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Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus

Sunday, 26 March 2023, 07:01 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, a warning to the West as it steps up military support for Ukraine. Putin...

Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims

Saturday, 25 March 2023, 16:59 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up sexual abuse cases, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders and reaffirming that...

Deutsche Bank shares drop amid global jitters over banks

Saturday, 25 March 2023, 10:13 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Shares in Deutsche Bank fell sharply Friday, dragging down other major European banks and leading German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to express confidence in the country’s largest lender...

French protests continue; King Charles III's trip postponed

Friday, 24 March 2023, 14:13 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

French citizens angry at President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms engaged in scattered protest actions Friday, as the ongoing unrest across the country persuaded officials to postpone a...

EU leaders endorse joint ammo purchases for Ukraine

Friday, 24 March 2023, 11:33 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

European Union leaders endorsed a plan Thursday for sending Ukraine 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition within the next 12 months to help the country counter Russia’s invasion...

UN: 26% of world lacks clean drinking water, 46% sanitation

Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 08:07 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

A new report launched Tuesday on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years says 26% of the world's population doesn't have access to safe drinking water and 46% lack access...

World on 'thin ice' as UN climate report gives stark warning

Monday, 20 March 2023, 14:15 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change ’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday. But doing so...

Facing arrest warrant, Russia's Putin visits annexed Crimea

Sunday, 19 March 2023, 06:53 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation from Ukraine on Saturday, the day after the International Criminal...

Strong earthquake kills at least 14 in Ecuador, 1 in Peru

Sunday, 19 March 2023, 06:49 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and...

Lance Reddick, 'The Wire' and 'John Wick' star, dies at 60

Saturday, 18 March 2023, 06:51 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including “The Wire,” "Fringe” and the "John Wick”...

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