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Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee: Seven memorable moments from her 70-year reign
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (LONDON) — Queen Elizabeth will be celebrated this week with what is being described as a once-in-a-lifetime celebration to mark her Platinum Jubilee. The royal family and the public will take part [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians, Ukrainians fight street by street in key city
Rick Mave/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 updates: French journalist killed in Ukraine
John Moore/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: French journalist killed in Ukraine
John Moore/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…]

How some in Afghanistan have reacted to the burqa mandate
TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The burqa mandate is back in Afghanistan, and, with it, a wave of disappointment and distress taking over the lives of millions of people in the country who [Read More…]

Egypt uncovers 2,500-year-old coffins, bronze statues in ancient necropolis
FILE photo -AHMED HASAN/AFP via Getty Images (SAQQARA, Egypt) — Egypt has uncovered 2,500-year-old wooden coffins and bronze statues in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, the country announced on Monday, as it hopes a string [Read More…]

‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid zooms close to Earth
California Institute of Technology/NASA (NEW YORK) — An asteroid — the largest to get close to Earth this year — tumbled past the planet Friday. According to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, the [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian airborne forces suffer ‘heavy casualties’
John Moore/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…]

Duchess Meghan visits memorial in Texas after deadly school shooting
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, traveled to Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, to pay tribute to the 19 students and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary School. [Read More…]

Across the border from Uvalde, anger, sorrow, calls to action in Mexico after another US mass shooting
KeithBinns/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — In the hours and days after the horrifying school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, foreign governments around the world expressed their condolences to the American people. But in Mexico, officials added [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia’s airborne forces suffer ‘heavy casualties,’ UK says
Rick Mave/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 updates: Ukraine outgunned 20 to 1 in east, Zelenskyy says
John Moore/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 troops [Read More…]

Trevor Reed says US should trade Viktor Bout if it will free Americans held in Russia
Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Trevor Reed, the former U.S. Marine recently released after nearly three years in Russian captivity, has called on the U.S. government to negotiate a prisoner swap like the one that [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine outgunned 20 to 1 in east, Zelenskyy says
John Moore/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 troops [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Zelenskyy calls for preventative sanctions at World Economic Forum
John Moore/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 updates: Russia publishes list of Americans banned from country
OLGA MALTSEVA/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 publishes list of Americans banned from country
OLGA MALTSEVA/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…]

Russian opposition group pushing US to sanction ‘next tier’ of Putin enablers
Contributor/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top members of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s team are pressing U.S. officials to pursue sanctions against 6,000 Russians who they say are among the “next tier” of those enabling Russian [Read More…]

North Korea’s suspected COVID-19 caseload tops 2 million
KIM WON JIN/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea reported 2.24 million people “sickened with fever” as of Thursday evening — a big jump from last week when the secretive nation acknowledged [Read More…]

Two Secret Service employees being sent home from South Korea ahead of Biden’s arrival after alleged incident: Sources
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two Secret Service employees — an agent and an armed physical security specialist — in South Korea to prepare for President Joe Biden’s impending arrival are being [Read More…]