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From Brittney Griner’s Russian prison sentence to Jeff Bezos’ billionaire blunder – Here’s your August 5 news briefing

To start off, we’re looking into: US Senate approves Finland and Sweden for NATO In the past, Nordic countries have generally sidestepped major military alliances. With Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, though, we’re starting to see some exceptions to this. One big alliance that’s changing is

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US Senate approves NATO membership for Finland and Sweden, opposing Russia

In the past, Nordic countries have generally sidestepped major military alliances. With Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, though, we’re starting to see some exceptions to this. One big alliance that’s changing is NATO, the Western defense bloc made up of 30 democratic ally countries. About three months

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Finland and Sweden have officially asked to join NATO. Here is what you need to know

Finland and Sweden officially applied to join NATO on Wednesday morning amid security concerns posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While both Nordic nations have remained non-aligned for more than 75 years, the ongoing war seems to have changed their minds – a historic policy shift that will redraw Europe’