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Wed, 14 Sep 2022 04:00:00 EDTUkraine looks for security treaty to formalize wartime allied support
While Russia may be in retreat in northeastern Ukraine, the government in Kyiv has signalled once again that it’s looking beyond the current war for long-term security guarantees from western allie...
Sat, 12 Feb 2022 11:04:48 ESTIt only took a second for this boy to become one of the children lost to the war in Ukraine
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 23:49:08 EDTSouthern California mudslides damage homes, carry away cars
Rescuers searched for a person missing in a mudslide Tuesday as big yellow tractors plowed through dark, thick sludge and pushed boulders off roads after flash floods swept dirt, rocks and trees down ...
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 16:44:22 EDTFighting erupts on border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, killing dozens of troops
Fighting on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan killed about 100 troops Tuesday as attacks on both sides fed fears of broader hostilities breaking out between the longtime adversaries.
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Tue, 13 Sep 2022 17:56:44 EDTBoston Marathon to welcome non-binary athletes for 1st time in 2023 race
Non-binary athletes will be able to run in next year's Boston Marathon without having to register as members of the men's or women's divisions, race organizers announced Monday.
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:59:21 EDTJudge unseals more of affidavit behind Mar-a-Lago search
A U.S. federal judge Tuesday unsealed additional portions of an FBI affidavit laying out the basis for a search of former president Donald Trump's Florida home, showing that agents earlier obtained a ...
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:28:01 EDTPakistan scrambles to deliver aid, braces for more monsoon rains as flood death toll rises
Pakistan scrambled to deliver aid to those most in need on Tuesday as the death toll from record-breaking floods rose further, with no respite in sight from the unprecedented monsoon rains.
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Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:57:14 EDTNBA suspends Suns owner Robert Sarver for 1 year, fines him $10M US for 'workplace misconduct'
The NBA has suspended Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year, plus fined him $10 million US, after an investigation found that he had engaged in what the league called "work...
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:12:40 EDTClimate impacts headed to 'uncharted territories of destruction,' UN chief warns
The release of a multi-agency scientific report, led by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), warns that the world is "going in the wrong direction" on climate change.
Thu, 8 Sep 2022 13:36:13 EDTKeeping London safe for Queen's funeral an 'enormous' challenge, says counter-terrorism expert
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:48:32 EDTJury begins deliberating in R. Kelly's criminal trial
Jurors began deliberating Tuesday at R. Kelly's federal trial in Chicago, sorting through a month of evidence and arguments on charges accusing the singer of producing child pornography, enticing mino...
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:57:57 EDTPeloton shares derail again as ex-CEO and chief legal officer leave board
Shares of Peloton plunged on news that company co-founders John Foley and Hisao Kushi are stepping down amid sluggish sales.
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:42:21 EDTU.S. inflation rate cools slightly to 8.3%
The U.S. inflation rate cooled slightly to 8.3 per cent last month, down for the second month in a row after hitting a 40-year high of 9.1 per cent in June.
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 06:47:50 EDTInfluential French film director Jean-Luc Godard dead at 91
Film director Jean-Luc Godard, the godfather of France's New Wave cinema who pushed cinematic boundaries and inspired iconoclastic directors decades after his 1960s heyday, died on Tuesday at the age ...
Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:25:40 EDTAustralian man victim of rare fatal kangaroo attack
A man who may have been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet was killed by the animal in southwest Australia, police said Tuesday. It was reportedly the first fatal attack by a kangaroo in the country sin...
Mon, 12 Sep 2022 08:19:40 EDTUkraine reclaims more territory, reports capturing many Russian soldiers
Ukrainian troops retook a wide swath of territory on Monday as part of a lightning advance that forced Russia to make a hasty retreat. It was not yet clear if it could signal a turning point in the wa...
Mon, 12 Sep 2022 09:31:18 EDTFlood-hit Pakistan facing food shortages, PM says
Pakistan is grappling with food shortages after deadly floods left the impoverished country's agriculture belt under water, the prime minister told the Turkish president by phone, as authorities scale...
Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:17:25 EDTR. Kelly 'degraded' girl for his 'sick pleasure,' prosecutor alleges in closing argument
R. Kelly parlayed his fame as an R&B superstar to sexually abuse minors and record that abuse on video, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the singer's federal trial on charges of child pornography an...
Mon, 12 Sep 2022 12:44:20 EDTBlue Origin's New Shepard rocket, which has carried space tourists, suffers failure
A Blue Origin rocket veered off course over West Texas about a minute after liftoff. The capsule's launch abort system immediately kicked in, lifting the craft off the top. Several minutes later, the ...
Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:00:00 EDTIn Britain's Jamaican community, a mix of reverence for the Queen and disdain for a colonial legacy
Hundreds of thousands of those with Jamaican ancestry live in the U.K. and some weight in on the Queen's death and the transition to a new era.