Ukraine must turn back the Russian invasion if the U.S. wants to avoid going to war against Russia, former vice president Mike Pence says.
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Haiti needs foreign troops to help with a gang-related crisis, the top U.S. diplomat said in a trip to the region
The U.S. has not offered to lead a security mission to Haiti, partly because of its history of failed interventions there.
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Japan can release Fukushima water from tanks with radioactive material, UN says
The water was first contaminated in 2011, when parts of the Fukushima nuclear plant were destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami.
The fatal police shooting of a teenager rocked France. Was it a ‘George Floyd moment’?
French police have come under scrutiny after a 17-year-old boy of Algerian and Moroccan descent was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop.
‘We are putting an end to this’: Israel’s raid on Palestinian Jenin camp stretches into 2nd day
Israel said the mission was necessary to ‘dismantle’ infrastructure, arrest terror suspects and capture weapons used by militant groups who use the camp as a stronghold.
Prigozhin forecasts more ‘victories at the front’ in new video: Ukraine updates
Dmitri Medvedev says a “regional conflict” over the Donbas area of Ukraine has turned into a “total confrontation” against Western powers.
Rare deep-sea octopus nursery discovered off the coast of Costa Rica
A team of researchers has found and documented a new, active deep-sea octopus nursery deep in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica.
What are the peace plans for Ukraine? The Vatican, China and Ukraine itself have ideas. Will any work?
Sixteen months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the number of peace plans, initiatives and offers of mediation from third parties is increasing. What doesn’t appear to be expanding is Ukraine’s appetite to consider them.
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‘Consign to oblivion’: Bloggers say Russia rewriting history of Wagner Group: Updates
Some pro-Moscow military bloggers decry Kremlin attempts to “rewrite history” of the war efforts of Wagner fighters. Updates.