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Sun, 23 Oct 2022 17:40:01 EDT
South, North Korea say they've exchanged warning shots near disputed sea boundary
South Korea's military says its navy fired warning shots to repel a North Korean merchant ship that it says violated the sea boundary early Monday.

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:00:00 EDT
Push to restrict talk of LGBTQ issues in Russia will leave community 'even more unprotected'
A push by Russian lawmakers to more firmly restrict the public discussion of LGBTQ lives and issues will further isolate a community that faces ongoing peril, advocates say.

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 09:51:42 EDT
Boris Johnson says he will not run to lead U.K. Conservatives, quashing comeback rumours
Johnson, who was forced out in July amid ethics scandals, was widely expected to run to replace Liz Truss, who quit last week.

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 06:12:01 EDT
Xi promotes allies who support his vision of tighter control over Chinese society
President Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader in decades, increased his dominance when he was named Sunday to another term as head of the ruling Communist Party in a break with tradition and prom...

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 06:27:58 EDT
Hurricane Roslyn brings heavy rain, high waves as it makes landfall in Mexico
Hurricane Roslyn slammed into a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan Sunday morning and quickly moved inland.

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 06:43:12 EDT
Boris Johnson returns from holiday, mulls bid to be Britain's PM again
Boris Johnson returned to Britain from holiday on Saturday to consider an audacious bid for a second term as prime minister in a race that could pit him against his former finance minister whose resig...

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 09:47:03 EDT
Russian-installed authorities urge evacuation of Kherson ahead of expected Ukrainian advance
Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine told all residents of the city of Kherson to leave "immediately" Saturday ahead of an expected advance by Ukrainian troops waging a counteroffensive to recaptu...

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 05:29:15 EDT
Xi cements power as China's Communist Party wraps weeklong meeting
China's Communist Party has wrapped up its twice-a-decade congress, approving amendments to its charter aimed at cementing Xi Jinping's core status and revealing a new Central Committee missing two ke...

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Flying just outside Ukraine, NATO's sentinel planes warn of Russia's battlefield moves
Come aboard one of NATO’s planes where surveillance operators use the sophisticated Airborne Warning and Control System to peer deep inside wartime Ukraine and quietly provide a near real-time pictu...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:03:21 EDT
House committee investigating Jan. 6 attack on Capitol issues subpoena for Trump
The nine-member panel issued a letter to Trump's lawyers Friday, demanding his testimony under oath by Nov. 14 and outlining a request for a series of corresponding documents, including personal commu...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:13:50 EDT
Protests rage in Iran's southeast, police arrest 57 they describe as 'rioters'
The Islamic Republic has been gripped by five weeks of demonstrations that erupted after the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last month.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:01:18 EDT
Pence calls out Republican 'Russia apologists,' as midterms could threaten Ukraine aid
Former U.S. vice-president Mike Pence criticized those in the Republican Party who have pushed a more isolationist foreign policy, particularly when it comes to Russian aggression under Vladimir Putin...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:34:27 EDT
Russian troops dig in around annexed Kherson amid Ukrainian bombardment, advances
Ukrainian forces bombarded Russian positions in the occupied and illegally annexed southern Kherson region, targeting resupply routes across a major river while inching closer Friday to a full assault...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 20:03:00 EDT
Mahsa Amini's death 'triggered 43 years of pent-up anger': Christiane Amanpour
CNN's chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour talks about Iran's morality police and the significance of women's rights protests that were sparked after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police c...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:57:54 EDT
Ukraine warns of 'huge humanitarian catastrophe' if it can't keep the lights on
Ukraine’s deputy energy minister says Russian attacks on energy infrastructure are taking a toll, and the worst could still be yet to come.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:11:25 EDT
Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for defying subpoena from Jan. 6 committee
Steve Bannon, a former top strategist and campaign chair to Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday in federal court to four months in prison on contempt of Congress charges.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:32:18 EDT
Elon Musk tells investors he plans to fire 75% of Twitter employees: report
Elon Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter's workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company, according to a report Thursday by The Washington Post.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:09:55 EDT
Britain's political farce takes down another prime minister as Tories get set to try again
Lizz Truss resigned as British prime minister Thursday, becoming the shortest serving PM in the country's history. So what's next? Political analysts say none of the options for the Conservatives look...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:00:00 EDT
Protests erupt after Pakistan's former PM barred from holding office
Several cities, like Islamabad and Karachi, saw protests after former prime minister Imran Khan was barred from holding public office by the country's election tribunal. Police were seen firing tear g...

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:49:20 EDT
Giorgia Meloni, Italy's far-right leader, officially forms government
Giorgia Meloni, whose party has neo-fascist roots, officially formed Italy's first far-right-led government since the end of the Second World War. Meloni's coalition includes high-profile right-wing f...



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