At the Munich Security Conference, US Vice President JD Vance shocked delegates by attacking European allies for retreating from values and ignoring voter concerns on migration and free speech, with a speech met with silence and deemed poorly judged. Despite this, Vance met with Ukrainian President Zelensky to discuss peace efforts and security guarantees, amidst fears that President Trump’s concessions to Russia may result in a detrimental peace deal and territorial losses for Ukraine. The conference is set to focus on the war in Ukraine, with concerns that Putin may emerge stronger and continue territorial expansion in Europe.
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When a wealthy 10-year-old boy goes missing, his bully, Dylan Grimes, becomes the prime suspect, forcing Dylan's party-girl mother, Florence, to clear his name in Sarah Harman's novel. In C.J. Box's latest Joe Pickett installment, the Wyoming game warden searches for the governor's missing son-in-law in the Sierra Madres. Meanwhile, Alice Feeney's thriller follows a man whose wife vanishes, leading him to a Scottish island where he encounters a mysterious doppelganger. Full Article
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