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The House Jan. 6 Committee suspects many former aides to Donald Trump falsely claimed not to recall facts while testifying under oath, and that a memoir by former White House chief of Staff Mark Meadows may have played a role in their answers. That was among the details in the 154-page document the committee released […]

Comment on this story Comment Concerns are rising in Kyiv that Russia is preparing to launch a new offensive against Ukraine from Belarus amid a spate of high level visits and a slow but steady buildup of Russian troops and military equipment. A rare visit to the Belarusian capital Minsk by Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

Comment on this story Comment ROME — A ship operated by a German charity was sailing on Monday toward a northern Italian port with 108 migrants aboard after rescuing them in recent days from two unseaworthy vessels in the central Mediterranean. The charity Sea-Eye said its ship, Sea-Eye 4, plucked up 68 migrants from a […]

Multiple explosive drones attacked Ukraine‘s capital before dawn Monday, local authorities reported, as Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to visit ally Belarus, which provided the Kremlin’s forces with a launch pad for its invasion of Ukraine almost 10 months ago. The drone attack came three days after what Ukrainian officials described as one of Russia’s biggest […]

A 73-year-old man who shot and killed five people at a suburban Toronto condominium building before police officers killed him posted recordings on his Facebook page that he had an upcoming court hearing about a lawsuit in which he claimed that the building’s electrical room was making him sick. During a news conference Monday, Chief […]

Comment on this story Comment CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldova’s national intelligence agency said Monday that Russia could launch a new offensive next year with an aim to “create a land corridor” through southern Ukraine to the Moscow-backed breakaway region of Transnistria. Moldova’s Intelligence and Security Services, or SIS, released a statement on Monday aimed at […]

Comment on this story Comment ROME — A Vatican-appointed investigator who helped bring to light decades-old allegations of sexual and spiritual abuse against a famous Jesuit priest is calling for the hierarchs who hid his crimes to “humbly ask the world to forgive the scandal.” In correspondence obtained Monday, Bishop Daniele Libanori also said the […]

Comment on this story Comment Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte offered an official apology Monday on behalf of the Dutch government for more than two centuries of Dutch slavery — remarks that come months ahead of the 160th anniversary of its abolition. Speaking at the National Archives, which he called “the home of our national […]

The clip has become the viral hit of the classic World Cup final between Argentina and France, viewed at least 3.6 million times across social media: Telemundo broadcaster Andrés Cantor teared up and wrapped his left arm around commentating partner Claudio Borghi—who played on Argentina’s last World Cup-winning team, in 1986—after Argentina’s Gonzalo Montiel scored […]

As a former immigration attorney who represented survivors of gang violence, domestic abuse, and family separation, Anna Rupani knew tough work. But she says her current job is even harder: since late 2020, she has run Fund Texas Choice, an abortion fund meant to provide Texans with the resources and logistical support they need to […]