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Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no intelligence from partners on incoming missile strike on Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine | Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv in which five missiles hit civilian infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday in a post on X. Zelenskyy characterized the barrage on the capital as “particularly vile,” and emphasized that receiving intelligence from Ukraine’s partners on […]
Mystery surrounds young worker’s death at Russia lab studying severe diseases
GENEVA | The World Health Organization said Saturday it still doesn’t know what caused the death of a young worker at a lab in Russia that focuses on plague and other illnesses. The U.N. health agency has cited initial, unconfirmed reports suggesting pneumonic plague, a severe disease less common than the better-known bubonic plague linked […]
Who’s afraid of a 6-hour documentary about exiled Russian journalists?
Julia Loktev’s new documentary begins almost like a tense Hollywood spy thriller. The journalists she’s filming on her iPhone scramble to get out of Russia, many without a plan or lodging and with only a carry-on suitcase full of hastily packed things, hoping they’re not held up at the border. At nearly six hours, “My […]
Trump says US to get diesel from Russia, relaxing pressure on Moscow to ease prices before midterms
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump said that he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. Trump said on social media on Friday that he […]
Russia’s public health watchdog denies a second infection in suspected pneumonic plague case
Russia’s public health watchdog on Thursday denied that a lab worker who died in Siberia had spread infection to another person, as global concerns swirled about suspected pneumonic plague. Rospotrebnadzor has said that the lab worker at a plague research institute in Irkutsk in southeastern Siberia died of pneumonia of unknown origin. In tersely worded […]
Russia keeps a tight lid on suspected case of pneumonic plague as global concerns mount
Russian authorities are keeping a tight lid on information about last week’s suspicious death of a lab worker in Siberia that has been surrounded by secrecy and claims that it could have been caused by pneumonic plague. While the case has raised global concerns, Russian state TV and other national state-controlled media have steered clear […]
Rep. Crow introduces bill to extend TPS protections for Ukrainian immigrants
AURORA | Aurora Democratic Congressperson Jason Crow is behind a House bill that would extend through 2029 temporary immigration protections for Ukrainian nationals living in the United States. Crow’s bill would extend Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Ukrainians currently in the U.S. The protections are scheduled to expire Oct. 19, 2026, according to a […]
Russia pounds Kyiv with drones, killing 2 and wounding 23 hours before Zelenskyy’s UN address
KYIV, Ukraine | Russia hammered Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with drones in daylight attacks on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for meetings with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. Two people were killed and 23 were wounded in Kyiv, and palls of black smoke floated above the city following the latest in what […]
Russia and Ukraine trade deadly strikes as Zelenskyy prepares to meet Trump
KYIV, Ukraine | Russia bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing five people, officials said Tuesday, and Ukraine’s forces damaged another Russian oil refinery in their latest long-range strike. The ongoing exchange of daily aerial attacks, while positions on the battlefield’s front line barely change, provided a backdrop to the […]
Preparing to leave office, with world beset by problems, UN chief talks of a way forward
UNITED NATIONS | The world is deeply divided and the U.N.’s most powerful body is paralyzed when it comes to ending conflicts. But there’s a way forward. So says the United Nations’ top official. On his way out of office at year’s end after nearly a decade, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres — known for doom-and-gloom […]