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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Bakhmut falling won’t have ‘strategic impact,’ US says
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and [Read More…]
Ukrainian refugees compete in Canadian peewee hockey tournament while war rages back home
Courtesy of Sean Bérubé (NEW YORK) — For a group of 18 Ukrainian boys, thoughts of being separated from family and their home country, which has now faced almost a year of brutal war combating [Read More…]
‘It was a trap’: Video shows American volunteer likely killed by guided missile in ‘deliberate’ Russian attack
frontlinedoctors.org (KYIV, Ukraine) — The video is only about a second long but it captures the killing of American medic volunteer Pete Reed and a Ukrainian woman he was treating in Bakhmut, a city in [Read More…]
Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll reaches 37,000
RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 37,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6, according to officials. The pre-dawn quake [Read More…]
Camilla, the queen consort, tests positive for COVID
TOBY MELVILLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Camilla, the Queen Consort, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Buckingham Palace. King Charles’ wife had been forced to postpone a visit to the West Midlands on [Read More…]
China accuses US of flying spy balloons into its airspace
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 5, 2023, after it was shot down. — Department of Defense (HONG KONG) — [Read More…]
Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll reaches 36,000
RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 36,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6, according to officials. The pre-dawn quake [Read More…]
High-altitude object shot down over northern Canada, temporarily closing Montana airspace
Omar Marques/Getty Images (TORONTO) — A high-altitude object tracked over northern Canada has been shot down over the Yukon, officials said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the takedown of “an unidentified object [Read More…]
US surveillance data crucial for Ukraine, top commander says
Tatsiana Kalasouskaya / EyeEm (NORTHERN UKRAINE) — Lt. Gen. Serhiy Nayev, one of the most senior commanders of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, believes that the data surveillance the United States has collected is crucial in [Read More…]
High-altitude object shot down over northern Canada
Omar Marques/Getty Images (TORONTO) — A high-altitude object tracked over northern Canada has been shot down over the Yukon, officials said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the takedown of “an unidentified object [Read More…]
100 cheetahs sent to India from South Africa in attempt to repopulate the species
Courtesy Cheetah Conservation Fund (NEW YORK) — Some 70 years after humans drove cheetahs to extinction in India, the country now seeks to bring them back. In efforts to reestablish a population, South Africa will [Read More…]
At least 26 dead and 2,000 injured as wildfires rage out of control across Chile
ABC News (NACIMIENTO, Chile) — Wildfires that have been raging across Chile for more than a week have now killed at least 26 people and left more than 2,000 injured. Over 1,500 homes have also [Read More…]
Turkey earthquake live updates: Death toll rises to over 22,000 in Turkey, Syria
RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 22,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday, according to officials. The pre-dawn quake was [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US providing coordinates for Ukrainian strikes
SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout [Read More…]
Paul Whelan’s brother says ‘don’t give up’ on him as Russian detainment passes 1,500 days
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Paul Whelan’s detainment in Russia has passed 1,500 days, and his brother David Whelan is urging people not to give up on him. President Joe Biden focused on the domestic [Read More…]
US sanctions alleged Russian ransomware hackers known as Trickbot
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is sanctioning what is says are seven members of a Russian hacker group who have targeted the hospitals, companies and the U.S. government, the Treasury Department announced [Read More…]
Turkey earthquake live updates: Death toll exceeds 21,000 in Turkey, Syria
RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 20,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday, according to officials. The pre-dawn quake was [Read More…]
Erdoğan slammed over poor quake infrastructure preparation, relief efforts
Burak Kara/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the death toll rises in Turkey and Syria following the massive earthquake that struck the region, some are criticizing the efforts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to [Read More…]
Turkey earthquake live updates: Death toll exceeds 20,000 in Turkey, Syria
RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 20,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday, according to officials. The pre-dawn quake was [Read More…]
Miraculous moments as survivors pulled from earthquake rubble in Turkey, Syria
KYRIAKOS FINAS/SOOC/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rescue efforts are ongoing after a massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks caused widespread devastation across southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. Tens of thousands of people have been [Read More…]