U.S. plan to buy Russian diesel, “a deal with the devil”
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U.S. plan to buy Russian diesel, “a deal with the devil”

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 12, 202646 min
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U.S. president Donald Trump announces a plan to buy diesel from Russia and an "energy ceasefire," but it doesn’t take long for Ukraine’s president to accuse Russia of attacking six energy facilities across the country. We speak to an Alaskan woman who is reburying her aunt today, over a hundred years after she died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. As women across Canada face shortages of estrogen patches, the founder of a menopause support group says she is frustrated that more isn’t being done. <...

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The long journey home, we speak to an indigenous Alaskan woman who is reburying her aunt today over a hundred years after she died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Hormonal rage as women across Canada face shortages of estrogen patches.

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