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Monkeypox cases triple in Europe, WHO says, Africa concerned

Saturday, 2 July 2022, 07:27 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The World Health Organization's Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the last two weeks and urged countries to do more to ensure the previously rare disease...

Singer R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case

Friday, 1 July 2022, 07:41 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for using his fame to sexually abuse young fans, including some who were just children, in a systematic scheme that...

Russians fight to encircle Ukraine's last eastern stronghold

Thursday, 30 June 2022, 07:39 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Russian forces battled Wednesday to surround the Ukrainian military’s last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province, as shock reverberated from a Russian airstrike on a shopping...

Lone surviving attacker in Paris massacre guilty of murder

Thursday, 30 June 2022, 07:32 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The lone survivor of a team of Islamic State extremists who terrorized Paris in 2015 was convicted Wednesday of murder and other charges and sentenced to life in prison without parole for...

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...

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