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EU law targets Big Tech over hate speech, disinformation

Saturday, 23 April 2022, 12:45 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

The European Union reached a landmark deal early Saturday to take aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful online content. The law will force big tech companies to police themselves...

UK patient had COVID-19 for 505 days straight, study shows

Saturday, 23 April 2022, 11:51 Last update: about 5 years ago

A U.K. patient with a severely weakened immune system had COVID-19 for almost a year and a half, scientists reported, underscoring the importance of protecting vulnerable people from the...

Live updates: Ukraine says Russians trying to storm steel mill

Saturday, 23 April 2022, 07:19 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Another mass grave has been found outside Mariupol, the city council and an adviser to the mayor said Friday. The city council posted a satellite photo provided by Planet...

Russia shifts forces for battle over Ukrainian heartland

Saturday, 23 April 2022, 07:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Russia and Ukraine hurtled toward what could be an epic battle for control of the country’s industrial heartland as Ukrainian officials reported that Moscow had shifted a dozen crack military...

Portugal identifies suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance case

Friday, 22 April 2022, 14:32 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Prosecutors in southern Portugal are formally accusing a suspect in the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a British girl who disappeared nearly 15 years ago while on a family...

Possible mass graves near Mariupol shown in satellite images

Friday, 22 April 2022, 06:43 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

New satellite images show what appear to be mass graves near Mariupol, and local officials accused Russia of burying up to 9,000 Ukrainian civilians there in an effort to conceal the slaughter taking...

Putin tries to claim Mariupol win but won't storm holdout

Thursday, 21 April 2022, 14:05 Last update: about 5 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to claim victory in the strategic port of Mariupol on Thursday, even as he ordered his troops not to storm the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the...

Live updates: US set to send more military aid to Ukraine

Thursday, 21 April 2022, 06:20 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to announce plans Thursday to send additional military aid to help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion, according to a U.S. official. The...

Relentless attacks pound last defenders holed up in Mariupol

Thursday, 21 April 2022, 06:17 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Relentless Russian attacks pounded the last Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city of Mariupol as a fighter apparently on the inside issued a video plea for help, saying defenders holed up in a...

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