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Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images (DZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakstan) — NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth Wednesday, after spending a record-breaking 355 days in low-Earth orbit. Vande Hei shared a spacecraft with two Russian cosmonauts as tensions [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia may ‘single out and detain’ Americans, US warns

FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]

US still skeptical of peace talks as Russia claims to pull back from Kyiv

Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images (RABAT, Morocco) — The U.S. remains skeptical that Russia is engaging genuinely in negotiations with Ukraine to end its monthlong war against its neighbor. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine updates: Abramovich attends peace talks after suspected poisoning

Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to [Read More…]

North Korea did not launch ‘monster’ missile as they claimed, South Korean lawmakers say

STR/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea’s long-range missile launch last week may have been a modified version of a type they tested in 2017, not the newly developed type of intercontinental [Read More…]

Russia promises to curtail some military activity as progress reported in peace talks

Delegations leave peace talks between representatives from Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey. – Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks between Ukraine [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Abramovich attends peace talks after suspected poisoning

Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to [Read More…]

Ella Mai announces new album, ‘Heart on My Sleeve’, expected in May

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy R&B singer Ella Mai announced that her sophomore album, Heart on My Sleeve, is dropping on May 6. In an Instagram post of what seems to be the album cover, the “Boo’d Up” singer says [Read More…]

Royals attend service of Thanksgiving for Prince Philip

DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Members of Britain’s royal family gathered Tuesday to celebrate the life of Prince Philip, who died at age 99 almost one year ago. Queen Elizabeth led the royal [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Talks between Russia, Ukraine begin in Turkey

Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: G-7 responds to Russia’s demand for gas payment in rubles

SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia’s “Novaya Gazeta” newspaper suspends publication

SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]

What’s the cost of damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure amid Russia’s invasion?

Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — The cost of direct damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure amid Russia’s ongoing invasion has reached almost an estimated $63 billion, according to an analysis by the [Read More…]

On the Belarusian border, a NATO military exercise is now a powerful ‘show of force’

Shannon Crawford/ABC News (NEW YORK) — The silence of the Polish countryside is shattered by the piercing rattle of heavy artillery fire. A smokescreen obscures the horizon, and suddenly, the soldiers swarm. Moving in on [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine intel chief says Russia plans ‘Korean scenario’

SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]

Blinken attends ‘historic’ Israeli, Arab summit amid Iran deal tensions, Palestinian opposition