Author: Damien Henderson, Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the nation for Independence Day, six months after Russia’s invasion of the country began.

One year since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, life remains increasingly difficult for Afghans.

A pet elephant visits a food stall to eat ice cream on the way home every day in Thailand.

Pope Francis issued a historic apology for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools.

Boris Johnson announced his resignation and said the process to choose his Conservative Party successor would begin immediately.

144 Ukrainian fighters were released from Russian captivity during a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov snapped at a Ukrainian journalist after being confronted with claims of Russia stealing Ukraine’s grain.

Henry Kissinger urged Ukraine to concede occupied territory, telling the West not to pursue a defeat of Russia to facilitate an end to the conflict.

Olena Zelenska, Ukraine’s first lady, says she and her husband, President Zelenskyy didn’t see each other for months when the war with Russia began.