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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Vladimir Putin admits military losses
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, both sides are still fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian [Read More…]
One of the world’s last cities with a mask mandate plans to drop it
Paul Yeung/Bloomberg via Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Hong Kong is ending its mask mandate Wednesday, becoming one of the world’s last cities to drop rules demanding face coverings. In a press conference Tuesday, Chief Executive [Read More…]
New mosquito raises fear of year-round Malaria in Kenya
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Researchers from Kenya’s Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) have detected a new species of mosquito in the East African nation that has shown resistance to locally-used insecticides and the potential to transmit [Read More…]
‘Rare’ Northern lights show on display for second night in a row in UK
Herman Prawiraharja / 500px / Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Stargazers in the U.K. who missed the first round of a rare Northern lights display will be treated to an encore performance. On Sunday [Read More…]
Canada bans TikTok on government-issued devices
Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Canada banned TikTok on government-issued mobile devices on Monday over data security concerns, following a similar ban from the European Union last week. “The Government of [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Yellen meets with Zelenskyy during surprise Kyiv visit
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, both sides are still fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian [Read More…]
Death toll climbs to 62 in migrant smuggling boat wreck on Italian coast
Antonino D’Urso/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images (CUTRO, Italy) — The death toll climbed to 62 on Monday after a human smuggling boat packed with migrants slammed into the rocks off the coast of southern Italy on [Read More…]
Hong Kong influencer’s ex-husband, relatives face court in grisly murder case
PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Four family members including the ex-husband of murdered Hong Kong socialite influencer Abby Choi appeared in court on Monday, in a horrific case that has stunned the [Read More…]
‘Gruesome’: Mayor describes boat wreck that killed at least 58 migrants
Antonino D’Urso/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images (CUTRO, Italy) — A least 58 migrants were killed and more than 81 were rescued Sunday when the human smuggling boat they were aboard slammed into the rocks off the [Read More…]
Nigeria presidential election 2023: Who are the main candidates and what are the key issues?
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images/STOCK (MAIDUGURI, Nigeria) — The world will watch with anticipation as Africa’s largest democracy votes for a new leader on Saturday. Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election — described as the nation’s most hotly [Read More…]
Killed, kidnapped and traumatized: Children under attack in Russia’s war against Ukraine
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When Russian tanks rolled into the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine nearly a year ago in a failed bid to take the capital, 14-year-old Dasha Pivtoratska and her family were driving [Read More…]
Ukraine war: Have sanctions on Russia worked? Gradually increasing weapons aid?
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Russia’s forces closed in on Ukraine a year ago, many anticipated its capital Kyiv would collapse in a matter of weeks, if not days. But while Washington has widely rejoiced [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Blinken warns China is ‘contemplating lethal assistance’
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, both sides are still fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian [Read More…]
Withdrawal of international aid from Afghanistan disproportionately harms women and girls: NGO
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Many aid organizations withdrew their funding to Afghanistan after the Taliban implemented several regressive policies on Afghan women’s human rights in the final months of 2022. But the withdrawal of [Read More…]
Tens of thousands dead in first year of Russia-Ukraine war, but true toll remains elusive
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during his Jan. 5 nighttime address from Kyiv that he would speak directly to the Russian people. The war in Ukraine had been deadlier than [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US announces fresh sanctions targeting Russia
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, both sides are still fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian [Read More…]
Ukraine’s surprising resistance and the rise of its unlikely wartime hero
Presidency of Ukraine/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As tens of thousands of invading Russian troops and tanks thundered across his nation’s border in February 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received an offer [Read More…]
After a year, is the US strategy to help Ukraine win or force a stalemate?
U.S. Marines (NEW YORK) — One year ago, with Ukraine’s borders surrounded by what seemed to be a superior military force, many U.S. officials and analysts predicted a swift Russian blitz to Kyiv. But after [Read More…]
How the Russia-Ukraine conflict became a cultural war
ABC News (KYIV, Ukraine) — In the basement of the Syayvo book store in Kyiv, hundreds of Russian language books stand piled, waiting to be pulped. The books — ranging from everything between the classics [Read More…]
Eight million refugees have fled Ukraine after a year of fighting, UN data shows
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 8 million refugees from Ukraine have been recorded across Europe as of Tuesday, nearly one year since Russia invaded, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Poland has [Read More…]