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War in Ukraine
Latest updates, videos and photos as Russia invades Ukraine
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- The Independent
Russia-Ukraine war – latest: ‘Mutinies likely’ in Putin’s military as Zelensky prepares counteroffensive
Senior Ukrainian official warns not enough weaponry to launch counteroffensive
- Associated Press
China defends buzzing American warship in Taiwan Strait, accuses US of provoking Beijing
China's defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world's top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China. In his first international public address since becoming defense minister in March, Gen. Li Shangfu told the Shangri-La Dialogue that China doesn't have any problems with “innocent passag
- Associated Press
North Korean leader's sister vows 2nd attempt to launch spy satellite, slams UN meeting
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again Sunday to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch. The North’s attempt to put its first military spy satellite into orbit last Wednesday failed as its rocket crashed off the Korean Peninsula’s western coast. An emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council was still convened at the request of the U.S., Japan and other countrie
- The Canadian Press
Homecoming on film: Award-winning Mariupol documentary screened for 1st time in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The award-winning film “20 Days in Mariupol” made its premiere in Ukraine on Saturday, seen for the first time by some of the Ukrainian medics and first responders who were chronicled in the documentary about how Russian forces bombed and blasted their way into the southeastern port city last year. Repeated standing ovations in a packed Kyiv cinema, mixed with tears and hugs, greeted those Ukrainian civil servants who toiled nearly non-stop in and around a Mariupol hospital
- The Canadian Press
Haley says US forces 'need to align' with countries including Russia; campaign says she misspoke
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley suggested in an interview that United States forces “need to align” with non-European countries including Russia to enhance global security, a remark her campaign characterized as a gaffe but which comes amid the Biden administration's approval for millions more in military aid to assist Ukraine in fending off Russia's invasion. Asked by WMUR-TV for a segment Wednesday on regions of the world to which she felt the U.S. could pay m
- The Independent
French Open LIVE: Tennis scores and results from Roland Garros as Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff advance
Iga Swiatek didn’t drop a single game as the defending French Open champion advanced to the fourth round after Elena Rybakina withdrew from Roland Garros
- The Telegraph
Sunak to stay at ‘world’s most exclusive hotel’ as Biden rolls out the red carpet
Rishi Sunak will stay at the palatial US residence known as The President’s Guest House on his visit to Washington next week, as the White House seeks to roll out the red carpet for the Prime Minister, The Telegraph understands.
- The Telegraph
Sunak to host global AI summit amid warnings of threat to human civilisation
Rishi Sunak is to host a global summit in London this autumn aimed at devising international rules on artificial intelligence amid warnings it could threaten human extinction, The Telegraph can reveal.
- The Canadian Press
Canada's Andreescu loses to Ukraine's Tsurenko in third round at Roland Garros
PARIS — Bianca Andreescu's career-best run at Roland Garros is over. Canada's Andreescu was eliminated from the French Open after losing to Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, in the third round on Saturday. In a match that took just 62 minutes, Andreescu won only 16 of 45 points while serving, including 38 per cent of her first serve points compared to 63 per cent for Tsurenko, who dominated the match from start to finish. Andreescu also committed 22 unforced errors and three d
- The Canadian Press
Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Serbia’s capital on Saturday for a fifth time in a month, following two mass shootings that shook the nation, even as the country’s populist president rejected any responsibility for the crisis and ignored the protesters' demands to step down. The crowd, chanting slogans against President Aleksandar Vucic, marched through the capital, Belgrade, to gather in front of his downtown headquarters. They released a large balloon with the inscriptio