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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia waives threats of use of nuclear weapons
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia rejoins wartime deal on Ukrainian grain exports
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas [Read More…]
South Korea responds to North firing 23 missiles
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — Tensions rose in the Korean Peninsula while the two Koreas test-fired missiles one after another in a series of tit-for-tat moves on Wednesday. North Korea fired four short-range ballistic [Read More…]
Who is Lula? Winner of Brazil’s presidential election
Daniel Munoz/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Brazil’s voters on Sunday chose a new president: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known by the name Lula. Lula narrowly beat out Jair Bolsonaro, the incumbent far-right [Read More…]
US citizen imprisoned in Saudi Arabia over tweets
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. citizen and Florida resident Saad Ibrahim Almadi was arrested for a series of tweets he published that were critical of Saudi Arabia while visiting family in the Kingdom last [Read More…]
South Korean police say first calls were made four hours before deadly crowd crush
Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — Delayed police responses and an illegal street obstruction were contributing factors to the weekend’s crowd crush in Seoul, South Korea, officials said on Tuesday. At least 154 people [Read More…]
Seoul crowd crush exemplifies need for event control: Experts
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As investigators in Seoul, South Korea continue to determine how 154 partygoers were killed in a crowd crush during a Halloween party over the weekend, crowd control experts say the [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian missiles target Ukrainian energy infrastructure
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas [Read More…]
Dozens killed after bridge carrying hundreds collapses into river in India
Twitter/@NarendraModi (MORBI, India) — Dozens of people have died after a cable bridge carrying hundreds of people collapsed into a river in India, according to officials. At least 91 people were killed after the bridge [Read More…]
South Korean president declares national mourning period after Seoul stampede
ABC News (SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday declared a period of national mourning after a stampede left at least 153 people dead and 82 injured during Halloween festivities in [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia backs out of grain deal after Black Sea ‘attack’
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas [Read More…]
At least 120 dead in crowd crush during Halloween festivities in Seoul: Officials
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — At least 120 people are dead and 100 are injured after being crushed in a crowd during Halloween festivities in Seoul, officials in South Korea said. The victims are [Read More…]
Ukraine war expected to accelerate clean energy transition, new report finds
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The war in Ukraine is reshaping the global energy landscape and is expected to speed up the transition away from fossil fuels as countries scramble for alternatives to Russian energy, [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Moscow threatens to target US satellites
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas [Read More…]
Prince Harry’s memoir “Spare” to be released Jan. 10, 2023
Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prince Harry’s memoir will hit bookstores Jan. 10, 2023, Penguin Random House says. The news, which leaked earlier on Wednesday by publishing insiders, was confirmed by [Read More…]
Explorer’s camera from 1930s found on glacier in Yukon territory
Stefan Wackerhagen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In 1937, American explorer Bradford Washburn abandoned a cache of heavy equipment, including cameras, while attempting to climb Mount Lucania in the Saint Elias Mountains of northwestern Canada. Washburn [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Kremlin responds to rejections of its ‘dirty bomb’ claim
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas [Read More…]
US says Russia’s ‘dirty bomb’ claims are pretext for escalation in Ukraine
Wolfgang Deuter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. officials are flatly rejecting as false repeated Russian claims being made to senior western officials that Ukraine is preparing to use a radioactive “dirty bomb” in Ukraine, saying at [Read More…]
Rishi Sunak chosen to be new British prime minister
ABC News (LONDON) — Rishi Sunak has been chosen as the new U.K. prime minister less than a week after Liz Truss stepped down from the position after just six weeks in office. Sunak was [Read More…]
Top Ukrainian general discusses war against Russia, Putin’s nuclear threat: Exclusive
ABC News (KHARKIV, Ukraine) — The commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine is real and that the West “should be worried,” but [Read More…]