They called the agreement a "betrayal of US allies" and stated that it "will not only fail to achieve its goals, but will also bring no benefit to the American people."

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Twelve US senators have sent an open letter to Donald Trump demanding the cancellation of the diesel deal with the Russian Federation. The signatories include six Republicans and six Democrats.

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EU Foreign Ministers just adopted nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex. This is the single largest expansion of our sanctions list since Russia started its war. Europe is again showing a united front.

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In Canto 18 of his Inferno, Dante puts a lot of people from Bologna in Hell, and mentions their local word for 'yes': sipa. Words for 'yes' matter to Dante; he's the first on record to recognise sì, òc and oïl as alternatives in Romance – hence the lenga d'òc (Occitan) and langues d'oïl in France.

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That "hence" is intentionally ambiguous in what relation it expresses – I presume that the lenga d'òc/Occitan at least get its name from a popular recognition of a distinctive feature, rather being down to Dante?

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