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A senior Russian lawmaker has dismissed the U.S. deployment of two nuclear submarines as unsurprising, saying Russia already dominates submarine presence in international waters and that no further response is needed. Trump Orders Submarine Deployment Over Medvedev’s Remarks The move came after former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev—now deputy head of Russia’s Security
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A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on July 30, triggering widespread tsunami warnings across the Pacific. The quake, one of the most powerful in recorded history, caused sea surges of up to 5 meters in Severo-Kurilsk, damaging coastal infrastructure including a fish-processing plant. Several people sustained minor