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Zelensky's visit to the United States is just sadness. Washington has no time for our country. The withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, catastrophic in its humanitarian consequences, almost official negotiations between the Americans and the Taliban (it turns out that one can negotiate even with those whom you called terrorists yesterday), the completion of the construction of Nord Stream 2, and a number of statements by US President Biden regarding the formation of a new geopolitical reality - all this created a very toxic background for the negotiations between the United States and Ukraine. Especially when you consider what...

Germans give chimney sweeps the brush-off By Kate Connolly in Berlin (Filed: 26/12/2005) In his top hat, white tie and brass-buttoned uniform, and dangling a brush on a chain over his shoulder, Erhard Feller might have walked off the set of a film about Victorian England. But the 51-year-old chimney sweep is a vibrant part of working life in modern Berlin and the uniform is standard for him and his 8,000 colleagues across Germany. Even though most German chimneys are too thin for Santa Claus to squeeze into, Christmas is still the busiest time of year for Mr Feller, who...

For people fed up with the hassles of turning down those on the singles scene whom they do not want to date, now there's a non-conforentational way to say "I'm not interested." The Rejection Hotline is a fake phone number you give to people you don't want to date, when you just can't bear to tell them you're not interested: "(RING...) Hello. This is not the person you were trying to call." While the Rejection Hotline has been poular around the country, there's now a local number with a Philadelphia area code. And some area residents know how it works:...

Clark 'chose Democrats after White House brush-off' By David Rennie in Washington (Filed: 23/09/2003) General Wesley Clark, who soared to the head of the field for the Democratic presidential nomination after his late entry to the race, found his momentum checked yesterday by a string of leaks aggressive even by Washington standards. Senior Republicans revealed details of an extraordinary conversation in which Gen Clark, a decorated Vietnam veteran and former Nato supreme commander, complained that he had wanted to be part of the Republican Bush administration, but switched party after being given the brush-off by the White House. The latest...