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The World in Brief from The Economist
Putin’s warning to the West; Boeing’s workers on strike, and more
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Vladimir Putin warned Western countries that they would be at “war” with Russia were they to allow Ukraine to use their weapons to strike targets in Russia. Also, Workers at Boeing on America’s west coast voted to go on strike.
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