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Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party lost a regional election for the second straight week, suffering a fresh blow amid wavering support for the German chancellor’s Ukraine policy.

Germany's conservatives CDU party is on track to win a regional election in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), in a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats which won the federal election last year.

Group of Seven foreign ministers vowed on Saturday to reinforce Russia's economic and political isolation, continue supplying weapons to Ukraine and work to ease global food shortages stemming from the war. After meeting at a 400-year-old castle estate in the Baltic Sea resort of Weissenhaus, senior diplomats from Britain, Canada,…

The Group of Seven leading economies have warned that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis that threatens poor countries

Vladimir Putin made an online appearance with security council members but commentators said it looked like his head had been artificially attached to his body in manipulated footage

Some said Vladimir Putin appeared to be photoshopped in as he conducted a virtual Russian security council meeting as his health continues to be questioned

(Makes clear in second paragraph that the Kremlin said talks between Russia and Germany, not Russia and Ukraine, would continue on various levels)

But for History to Take the Right Path, America and Europe Must Work Together

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday said he had spoken to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and discussed defensive aid, energy sector cooperation and increasing sanctions on Russia.