The Advantages of Candy Bombs

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The demand for the ordinance they produce is absolutely astonishing. We produce about 1000 per week, but army force of Ukraine need 10,000 per day. A lot of these candy bombs are coming in from beyond Ukraine. There's an organization called wild bees that is sending them in from Europe.

The former president has been hit with a new set of charges, under a catch-all racketeering act that has been used to prosecute everyone from rappers to teachers. It’s Mr Trump’s fourth indictment, but perhaps the most unusual. Ukraine’s new, surprisingly effective innovation: the “candy bomb” (10:10). And, the most expensive American cities to live alone (17:30).

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