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Transfer pipes carry liquified natural gas to and from a holding tank. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Politics & Policy

Worried by Ukraine war impacts, environmentalists petition feds to dump LNG by rail

Environmentalists support a White House proposal to reverse a Trump-era rule, but worry plans to help the war effort in Ukraine with greater LNG could derail the efforts.

2 months ago

UNCH staff speak to an elderly Ukrainian refugee woman during a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to a refugee facility housing Ukrainian refugees in Chisinau, Moldova, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)
Community

Europe accused of ‘double-standard’ on Ukrainian refugees

The quick acceptance of Ukrainians fleeing Russia's aggression puts a spotlight on Europe's “double standard” for migrants.

2 months ago

A Russian Imperial double-headed eagle is seen in front of a Sweden flag on the Czarina's Stone in the Market Square, in Helsinki, Finland, Friday, May 13, 2022. Finnish leaders announced Thursday their belief that Finland should join the world's biggest military organization because of Russia's war in Ukraine. Sweden could soon follow suit. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Once-neutral Sweden seeks NATO membership in historic shift

Sweden on Monday decided to join neighboring Finland in seeking NATO membership, ending more than two centuries of military nonalignment in a historic shift.

2 months ago

Pictures of debris from a bomb blast.
Politics & Policy

Reversing Trump, Biden acts to deploy US troops to Somalia

President Joe Biden has signed an order to redeploy hundreds of U.S. troops to Somalia to counter the Islamic extremist rebel group al-Shabab.

2 months ago

Ukrainian servicemen walk in the forest near a recently retaken village, north of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Sunday, May 15, 2022.
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In Ukraine and internationally, scenario darkens for Russia

Russia’s war in Ukraine is hitting new hurdles both on the battleground and internationally. Europe is moving Monday to sharpen and expand its response to Russia’s invasion.

2 months ago

NATO Foreign Minister attend an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022.
Politics & Policy

Finland to seek NATO entry in ‘new era’ amid Russia’s war

Finland has declared that it wants to join NATO as the head of the trans-Atlantic military alliance expressed hope that Ukraine can win the war.

2 months ago

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell led a delegation of Senate Republicans to Ukraine's capital of Kyiv this weekend.(Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

McConnell heads to Kyiv and becomes the latest U.S. official to meet with Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the visit a signal of bipartisan support from the U.S. Congress.

2 months ago

An elderly woman walks inside a metro station being used as a bomb shelter in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 12, 2022.
Community

Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say

Ukrainian and British officials say Russia suffered heavy losses when Ukrainian forces destroyed the pontoon bridge enemy troops were using to try to cross a river.

2 months ago

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney leaves a courtroom in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 13, 2022. Griner was detained Feb. 17 and a hearing in a Russian court could come as early as Friday, or anytime before May 19 when her detention period is scheduled to end. The court will likely extend her pre-trial detention. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Courts & Law

Detention of WNBA’s Brittney Griner in Moscow extended by 1 month

The 31-year-old Phoenix Mercury star has been in custody for nearly three months.

2 months ago

Mia Ellen Ruggieri of Bala Cynwyd made 100 earrings with her mom to help raise money for to support the Ukrainian people. (Courtesy of Jill Ellen Ruggieri)
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

A Bala Cynwyd fourth-grader hatches crafty plan to help Ukraine

Mia Ellen Ruggieri of Bala Cynwyd made 100 earrings to help raise money for people in Ukraine. She’s only 9 years old.

2 months ago

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File photo: Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk addresses to supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during a campaign rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence amid the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president, has died, a Ukrainian official said Tuesday, May 10, 2022. He was 88
Politics & Policy

Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine’s 1st president, dies

Zelenskyy paid tribute to him by calling him not just a historical figure but “a man who knew how to find wise words and to say them so that all Ukrainians would hear them.”

2 months ago

A firefighter walks amid destroyed buildings in Ukraine.
Community

Russia pounds vital port of Odesa, targeting supply lines

Ukrainian officials say Russian troops are pounding the port of Odesa, apparently to disrupt the supply lines and weapons shipments that have been critical for Kyiv's defense.

2 months ago

This Doctors Without Borders clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is called Pran Men'm (Take My Hand) in the local language. The humanitarian medical aid group operates in more than 70 countries.
NPR
Health

Doctors Without Borders addresses charges of racism within its ranks

Journalists have compiled instances of favoring international staff over local staff and treating people of color inequitably. A grassroots group of staffers agrees.

2 months ago

Russian soldiers march in one line, with a statue in the background.
Community

No end in sight for Ukraine war as Putin hails Victory Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday to again justify his war in Ukraine but did not declare even a limited victory.

2 months ago

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen from behind, seated at a table, participating in a video conference with leaders of the other G7 countries.
Politics & Policy

G-7 leaders mark VE Day stressing unity, support for Ukraine

Leaders from the G7 developed democracies have pledged to phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil, as they met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

2 months ago

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