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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Kyiv targeted in shelling as UN chief visits
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP 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 the [Read More…]
Polish museum tour highlights horrors of the Holocaust
ABC News (LUBLIN, Poland) — The Majdanek death camp located in Lublin, Poland was the site of one of the largest mass executions recorded during the Holocaust. Over 18,000 Jews were killed on one day, [Read More…]
More than 21% of reptiles at risk of extinction in coming decades, scientists say
DEA / C.DANI / I.JESKE/De Agostini via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a fifth of the world’s reptiles are at risk of extinction in the coming decades due to human activity, according to [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Separatists arrest over 100 captured Ukrainian troops
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP 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 the [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia accuses Ukraine of war crimes
YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP 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 the [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Biden to visit facility that manufactures Javelin anti-tank missiles
Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket 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…]
Marine veteran Trevor Reed released from Russian prison as part of prisoner exchange
ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Texas who had been held in a Russian prison, has been released as part of an international prisoner exchange, according to statements [Read More…]
Sexism row erupts in UK Parliament over “Basic Instinct” article
Nuwan/Getty Images (LONDON) — The editor of the Mail on Sunday refused a request to meet with the U.K. House of Commons’ speaker over an article widely derided as misogynistic and sexist that accused the [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US gathers NATO allies in Germany for Ukraine aid talks
Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket 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…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia attempts to encircle Ukrainian positions in east, UK says
Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket 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…]
France’s Macron wins reelection, but Le Pen rises, analysts say
Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PARIS) — French President Emmanuel Macron comfortably won a second term in office on Sunday, defeating far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in a closely watched runoff election. Final results released [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine updates: Russia ‘already failed’ to achieve war goals, Blinken says
Scott Peterson/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…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia ‘already failed’ to achieve war goals, Blinken says
Scott Peterson/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…]
North Korea remains unvaccinated two years into pandemic
200mm/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea is as of this month one of only two countries, along with Eritrea, that haven’t administered COVID-19 vaccines, despite continuous international efforts to supply the secretive country [Read More…]
Beijing COVID outbreak prompts fear of Shanghai-style lockdown
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — A new COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing is raising fears that China’s capital could be sent into a hard lockdown, like the one in Shanghai that’s entering a fifth week. [Read More…]
UN Security Council’s inaction on Ukraine prompts questions on reform
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United Nations Security Council’s lack of action to intervene in the war in Ukraine, with more than one resolution being vetoed by Russia, has resurfaced criticism of [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Some US diplomats to return to Ukraine
Scott Peterson/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…]
French election 2022: Macron expected to beat far-right rival, estimates show
ABC News (PARIS) — Early estimates show that French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to win France’s presidential runoff election in which he faced his far-right rival Marine Le Pen. According to the estimates, which [Read More…]
‘We are capable of winning,’ says Ukrainian parliament member
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As the people of Ukraine continue to defend against a Russian onslaught, Yevheniia Kravchuk, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, says the nation is still looking for three main things from [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Top US officials Blinken, Austin to visit Ukraine
Leon Klein/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…]