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Sailors’ families seek answers about Russian ship sinking
It took the Russian military over a week to acknowledge that one serviceman died and two dozen others were missing after one of its flagship cruisers sank in the Black Sea, reportedly the…
Venezuela coronavirus: Faced with derelict hospitals, many patients are staying home
Lying, face down, is her 69-year-old father. His thin, frail, shivering body is nearly disappearing beneath a thick set of blankets. "He's very cold," she says, without stopping stroking…
Putin Said to Have Two Identical Offices: One in Moscow, the Other at the Beach
Mr. Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said the presidential work spaces outside Moscow and in Sochi are not identical. “This is not true,” he told journalists on a conference call on…
Canada’s largest province to impose holiday lockdown to avoid ‘catastrophic’ Covid
Ford spoke hours after a top provincial health official warned Ontario’s ability to control Covid-19's spread was still “very precarious.”
Following Quebec's lead: Ontario followed…
Republican senators now regret not doing more to contain Trump
Republican senators say they feel a sense of growing regret over not standing up to President TrumpDonald TrumpCapitol Police officer dies following riots Donor who gave millions to…
‘Fake news’ about a Covid-19 vaccine has become a second pandemic, Red Cross chief
That second pandemic: "fake news" about those very vaccines.Francesco Rocca, president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said in a virtual briefing…
Russia hit with new round of U.S. sanctions as Biden decries ‘major war crimes’
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - The United States targeted Russian banks and elites with a new round of sanctions on Wednesday, including banning Americans from investing in Russia, in…
Sacramento County leader holds in-person ‘Re-Open Cal Now’
A Sacramento County leader is one of the organizers of an in-person conference named “Re-Open Cal Now,” despite public health officials saying the weekend event violates local and…
U.S. pushes to suspend Russia from U.N. human rights body
An overview of the special session on the situation in Ukraine of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File…
Thousands dead in Mariupol, separatists claim gains
Global concerns that Russia will resort to chemical weapons in Ukraine were rising Tuesday after a separatist spokesman suggested to a Russian TV audience that separatists may use…