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Eight million refugees have fled Ukraine after a year of fighting, UN data shows
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than 8 million refugees from Ukraine have been recorded across Europe as of Tuesday, nearly one year since Russia invaded, according to the U.N. refugee...
Feb 22, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war: Key events in the year since Russia invaded Ukraine
Valentyn Semenov / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Feb. 21, 2022, that he had recognized two Russian-backed separatist areas in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk a...
Feb 22, 2023
A year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there's no end in sight. Here’s how we got here.
pop_jop/Getty Images(LONDON) -- As tens of thousands of Russian troops lined up along Ukraine's eastern and northern borders for "military exercises" last February, some international observers warned...
Feb 22, 2023
Mexico's former top cop convicted of taking payoffs to shield drug cartels
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Genaro Garcia Luna, Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, was found guilty Tuesday by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, of engagin...
Feb 22, 2023
Biden speaks in Poland after surprise trip to Ukraine
Omar Marques/Getty Images(WARSAW, Poland) -- President Joe Biden will address the world on Tuesday from Warsaw, Poland, just days ahead of the one-year mark of Russia's violent invasion of Ukrain...
Feb 21, 2023
Proposed changes to Roald Dahl books spark backlash
Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Getty Images(LONDON, U.K) -- Some of Roald Dahl's beloved children's books will be getting updates to be more inclusive, progressive and more acceptable to today's readers,...
Feb 21, 2023
Afghans and advocates speak out after Taliban bans women from working with aid groups
Salam Cafe(Afghanistan) -- Like many teachers, Salma cares for children that aren't biologically hers. As co-director of the Salam Cafe in Kabul, Salma was able to provide a refuge for some of Afghani...
Feb 21, 2023
Could F-16 jets turn the tide for Ukraine?
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war that has followed approaches its one-year mark, some U.S. officials are pushing the federal government and other...
Feb 21, 2023
Biden's message in Poland on eve of Ukraine war anniversary: 'Our support ... remains unwavering'
Omar Marques/Getty Images(WARSAW, Poland) -- This week in Poland, President Joe Biden is set to underscore the importance of NATO's support for Ukraine after making a surprise visit to Kyiv on Mo...
Feb 20, 2023
New 6.4 earthquake strikes Turkey as death toll climbs to nearly 47,000
Sameer Al-doumy/AFP via Getty Images(SAMANDAG, Turkey) -- Turkey was hit with another earthquake Monday as a 6.4 earthquake rattled Samandag even as the country is still cleaning up from one of the wo...
Feb 20, 2023