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BRUSSELS—Five months ago, Jens Stoltenberg was preparing for a cushy job in Norway, running one of the world’s most stable central banks and richest sovereign-wealth funds. Instead, he is now flirting with risks as extreme as nuclear war after signing on for an exceptional fourth stint as NATO secretary-general. Mr.…

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Senator David Pocock says people in Canberra would benefit from greater end-of-life choices. Picture: James Croucher ACT independent senator David Pocock says Australians want legislated emission targets and territory rights on assisted dying laws. In an interview on ABC's Insiders, the former Wallabies captain now turned politician said he backed…

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) leads failed presidential candidate and former congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) by eight points in the Texas gubernatorial race, a CBS/YouGov poll released Thursday revealed. Overall, 49 percent of adult Texas residents said they would vote for Abbott if “the election for Governor of Texas were held” the…

Russian missile strikes on a neighborhood in the southern Ukrainian region of Odessa killed at least 21 people, some of them children, according to Ukrainian officials. The overnight attack—the latest in a surge of Russian strikes—was launched from a strategic bomber over the Black Sea hours after the conclusion of…

Incumbent Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is leading Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke by 8 points among likely voters in the state’s gubernatorial race, a new poll has found. According to a CBS News-YouGov poll released Thursday, Abbott is leading O’Rourke 49 percent to 41 percent among likely voters, despite the majority…

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Author of the article: LONDON — A metallic NATO is starting to take shape, though no-one is calling it that just yet. The Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) is in theory open to all countries that are committed to “responsible critical mineral supply chains to support economic prosperity and climate objectives.”…

Video The president spoke on the last day of the NATO summit in Madrid and said that Americans could expect to continue paying higher gasoline prices for “as long as it takes.”CreditCredit...Kenny Holston for The New York TimesAfter days in which the West has sought to present a muscular and…