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Ukraine steps up drive to take south back from Russia with airstrikes

Jul 28, 2022 14:03

Ukraine has boosted its drive to retake Russian-controlled southern Kherson region with the help of airstrikes, five months into a military conflict between the two ex-Soviet states.
US GDP falls for second straight quarter, stoking recession fears

Jul 28, 2022 14:02

The American economy has shrunk for the second consecutive quarter amid growing concern the country could be slipping into a recession, according to new federal data.
US arms trafficking sparks outrage in Haiti

Jul 28, 2022 13:59

Haitians are outraged by a steady flow of US guns fueling rampant gang violence and a string of recent arms-trafficking scandals, including the discovery of weapons in a shipping container labeled as church donations.
Sri Lanka arrests protest leaders, as parliament extends state of emergency

Jul 28, 2022 07:35

Two activists who helped lead mass demonstrations that toppled Sri Lanka’s president have been arrested, police said, as the parliament has extended tough emergency laws imposed to restore order.
19 killed as anti-UN protests spread in DR Congo

Jul 28, 2022 04:49

At least 19 people have been killed in two days of protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo against a United Nations peacekeeping mission in the east of the country, which protesters accuse of failing to protect them from militia violence.
US aircraft carrier group on route to Chinese Taipei amid tensions over Pelosi’s planned visit

Jul 28, 2022 04:42

A US aircraft carrier strike group is headed toward Chinese Taipei as tensions mount between the United States and China over a potential visit to the self-ruled island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Kim says North Korea ready to use nuclear weapons against aggressors

Jul 28, 2022 04:34

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un says his country is fully ready to use nuclear weapons in any military confrontation with the United States and South Korea, amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Teen fatally shoots three siblings, himself in Alaska

Jul 28, 2022 04:15

A 15-year-old boy has shot and killed three siblings at a home near Fairbanks, Alaska, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Wednesday.
Former Republicans and Democrats form new third US political party

Jul 28, 2022 04:01

Dozens of former US Republican and Democratic officials have announced a new national political third party in response to America's increasingly polarized and gridlocked political system.
Trump: US now a 'cesspool of crime', a 'beggar nation'

Jul 28, 2022 03:49

Donald Trump has returned to Washington for the first time since leaving the White House 18 months ago, delivering a fiery speech blaming President Joe Biden for the country’s ills.