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US basketball player Brittney Griner is seen on a plane in Abu Dhabi before departing for the United States. Credit: TASS/Sipa USA

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US basketball star Brittney Griner is on her way home after being released from Russian detention in a prisoner exchange with a Russian arms dealer. And Volodomyr Zelensky has been named Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year', as Russia's President Vladimir Putin admits to targetting Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

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