he was slain by an American missile.