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White House went public with Griner, Whelan offer to reassure Americans; Russia says no deal yet
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration's unusual decision to publicize its offer to Russia to free Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan -- the basketball star and former Marin...
Jul 28, 2022
Rare pink diamond unearthed in Angola may be largest found in 300 years
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A rare pink diamond has been unearthed in Angola and is claimed to be one of the largest ever recovered in the world. The 170-carat precious stone, called the "L...
Jul 28, 2022
Who is Viktor Bout, the convicted arms dealer held in a US prison?
Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Shortly after U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officers finally arrested him in a hotel in Thailand in 2008, Viktor Bout turned to one of the agents...
Jul 28, 2022
Families of US citizens held abroad call for Biden administration to do more
Courtesy Li family (NEW YORK) -- In September 2016, Kai Li stepped off a plane from the United States to his native China to visit relatives and attend a memorial for his late mother. He never returne...
Jul 28, 2022
US has put 'substantial proposal on the table' to get Griner, Whelan out of Russia
ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a sharp reversal, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Wednesday that he will hold a call with Russia's Foreign Minister Ser...
Jul 27, 2022
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine strikes key bridge in Russia-held Kherson
Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading fro...
Jul 27, 2022
Having survived a Russian invasion once, an Afghan refugee now fights for Ukrainian freedom
Jalal Noory(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Jalal Noory, an Afghan refugee in Ukraine who serves in the Ukrainian armed forces, defended the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv from being captured by Russian troops at the on...
Jul 27, 2022
China targeted Fed employees for almost a decade, GOP Senate report says; chairman pushes back
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A report released Tuesday by Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee says that China targeted the Federal Res...
Jul 26, 2022
Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous community in Canada over church's role in boarding school abuse
Cole Burston/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Pope Francis offered a long-sought apology to the Indigenous community in Canada on Monday over the Catholic church's role in the generational abuse they suffere...
Jul 25, 2022
Prince Harry scores victory in fight to keep UK security for his family
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Prince Harry has scored an early victory in his legal battle to ensure he and his family are protected by security when they are in the U.K. A judge in Lond...
Jul 25, 2022