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People react as they stand next to a crater in destroyed residential area after Russian airstrike in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022.
Community

Dozens feared dead after Russian bomb levels Ukraine school

Dozens of Ukrainians are feared dead after a Russian bomb destroyed a school sheltering about 90 people in eastern Ukraine.

2 months ago

U.S. first lady Jill Biden smiles at Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, as she gives her flowers.
Community

Jill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine, meets first lady

U.S. first lady Jill Biden has made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine, and held a surprise Mother’s Day meeting with the nation’s first lady, Olena Zelenska.

2 months ago

Servicemen of Russian Army and Donetsk People's Republic militia guard the camp where local residents who left a shelter in the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal temporary staying in Bezimenne, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)
Politics & Policy

Ukraine: Women, kids, older adults evacuated from steel mill

Iryna Veheshchuk says that “This part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation has been completed.” She did not elaborate.

2 months ago

First lady Jill Biden and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis visit the Școala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Biden visited several classrooms to visit with children and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children
Politics & Policy

Jill Biden hears heartbreak of Ukrainian moms now in Romania

The American first lady praised the Romanian government and relief organizations for the range of humanitarian aid they are providing to refugees.

2 months ago

First lady Jill Biden meets U.S. troops during a visit to the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania, Friday, May 6, 2022.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
Politics & Policy

Jill Biden brings thanks, ketchup to U.S. troops in Romania

Biden on Friday opened a four-day trip to Europe to learn about the refugee crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

2 months ago

Smoke rises from the steel plant in Mariupol where heavy fighting is taking place.
Community

United Nations races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant

The effort comes even as fighters holed up at the sprawling complex made their last stand to prevent Moscow’s complete takeover of the strategic port.

2 months ago

An abortion-rights activist wears a mask with text that reads in Spanish
Courts & Law

As U.S. poised to restrict abortion, other nations ease access

In February, Colombia’s Constitutional Court legalized abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy. It was Latin America’s latest shift toward legalization of abortion.

2 months ago

A worker in a protective suit swabs a man's throat for a COVID-19 test at a testing site in an office complex in Beijing, Friday, April 29, 2022. The World Health Organization on Thursday, May 5, 2022 is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million.
Health

WHO: Nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID-19

The World Health Organization is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems.

2 months ago

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
Community

Mariupol steel mill battle rages as Ukraine repels attacks

Fighting is raging at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol as Russian forces attempt to finish off the city’s last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the port city.

2 months ago

Vehicles on fire at the oil depot after missiles struck the facility in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces
Community

Russia pounds Ukraine, targeting supply of Western arms

Meanwhile, the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for the war with a proposed ban on oil imports.

2 months ago

File photo: Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner pauses on the court during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Courts & Law

U.S. officials: Brittney Griner considered wrongfully detained

Griner was detained at an airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing traces of cannabis oil.

2 months ago

Local civilians line up to get humanitarian aid distributed in the United Humanitarian Center in Mariupol
Community

Ukrainian fighters: Russian forces storming Mariupol plant

The assault began almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military not to storm the plant to finish off the defenders but to seal it off.

2 months ago

An aerial view shows Muslims praying, marking the end of Ramadan in the celebration of Eid al-Fitr.
Community

Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr holiday with joy, worry

Muslims are observing the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, typically marked with communal prayers, celebratory gatherings around festive meals and new clothes.

2 months ago

A man feeds a baby on a bus full of evacuees in Ukraine
Community

First civilians leave Mariupol steel plant; hundreds remain

If successful, the evacuation would represent rare progress in easing the human cost of the almost 10-week war.

2 months ago

A Urkrainian volunteer wearing an orange vest gestures in the distance as she stands next to a group of people.
Community

Look for the orange vest: Ukrainians in Romania help others

Many Ukrainian volunteers in Romania are helping new refugees sort out their lives after the trauma of fleeing the war.

2 months ago

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