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Russia focused on US, Ukraine, Africa with coordinated tactics on websites like Facebook
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and other massive digital platforms, announced Thursday that since 2017 they disrupted more than 200 global networks engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior [Read More…]
Freed American Suedi Murekezi says he’s in contact with US officials, being ‘debriefed’
ABC News (KYIV, Ukraine) — Suedi Murekezi, an American who was freed from Russian-controlled territory on Wednesday, said he has since been in contact with U.S. officials. Murekezi told ABC News on Thursday that he’s [Read More…]
Prince Harry says Prince William ‘screamed and shouted’ at him in meeting over his and Meghan’s royal split
Netflix (NEW YORK) — The final three episodes of Prince Harry and Meghan’s closely followed docuseries aired Thursday on Netflix. The latest episodes of the six-part series, titled Harry & Meghan, focus on Harry and [Read More…]
Will US Patriot missiles really be a game changer in Ukraine?
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If the United States approves the transfer of Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine will they really be the game changer that Ukrainian officials expect them to be? And how quickly [Read More…]
Earth had its fifth warmest fall on record: NOAA
Tayeb Benzian / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rising temperatures are continuing to set alarming trends around the world, according to new data released Wednesday by climate scientists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found [Read More…]
American Suedi Murekezi freed from Russian-controlled territory by Ukrainian military intelligence
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — American Suedi Murekezi has just been freed from Russian-controlled territory by a team from Ukraine’s military intelligence and is now being driven to Kyiv. ABC News followed a military convoy [Read More…]
France mobilizes police officers ahead of World Cup semifinal match
Bernard Van Berg / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — French authorities are gearing up for the country’s World Cup semifinal match on Wednesday against Morocco. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin unveiled the enforced security measures [Read More…]
Prince William, Kate and their children are all smiles in annual Christmas card
Karwai Tang/WireImage (LONDON) — Prince William and Kate are getting into the holiday spirit with their annual Christmas card. The photograph features the prince and princess of Wales with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte [Read More…]
7 charged with international smuggling for Russia
Christophe Coat / EyeEm / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven people, including an Eastern European immigrant living in New Hampshire, have been charged with being part of an international smuggling ring that procured sensitive [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Pentagon preparing to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine
Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas [Read More…]
Iran executes second man amid protests
KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — Iran on Monday executed a second man, 22-year-old Majid Reza Rahnavard, who had been convicted on charges of “waging war against God” amid ongoing protests in the country. Rahnavard, who was [Read More…]
BTS K-pop boy band member Jin begins military service
ABC News (SEOUL, South Korea) — Jin, the eldest member of K-pop sensation BTS, was dispatched Tuesday to a front-line military training division north of Seoul. Jin, 30, is heading to the military after delaying [Read More…]
Prince Harry, Meghan allege ‘institutional gaslighting,’ say ‘lies’ protected Prince William in new Netflix docuseries trailer
Netflix (NEW YORK) — Prince Harry and Meghan opened up about their decision to leave their senior royal roles in a new trailer for their Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan. The trailer, released Monday, opens [Read More…]
American college student goes missing while studying abroad in France
A photo of Ken DeLand provided by his family. – DeLand Family (NEW YORK) — The parents of a senior at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, said their son has been missing [Read More…]
Helicopter raid kills Islamic State officials in Syria, US says
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. helicopter raid killed two members of the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria early Sunday morning local time, U.S. Central Command announced later that day. Among those killed were [Read More…]
Suspect in 1988 Pan Am 103 explosion that killed 270 people taken into custody by US
Jane Barlow – WPA Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 34 years after 270 people, including 190 Americans, died in the mid-air bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the Libyan intelligence officer accused [Read More…]
Brittney Griner live updates: Video shows Griner’s wife learning she’s on her way home
EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has swapped WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior U.S. official. The basketball star was taken into [Read More…]
Brittney Griner live updates: Griner arrives back in the United States
EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has swapped WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior U.S. official. The basketball star was taken into [Read More…]
Prince Harry and Meghan docuseries: Royal family counters Netflix, says they were not contacted for comment
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Netflix and Britain’s royal family have differing views when it comes to whether or not the family was asked to participate in the new docuseries featuring Prince Harry [Read More…]
Mexican authorities search for ‘Ted Bundy’-like killer after 3 women found dead in Tijuana
Buena Vista Images/Getty Images (TIJUANA, Mexico) — Authorities in Mexico are searching for a suspect responsible for the recent deaths of three women who worked in bars and strip clubs in Tijuana, a Mexican state [Read More…]