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Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:00:00 EDTSix months after invading Ukraine, Russia is feeling the pressure
For Ukrainians, the six-month anniversary of the start of the war is nothing of the sort; they've been fighting Moscow for years. But it did coincide with the murder of ultranationalist propaganda mer...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:28:06 EDTBig byelection win buoys U.S. Democrats' hopes entering midterms
In the U.S., Democrats suddenly don’t seem so dead. The assumption they’re headed to a midterm electoral slaughter has been upended by recent polls, by a surge of enthusiasm related to abortion, a...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:18:19 EDTZelenskyy vows 'powerful response' if Russia attacks Kyiv during Ukraine's Independence Day
With Ukraine set to mark both its independence from Soviet rule in 1991 and six months since Russian forces invaded, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed that any Russian attacks in or around the date ...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:37:49 EDTMore than 100 classified documents recovered from Trump estate in January
The National Archives and Records Administration recovered more than 100 documents bearing classified markings, totalling more than 700 pages, from an initial batch of 15 boxes retrieved from Mar-a-La...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:15:46 EDT2 Atlanta officers won't face charges for fatal drive-thru shooting of Black man Rayshard Brooks
Two white Atlanta police officers who clashed with Rayshard Brooks acted reasonably during the 2020 encounter that ended with the 27-year-old Black man's fatal shooting, a specially appointed prosecut...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:14:58 EDT2 men convicted in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:37:05 EDTTwitter's former security chief files whistleblower complaint alleging misleading practices
A former head of security at Twitter has filed a whistleblower complaint with U.S. officials, alleging that the company misled regulators about its cybersecurity defences and its problems with fake ac...
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 20:54:55 EDTTrump asks to temporarily block FBI from reviewing documents seized from Mar-a-Lago
Former U.S. president Donald Trump on Monday asked a federal court to temporarily block the FBI from reviewing the materials it seized two weeks ago from his Florida home, until a special master can b...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:06:49 EDTSpace telescope gives stunning new views of Jupiter's auroras and moons
New images of Jupiter taken by the James Webb Space Telescope offer unprecedented views of Jupiter's northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze.
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:59:12 EDTNajib Razak becomes 1st Malaysian leader to be imprisoned after losing corruption sentence appeal
Malaysia's Najib Razak will become the country's first former prime minister to be jailed, after losing his final appeal on Tuesday in a graft case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund.
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Tue, 23 Aug 2022 09:24:21 EDTSilo collapse in Beirut Port a painful reminder of 2020 explosion
Another significant section of the devastated Beirut Port silos collapsed on Tuesday in a cloud of dust. No injuries were reported — the area had been long evacuated — but the collapse was another...
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 19:20:20 EDT'We're going to die': Thousands demand Haiti's PM step down as crime surges in the country
Thousands of protesters in Haiti's capital and other major cities blocked roads, shut down businesses and marched through the streets Monday to demand that Prime Minister Ariel Henry step down and to ...
Tue, 23 Aug 2022 11:32:54 EDTSymbolism, empty seats: soccer returns to Ukraine amid war
With two teams playing in an empty stadium hundreds of miles away from their hometowns, the Ukrainian soccer league started its new season Tuesday after a poignant ceremony paying tribute to those fig...
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:15:04 EDTTropical Atlas moth spotted loose in U.S. for what's believed to be 1st time
One of the world’s largest moths has been sighted in the northern U.S. for what's believed to be the first time — and the gentle flame-winged giant is creating a flap.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:50:59 EDTMoscow could try 'something particularly ugly' ahead of Ukraine's Independence Day: Zelenskyy
Ukraine's capital Kyiv banned public celebrations this week to commemorate independence from Russian-dominated Soviet rule, citing a heightened threat of Russian attack in a war that the United Nation...
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:29:51 EDTDr. Anthony Fauci, face of U.S. COVID-19 pandemic response, to retire in December
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the ...
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 09:08:01 EDTRussia blames Ukraine in car bombing death of prominent nationalist
Russia's top counterintelligence agency on Monday blamed Ukrainian spy services for organizing the killing of a leading Russian nationalist in a car bombing just outside Moscow.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 09:32:21 EDTEuropean drought exposes ancient stones, old bombs, dry lakebeds
Weeks of baking drought across Europe have seen water levels in rivers and lakes fall to levels few can remember, exposing long-submerged treasures and a few unwanted hazards.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:13:59 EDTU.S., South Korea hold largest joint military drills in 5 years
The United States and South Korea began their biggest combined military training in years Monday as they heighten their defence posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 03:40:28 EDTPolice file terrorism charges against Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan
Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former prime minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as the ousted premier holds mass rallies s...