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NATO calls Russia its 'most significant and direct threat'

Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 18:24 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

NATO declared Russia the “most significant and direct threat” to its members’ peace and security on Wednesday and vowed to strengthen support for Ukraine, even as that...

Ukraine's president: Russia has become 'a terrorist' state

Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 07:27 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Tuesday of becoming “a terrorist” state carrying out “daily terrorist acts” and urged Russia’s expulsion...

Turkey lifts its objections to Sweden, Finland joining NATO

Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 07:25 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, ending an impasse that had clouded a leaders’ summit opening in Madrid amid Europe’s worst security crisis...

G-7 leaders united behind Ukraine, aim at Kremlin oil money

Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 07:24 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Leaders of the world’s biggest developed economies said Tuesday they would explore far-reaching steps to cap Russia's income from oil sales that are financing its invasion of Ukraine and struck...

46 migrants found dead in abandoned trailer in San Antonio

Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 10:09 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in what marked the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the...

G-7 leaders set to commit to long haul in backing Ukraine

Monday, 27 June 2022, 06:15 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers are set to commit themselves to the long haul in supporting Ukraine as they meet in the German Alps and confer by video link with Ukrainian President...

Russia strikes Kyiv as troops consolidate gains in the east

Sunday, 26 June 2022, 13:23 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as elsewhere Russian troops consolidated...

Pope hails families, blasts 'culture of waste'

Sunday, 26 June 2022, 06:46 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis celebrated families Saturday and urged them to shun “selfish” decisions that are indifferent to life as he closed out a big Vatican rally a day after the U.S. Supreme...

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