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Ukrainian servicemen hold Ivan Skrypnyks portrait, criss with his name and life dates and a Ukraini...
MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer

Martin, McDonald, Porter join stars in telethon for Ukraine

A roster of film, TV and theater all-stars — including Steve Martin, Annette Bening, Billy Porter, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Chenoweth, David Hyde Pierce and Rosie Perez — have signed up for a 10-hour telethon to raise money for the victims of the war in Ukraine.
2 years ago
Jimmy Hill was among dozens of civilians killed by a Russian attack Thursday in Chernihiv. (Prague ...
Steve Almasy, CNN

American killed in Ukraine described increasing hardships for civilians in city near Russia

Months before Russian troops attacked Ukraine, American Jimmy Hill went there to be with his Ukranian partner, Ira, who has multiple sclerosis. When war broke out, Hill stayed, despite the deteriorating conditions in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv.
2 years ago
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses delegates during the Conservative Party Spring Confe...
JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press

Boris Johnson: Russian win would bring ‘age of intimidation’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “turning point for the world.”
2 years ago
Police and military personnel stand in front of a residential apartment complex that was heavily da...
The Associated Press

Mariupol police officer pleads for help from Biden, Macron

A Ukrainian police officer in Mariupol has warned the besieged port city has been “wiped off the face of the earth” and has pleaded with the American and French presidents to provide his country with a modern air defense system.
2 years ago
FILE: Pope Francis (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)...
NICOLE WINFIELD, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pope releases Vatican reform, gives weight to fighting abuse

Pope Francis released his long-awaited reform program of the Holy See bureaucracy on Saturday that envisages greater decision-making roles for the laity and gives new institutional weight to efforts to fight clerical sex abuse.
2 years ago
Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) transport a patient at a temporary h...
ASSOCIATED PRESS

China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year

China's health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first since January 2021, as the country battles its worst outbreak in two years driven by a surge in the highly transmissible omicron variant.
2 years ago
One of the boys is taken into the ICU at a hospital in Manaus, Brazil on Thursday. (	Carlos Soares/...
Camilo Rocha, CNN

Young brothers rescued from Brazilian Amazon after nearly a month

Two young brothers have been rescued from a remote part of Brazil's Amazon rainforest after being lost for nearly four weeks.
2 years ago
FILE IMAGE - A US Marine Corps Osprey helicopter flies behind as Marine 1 departs Windsor Castle on...
The Associated Press

US Marine aircraft goes missing in Norway training exercise

Norwegian authorities are searching for a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft that went missing during a training exercise.
2 years ago
A girl plays with a teddy bear inside a train wagon transformed for medical transport on March 10, ...
VANESSA GERA and PAWEL KUCZYNSKI, Associated Press

Young Ukrainian cancer patients get medical help in Poland

Among those fleeing war in Ukraine are hundreds of children with cancer. Immediately after Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, an international effort was launched to bring them to safety.
2 years ago
Two men from Utah and another from Idaho are in Europe with rented vans to move Ukrainian refugees ...
Dan Rascon, KSL TV

Utah men, Idaho brother help Ukrainian refugees at nation’s border

Two Utah men are in Poland right now, and along with a brother from Idaho, are doing what they can to help with the fleeing Ukrainian refugees.
2 years ago
Brian and Amanda Grow help their children with a bake sale Friday to raise money for humanitarian a...
Jed Boal, KSL TV

Kaysville couple raising money to help refugees at Ukrainian border

Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine three weeks ago, a Kaysville couple — who lived and worked in Russia and still has friends on both sides of the border — felt compelled to do something to help.
2 years ago
FILE: BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04: Vladimir Putin, President of Russia arrives during the Opening ...
CARA ANNA Associated Press

Putin appears at big rally as troops press attack in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally at a packed Moscow stadium Friday and lavished praise on his troops fighting in Ukraine.
2 years ago
U.S. President Joe Biden departs the White House March 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win Mc...
AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press

In video call, Biden presses China’s Xi on Russia support

Face to face by video, President Joe Biden has laid out to China's Xi Jinping the consequences China would face if it provides military or economic assistance for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
2 years ago
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - DECEMBER 02:  President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin speaks to th...
GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer

Russia loses bid to freeze ban from World Cup qualifying

Russia’s request to freeze a FIFA ban on its soccer teams ahead of next week’s World Cup qualifying playoffs was denied Friday.
2 years ago
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - OCTOBER 17: Courtney Vandersloot #22 of the Chicago Sky drives to the basket ag...
The Associated Press

US demands Russia allow access to detained Brittney Griner

The United States stepped up its push Friday for consular access to Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who is detained in Russia.
2 years ago
The Aurora Boreallis from northern Europe where many of the nations were among the top in the list ...
Marnie Hunter, CNN

U.S. lands at 16 on list for world’s happiest countries for 2022

Devastating loss of life and growing uncertainty have the world very much on edge, but there is a bit of good news for humanity: Benevolence is surging globally.
2 years ago
A man stands amid debris in front of a residential apartment complex that was heavily damaged by a ...
CARA ANNA, Associated Press

Russian strikes hit Ukrainian capital and outskirts of Lviv

Russian forces are pressing their assault on Ukrainian cities, striking on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, as world leaders push for an investigation of the Kremlin’s repeat attacks on civilian targets.
2 years ago
U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the...
AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press

Biden looks to assess where China’s Xi stands on Russia war

President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping are set to speak on Friday as the White House warns Beijing that providing military or economic assistance for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will trigger severe consequences from Washington and beyond.
2 years ago
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Megan Marples, CNN

A new armored dinosaur species from the early Jurassic period was discovered in China

A new dinosaur species from the early Jurassic period was discovered in southwestern China, according to a study published Tuesday
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Victoria Butenko, Olga Voitovych, Andrew Carey, James Frater and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN

Survivors emerge from rubble of Mariupol theater bombed by Russia

People sheltering in a theater in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol are emerging from the building after it was bombed, the former head of the Donetsk region said Thursday.
2 years ago
KRAKOW, POLAND - MARCH 17: Volunteer pick supplies from the surgical room inside a former hospital ...
The Associated Press

Ukraine in urgent need of medical supplies

The U.N. health chief decried the devastating consequences of war on the Ukrainian people who are facing severe disruption to services and medication and stressed that “the life-saving medicine we need right now is peace.”
2 years ago
Damage is seen in the kitchen of an apartment at an apartment block that was hit by the debris of a...
The Associated Press

American among civilians killed in Russian attack in Ukraine

The State Department has confirmed that an American citizen was killed in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv.
2 years ago
KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 17: A view to the classroom of the school which got damaged by rocket debris ...
ANDREA ROSA Associated Press

Rescuers search theater rubble as Russian attacks continue

Rescuers are searching for survivors in the ruins of a theater ripped apart by Russian airstrikes in the besieged city of Mariupol, while ferocious Russian bombardment killed dozens in a northern city over the past day, according to the local governor.
2 years ago
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ANDREA ROSA, Associated Press

Some survivors emerge from Ukraine theater hit by strike

Survivors are beginning to emerge from a theater that was struck by Russian airstrikes in the beisieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, officials say.
2 years ago

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