Play2min 19secMore than 900 people have reportedly been killed in an earthquake in Afghanistan June 22, 2022 5:57 AMBy Diaa Hadid and Fazelminallah Qazizai The hardest hit areas were remote farming villages in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika. "All the village completely is destroyed," said one man, showing collapsed homes on a cell phone video.
A Russian editor auctioned his Nobel Prize to help Ukraine. It fetched $103.5 millionJune 21, 2022 9:14 AMBy Rachel Treisman Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was one of two journalists to win last year's Nobel Peace Prize. He sold his to raise money for Ukrainian refugees.
'It's just hell there': Russia still pounds eastern UkraineJune 20, 2022 3:24 PMBy The Associated Press Russia’s military kept on grinding down Ukraine’s defenses Monday, with combat in eastern areas said to be entering a “decisive” phase, as the war’s consequences for food and fuel supplies increasingly weighed on minds around the globe.
French President Macron's alliance is projected to lose its parliamentary majorityJune 19, 2022 2:02 PMBy The Associated Press The strong performance of the leftist coalition, led by hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, is expected to make it harder for Macron to implement the agenda he was reelected on in May.
Morale is concern as NATO chief warns war could last 'years'June 19, 2022 8:44 AMBritish defense officials assessing the intense fighting in the Donbas region of Ukraine bordering Russia say morale among troops on both sides is likely growing troubled.
Europe wilts under early heat waveJune 18, 2022 6:19 AMBy The Associated Press A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer.
A suspect confesses to killing pair missing in Amazon, police sayJune 15, 2022 11:08 PMBy The Associated Press Police say they arrested a second suspect identified as a brother of the main suspect in the deaths of an Indigenous expert and British journalist.
Biden to visit 'pariah' Saudi Arabia and Israel next monthJune 14, 2022 1:32 PMBy The Associated PressPresident Joe Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next month with visits to Israel, the occupied West Bank and Saudi Arabia. The White House on Tuesday announced the outline of Biden's July 13-16 Middle East trip.
Russians control 80 percent of contested city in eastern UkraineJune 14, 2022 12:16 PMBy The Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops control about 80 percent of the fiercely contested eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and have destroyed all three bridges leading out of it but Ukrainian authorities are still trying to evacuate the wounded, a regional official said Tuesday.
Play3min 30secRussia's rebranded McDonald's calls itself 'Delicious, that's all'June 13, 2022 9:36 AMBy Rachel Treisman and Charles Maynes The new fast-food chain opened in Moscow on Sunday. It replaced the iconic Golden Arches with two bold orange backslashes and a red circle, representing a tiny burger and a pair of large fries.