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Western Balkans' promised EU future still hazy

Thursday, 23 June 2022, 11:44 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

European Union leaders will seek to offer support this week to six Western Balkan countries that have long been knocking at the bloc's doors, and now see the war in Ukraine raging not far from their...

William at 40: A milestone birthday in a life under scrutiny

Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 13:25 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The world watched as Prince William grew from a towheaded schoolboy to a dashing air-sea rescue pilot to a balding father of three. But as he turns 40 on Tuesday, William is making the biggest...

'It's just hell there': Russia still pounds eastern Ukraine

Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 07:33 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Russia’s military kept grinding down Ukraine’s defenses Monday, with combat in eastern areas said to be entering a “decisive” phase, as the war’s consequences...

Zelenskyy Father's Day post spotlights family ties amid war

Monday, 20 June 2022, 06:52 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

One photograph shows a kneeling soldier kissing a child inside a subway station, where Ukraine families shelter from Russian airstrikes. In another, an infant and a woman who appears on the brink of...

Greek coast guard rescues 108 migrants; 4 missing

Monday, 20 June 2022, 06:50 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Greek authorities said Sunday they have rescued 108 migrants from a sailboat that was found rudderless and leaking water in the Aegean Sea in near gale force winds. The rescued migrants...

Eurovision 2023 won't be held in Ukraine; UK may step in

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 07:04 Last update: about 5 years ago

The organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest said that it will start talks with the BBC on possibly holding next year's event in the U.K. after concluding that it can't be held in Ukraine. Kyiv said...

Russia frees captive medic who filmed Mariupol's horror

Sunday, 19 June 2022, 06:14 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A celebrated Ukrainian medic whose footage was smuggled out of the besieged city of Mariupol by an Associated Press team was freed by Russian forces on Friday, three months after she was taken captive...

Ukraine gets possible path to EU, aid pledges from Britain

Saturday, 18 June 2022, 07:26 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The European Union’s executive arm recommended putting Ukraine on a path to membership Friday, a symbolic boost for a country fending off a Russian onslaught that is killing civilians,...

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