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Comment on this story Comment KYIV, Ukraine — At a closed-door meeting at the National Bank of Ukraine, which now has a military checkpoint just outside its headquarters, senior officials last week confronted new projections that their country’s war-ravaged economy could sink even further. Two months of relentless missile and drone attacks by Russia have […]

Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a U.S. citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian military service members in its latest prisoner swap with Russian forces. “Sixty-four soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who fought in Donetsk and Lugansk — in particular participated in the defense of the city […]

A chimpanzee made a daring escape from a zoo in Japan before it was shot with a tranquilizer Chimpanzee makes daring escape before being tranquilized 00:58 Four chimpanzees escaped from their enclosure in a Swedish zoo and roamed freely before being captured and euthanized on Wednesday, according to Swedish media. Annika Troselius, press spokeswoman for […]

Local authorities reported that Puerto Rican salsa musician “Lalo” Rodríguez, who was once part of Eddie Palmieri’s band, died Tuesday at the age of 64, according to the Associated Press. The “Ven, devórame otra vez” singer was found dead in a public housing project in the U.S. territory, police said, according to the AP. The […]

A European Parliament member implicated in an alleged corruption scheme involving Qatar will remain in detention until at least next week after her hearing was postponed by a judge on Wednesday, judicial officials told The Associated Press.  Eva Kaili, a Greek-European lawmaker and the vice president of the European Union’s governing body whose term in […]

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield addresses members of the U.N. Economic and Social Council regarding the removal of Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, on Dec. 14, 2022. YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images United Nations — The U.N.’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted Wednesday […]

Comment on this story Comment PATNA, India — At least 17 people died and 20 others were hospitalized in serious condition after allegedly drinking tainted liquor sold without authorization in eastern India, a doctor said Thursday. The deaths occurred on Tuesday and Wednesday in three villages in Saran district of Bihar state where the manufacturing, […]

Twitter on Wednesday suspended an account that used publicly available flight data to track Elon Musk’s private jet, despite a pledge by the social media platform’s new owner to keep it up because of his free speech principles. But shortly afterward, the account was suspended again. That came after Musk tweeted that a “crazy stalker” […]

Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the longtime and beloved dancing DJ on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and a former contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance,” has died at the age of 40. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” his wife Allison Holker Boss […]

France and Kylian Mbappé are headed back to the World Cup final for a much-anticipated matchup with Lionel Messi after ending Morocco’s historic run at soccer’s biggest tournament. France beat Africa’s first-ever semifinalist 2-0 Wednesday, with Mbappé playing a part in goals by Theo Hernandez in the fifth minute and then substitute Randal Kolo Muani […]