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‘Stop the Bleed’ nonprofit teaches Ukrainian military life-saving tools
Fokke Hassel/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. nonprofit created after a school shooting is helping troops in Ukraine learn crucial medical care — and some soldiers on the ground credit the new skill set [Read More…]

Prince Harry loses legal challenge in police protection case
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has lost his bid to challenge a decision that he cannot pay for police protection while he is in the United Kingdom. A judge [Read More…]

Hundreds of new species discovered in this remote part of the world, researcher say
Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Researchers have discovered hundreds of new animal and plant species in remote parts of the world previously inaccessible to humans, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Among the 380 [Read More…]

Survivors of 1972 Uruguay plane crash revisit their tale of going to the extremes to live
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 50 years ago, a plane carrying 45 passengers and crew, including a Uruguayan rugby team and some of their friends and family, crashed in the Andes [Read More…]

Ukraine’s eastern frontlines shifting ahead of major offensive
Tom Soufi Burridge/ABC News (SLOVYANSK, Ukraine) — The frontlines in eastern Ukraine are shifting in significant ways, with Russia and Ukraine carrying out offensive operations in and around Bakhmut. Russian forces inside the city have [Read More…]

19 shot, 10 fatally, at car rally less than 100 miles from Mexico-US border
LEREXIS/Getty Images (BAJA, Mexico) — At least 10 people were killed and nine were wounded when an apparent team of gunmen ambushed a car rally in Baja, Mexico, about 73 miles from the U.S. border, [Read More…]

Hiroshima survivor’s message to Putin: ‘You don’t know the reality of a nuclear weapon’
ABC News (HIROSHIMA, Japan) — Nearly eight decades after surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, 85-year-old Keiko Ogura had this message for Russian President Vladimir Putin: “You don’t know what is a nuclear weapon, the [Read More…]

Russia may lack reserves to respond to Ukrainian counteroffensive: Officials
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Western officials said Russia’s forces in Ukraine are so badly depleted that Russia may lack the reserves to effectively respond to a major counteroffensive from Ukrainian troops in the coming [Read More…]

Hundreds of thousands displaced following historic floods in Somalia
Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rescue and relief efforts are underway in Somalia following historic flooding that has left at least 22 people dead and affected more than 460,000 people, according [Read More…]

Iran executes three protesters despite international outcry
KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — The Islamic Republic of Iran said it executed three men Friday morning on charges of “waging war against God” and collaboration with terrorist groups. The judiciary’s website Mizan claimed that Majid [Read More…]

‘I can’t imagine returning’: How Russia is rebuilding Mariupol into a Russian city
pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON) — A year since Russia took control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, plans for reconstruction are under way but former residents aren’t convinced. The siege of Mariupol started the day of [Read More…]

Grape juicing banned at Tehran fruit market to halt home winemakers
ABC News (LONDON) — An Iranian judiciary banned grape juicing at Tehran’s central fruit and vegetable market on Wednesday. Grape juicing refers to the process of making grape juice in Tehran. Residents buy large amounts [Read More…]

Group of North Koreans defect, cross border into South Korea
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of North Koreans crossed the Northern Limit Line in a fishing boat and South Korea’s navy patrol boat located the group, South Korean authorities said Thursday. The incident took [Read More…]

New dinosaur, a species of spinosaurid, discovered in Spain, researchers say
Hillary Kladke/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fossil fragments found in Spain are pointing to a new species of dinosaur, researchers said. Scientists have proposed a new species of spinosaurid after studying the specimen, which includes [Read More…]

US Avenger an ‘important boost’ for Ukrainian air defense, top commander says
Oleksiy Pshemyskiy/ABC News (NEW YORK) — U.S. Avenger air defense systems, which are mounted on Humvees and are highly mobile, are now being used to protect major Ukrainian cities and to protect Ukraine’s ground forces [Read More…]

Turkish presidential election goes to runoff as ‘no party could actually win in the first round’
Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ISTANBUL) — Voters in Turkey will return to the polls soon as no candidate was able to receive 50% of voting in the first round of the critical presidential election. [Read More…]

Kremlin reacts to CIA video aimed at recruiting frustrated Russians as spies
Central Intelligence Agency (WASHINGTON) — The Kremlin has responded forcefully to the CIA launching an official channel on Telegram, the encrypted messaging app favored by Russians, featuring a dramatized video aimed at recruiting frustrated Russian civilians [Read More…]

9 migrants found, 41 still missing after kidnapping in Mexico
Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico) — Nine migrants were found Tuesday by Mexican authorities after a group was kidnapped on its way to the U.S.-Mexico border. A bus holding 50 migrants [Read More…]

Two US Consulate staff members among four killed in convoy attack in Nigeria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two staff members of the U.S. Consulate in Nigeria were among the four people killed by armed assailants when an American convoy was attacked on Tuesday, the State Department said. [Read More…]

UK, France pledge military aid to Ukraine as Zelenskyy makes unannounced visit
Carl Court/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the United Kingdom on Monday for “substantive” talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said ahead of the meeting that his country would supply [Read More…]