Girls stand in the hallway of a temporary housing center for refugees in Chisinau, Moldova, in April. The center is mostly hosting people from the Roma community and other minority groups from Ukraine. Betsy Joles hide caption toggle caption Betsy Joles CHISINAU, Moldova – Angelina Leonidovna Kovach decided to leave the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv … Read more
Russian soldiers left graffiti in the school in Borodyanka, a town outside of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. Anya Kamenetz / NPR hide caption toggle caption Anya Kamenetz / NPR Russian soldiers left graffiti in the school in Borodyanka, a town outside of Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. Anya Kamenetz / NPR BORODYANKA, Ukraine – Viktoria Timoshenko’s biology classroom … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is frustrating the US and its allies by opposing the bid by Sweden and Finland to join NATO. The position is complicating the message of unity the Biden administration wants to send to Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The bids by Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance … Read more
Placeholder while article actions load The Russian military, mired in a war with no end in sight, is attempting to resuscitate its sputtering offensive in Ukraine, firing commanders, splitting combat units into smaller formations, and redoubling its reliance on artillery and other long-range weapons. The shift comes nearly three months after Russian and American officials … Read more
“We were dirty and tired. People around us were dying. I didn’t want to feel like I was part of it, but I was a part of it,” the officer told CNN. He said he went to find his commander and resigned his commission on the spot. CNN is not naming the officer or including … Read more
Poland, which has welcomed millions of Ukrainian refugees since the start of the war, is a strong supporter of Ukraine’s desire to join the European Union. With Russia blocking Ukraine’s sea ports, Poland has become a major gateway for Western humanitarian aid and weapons going into Ukraine and has been helping Ukraine get its grain … Read more
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) – Russia pressed its offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region Sunday as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the outcome of the grueling conflict would determine whether his country’s fate lies with the West or under Moscow’s domination. After declaring its full control of a sprawling seaside steel plant that was the last … Read more
Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese speaks to supporters at a Labor Party event in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, May 22, 2022, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceding defeat to Albanese in a federal election. Rick Rycroft / AP hide caption toggle caption Rick Rycroft / AP Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese speaks to supporters at a … Read more
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican’s sprawling financial trial may not have produced any convictions yet or any new smoking guns as prosecutors work through a first round of questioning of the 10 suspects accused of fleeing the Holy See of tens of millions of euros. But testimony so far has provided plenty of insights … Read more