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BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen picked senior EU civil servant Paula Pinho to be her chief spokesperson for her second five-year term. Pinho, a Portuguese national and trained lawyer, has worked for the Commission since 2000…

Russia’s defense ministry said on Sunday that its armed forced had seized the town of Novohrodivka in Ukraine, drawing nearer to the strategically important settlement of Pokrovsk. The military action comes as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for renewed peace…