Russia reacts cautiously to Trump’s reelection
Traditional Russian wooden dolls, called Matryoshka, depicting Republican presidential nominee an former US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 5, 2024.
Officially, the Kremlin is keeping quiet about the reelection of Donald Trump. But Vladimir Putin might be looking forward to new opportunities with a second Trump administration. Also, Israel has carried out thousands of air strikes in Gaza and Lebanon — there are serious ethical and legal questions about some of those attacks. And, in global health news: the WHO says it tracked 8 million cases of tuberculosis last year — that’s the highest ever.
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