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Zelenskyy to Attend G-7 Summit Sunday as World Leaders Tighten Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine

By Zeke Miller, Foster Klug & Elaine Kurtenbach | Associated Press (free)

Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies vowed Friday to tighten punishments on Russia for its 15-month invasion of Ukraine, days before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins the Group of Seven summit in person on Sunday.

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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.

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