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Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 EST
This soldier survived the siege of Mariupol and capture by Russia. What about all the others?

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:53:08 EDT
46 migrants found dead in abandoned trailer in San Antonio, Texas
Forty-six people were found dead in a sweltering tractor-trailer that was abandoned on a remote back road in San Antonio in what marked the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled acros...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:51:40 EDT
3 dead, several hurt after Amtrak train derails in Missouri after hitting truck
Three people were killed and others were injured when a passenger train travelling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck and derailed in a remote, rural area of Missouri on Monday, officials...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:57:17 EDT
Deadly missile strike destroys shopping centre in central Ukraine city
A Russian missile strike hit a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 40, senior Ukrainian officials said. ...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:16:46 EDT
Surprise hearing coming Tuesday as Jan. 6 committee promises recently obtained evidence
The House Jan. 6 panel says it is calling a surprise hearing to present recently obtained evidence, but offered no further details.

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:43:56 EDT
Russia may have just defaulted on its foreign debt for 1st time in more than a century
Russia is poised to default on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution more than a century ago, further alienating the country from the global financial system following san...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Zelensky asks G7 leaders for better air defences and tougher sanctions on Russia
The ongoing war in Ukraine moved from being a distant, abstract conflict to something more tangible for the leaders of the world's seven wealthiest democracies on Monday with an address by the emb...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:01:27 EDT
NATO to boost its rapid reaction force to 300,000 troops
NATO will increase the strength of its rapid reaction force nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of its response to an "era of strategic competition," the military alliance's secretary general s...

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:38:30 EDT
South African police believe 21 dead at tavern likely consumed illicit substance
South African authorities investigating 21 teenagers found dead at an east coast tavern over the weekend said on Monday the youths were probably killed by something they ate, drank or smoked, ruling o...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:43:08 EDT
Biden administration signals it will seek to protect access to abortion pill

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 17:11:52 EDT
Pride marked by celebrations, arrests and grief around the world

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 14:30:52 EDT
Days after devastating earthquake, many Afghans still waiting for aid
Days after a 6.0-magnitude quake that devastated a remote southeast region of Afghanistan and killed at least 1,150 people by authorities' estimates, relief efforts remain patchy and limited due to fu...

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 05:26:40 EDT
Russian missiles hit Kyiv region ahead of NATO summit to discuss Ukraine
Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian capital early Sunday, striking at least two residential buildings and killing one person, the mayor of Kyiv said. The attack came as Western leaders meeting in Europ...

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 04:00:00 EDT
How malls and freeways helped segregate America
Freeways, suburbanization and malls were concepts sold as part of the American dream when they were introduced in the 1950s. Some architects and design critics say these innovations were actually vehi...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:24:05 EDT
Norway terror alert raised after shooting leaves 2 dead, more than 20 wounded
Norway's PST intelligence agency has raised its terror alert to the highest level after a mass shooting left two people dead and more than 20 wounded during Pride week in the country's capital, Oslo....

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 21:00:42 EDT
Monkeypox not a global health emergency 'at this stage,' says WHO
The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored, but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency. ...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 07:53:07 EDT
Russia is 'weaponizing' food, Joly tells Commonwealth partners as meeting ends without formal rebuke of Moscow
Commonwealth leaders ended their first meeting in four years on Saturday by noting the United Nations resolution that condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine — but the organization issued no rebu...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:46:40 EDT
Russian forces now control Severodonetsk, but Zelensky vows Ukraine will re-take lost cities
Russian forces seized full control of the Eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk on Saturday, confirming Kyiv's biggest battlefield setback for more than a month, after weeks of some of the war'...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:57:10 EDT
Disney, other companies vow to cover employees' out-of-state abortions
The Walt Disney Co., publishing giant Conde Nast and the investment firm JPMorgan Chase were among the major American companies that pledged on Friday to cover travel costs for employees seeking out...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:24:35 EDT
Commonwealth countries could learn from Canada's reconciliation efforts, Prince Charles says
Prince Charles singled out Canada's efforts at reconciliation with the Indigenous community as an example for other Commonwealth nations that are also struggling to come to terms with their past. ...



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