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Mayor says Kyiv could be without heat all winter
Russia's battering of Kyiv's energy infrastructure could result in large swaths of the city of 3 million people being unable to heat homes and businesses this winter, its leader warned…
Biden welcomes Macron amid friction over US climate law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macronare celebrating the long-standing U.S.-French relationship, but these are friends with differences. The French leader is using…
Protests in China frustrate Xi’s agenda of expanding political control
Comment on this storyCommentUnder a highway bridge near the embassy district of Beijing, a protest Sunday night against the country’s harsh “zero covid” restrictions fell silent as a…
Covid-19 protests: China entering ‘new stage and mission’ for pandemic controls, says
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China’s most senior official in charge of its Covid response told health officials Wednesday that the country faced…
The moments that shaped Donald McEachin’s political career
RICHMOND, Va. -- In 2007, Donald McEachin rolled the dice.Then a delegate in the Virginia General Assembly, the Henrico Democrat decided to give up his seat and challenge State Senator…
Jacinda Ardern and Sanna Marin asked if they met because of their age
Comment on this storyCommentNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin hit back after a male reporter suggested they were meeting only because they…
Jiang Zemin, former leader who paved the way for China’s rise, dies age 96
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Jiang Zemin, the Chinese communist leader who paved the way for the country’s emergence as a global…
Jailed Belarus opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova ‘in intensive care’ | Belarus
The jailed Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova has been admitted to intensive care and undergone surgery, her allies have said.“Maria is in the emergency hospital in Gomel, in…
China’s Military Increases Forceful Island-Capture Tactics: Pentagon
China's military has been increasingly practicing seizing islands, the Pentagon says.
In a new report, the…
S&P 500 rises slightly as Wall Street tries to recover from Monday’s sell-off
The S&P 500 rose slightly Tuesday as traders struggled to recover from sharp losses suffered in the previous session.The broad index gained 0.1%, along with the Nasdaq Composite which…