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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Antiwar protests erupt across Russia over mobilization
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian [Read More…]
Iranian women drive protests targeting regime after suspicious death of Mahsa Amini
Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (TEHRAN, IRAN) — While Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was holding up Gen. Qassim Soleimani’s photo on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly podium grieving over his killing by the U.S., Soleimani’s picture was being [Read More…]
Record flooding, drought part of range of weather extremes in US this summer
Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its 2022 Summer Climate Report, which outlines the extreme weather events from June to August in the U.S. [Read More…]
Women affected disproportionately by Russia-Ukraine war: UN report
Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing/Getty Images (UKRAINE) — Woman and girls in Ukraine and around the world have suffered disproportionately as the men of the country fight against the invasion by Russia, a new report by the [Read More…]
Fugitive ‘Fat Leonard’ caught in Venezuela
Interpol Venezuela Instagram acc/AFP/Getty Images (CARACAS, VENEZUELA) — The military contractor known as ‘Fat Leonard’ – real name Leonard Francis — has been caught, the U.S. Marshals Service told ABC News late Wednesday night. He [Read More…]
Russia releases two Americans captured fighting in Ukraine
Drueke family | Joy Black (NEW YORK) — Two Americans who were being held captive by Russian-backed forces after volunteering to fight with Ukrainian forces have been released, their families said. Alexander Drueke and Andy [Read More…]
Tropical Storm Gaston, 3 more systems form in Atlantic as Hurricane Fiona heads toward Bermuda
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Regions along the Atlantic basin likely won’t see relief once Hurricane Fiona passes, as four more systems follow in the Category 4 hurricane’s wake. Tropical Storm Gaston is the newest [Read More…]
Prince William, Kate’s kids George, Charlotte and Louis use new last name after Queen Elizabeth II’s death
Jonathan Brady – Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — Princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte, three of Queen Elizabeth II’s 12 great-grandchildren, have taken on a new last name in the wake of the late monarch’s [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin orders partial mobilization, issues nuclear threat
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian [Read More…]
Deep sea mining, solution to tech world’s mineral demand or potential ecological disaster?
ABC News (NEW YORK) — It’s the size of the continental U.S., more than 10,000 feet deep and its recently become the center point in the debate over what’s the best way to build green [Read More…]
Somalia’s children face death by starvation as famine takes hold
ABC News (BAIDOA, Somalia) — At an encampment in Baidoa, Somalia, Garan Hassan tugged at a reporter’s sleeve. Her 18-month-old daughter Malaika was too sick to eat, too weak to cry. Staff at a Save [Read More…]
Biden says, again, that US would defend Taiwan from Chinese invasion
KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that the U.S. would militarily defend Taiwan if China were to attack — reiterating, again, his support for the island as Beijing responded with disapproval. In [Read More…]
Queen Elizabeth updates: State funeral ends 11 days of ceremonies
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (LONDON) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II “died peacefully” on Thursday, Sept. 8, at Balmoral Castle, the British royal family’s estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace. She was [Read More…]
Has the war in Ukraine reached a turning point?
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — By the six-month mark of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the conflict had become a largely static one, with neither side conducting significant offensive operations — until last week. Following a [Read More…]
Princes William and Harry unite in grief at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
Samir Hussein/WireImage (LONDON) — Prince William and his brother Prince Harry walked side by side at their grandmother Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday. The brothers were part of the [Read More…]
Queen Elizabeth live updates: Line to view queen lying in state is full
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (LONDON) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II “died peacefully” on Thursday, Sept. 8, at Balmoral Castle, the British royal family’s estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace. She was [Read More…]
Everything to know about Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral
Carl Court/Getty Images (LONDON) — The life of Queen Elizabeth II, who died Sept. 8 at age 96, will be celebrated in a funeral service Monday after more than a week of tributes honoring the [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Zelenskyy says troops advanced 68 miles in five days
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]
What to know about Princess Anne’s royal title, and why her 2 kids don’t have one
Dylan Morrison/NurPhoto/Getty Images (LONDON) — Anne, the Princess Royal, long a hardworking but lower-profile member of Queen Elizabeth II’s immediate family, has become a more familiar face in the week since the queen’s death on Sept. 8. Anne, [Read More…]
This is why Charles III will be known as the 1st climate king, experts say
Tim P. Whitby/WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — King Charles III wants to protect the planet for future generations — a passion he has highlighted throughout his decades as monarch-in-waiting. Now, Charles ascends the throne as [Read More…]