Over the river from a Russian-occupied nuclear plant, a Ukrainian town fears a spill

2 days ago | NPR

The small town of Nikopol, Ukraine, sits across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Attacks are causing serious alarm for the community. (Image credit: Dmytro...
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Risks 'Increasing Every Day' Amid Nuclear Plant Shelling: Ukrainian Mayor

4 days ago | Newsweek

"What is happening there is outright nuclear terrorism," Dmytro Orlov said on Sunday.
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Zelenskyy warns that harvest from Ukraine- one of the world's largest suppliers of wheat - will be cut in half this year

18 days ago | Business Insider

A man in a military uniform stays in a burning wheat field as Russian troops shell fields to prevent local farmers from harvesting grain crop in the Polohy district of...
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Putin's Passports 'Tighten the Noose' Around Ukraine Necks: Official

1 month ago | Newsweek

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called the move "worthless" on Monday, and said that it "shows Putin's aggressive appetites."
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Zelenskyy says Russia bombed a shopping mall because seeing Ukrainians try to live a normal life made it ‘angry'

1 month ago | Business Insider

Ukrainian firefighters at a shopping center burned after a rocket attack in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, on June 28, 2022. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky Russia bombed a Ukrainian mall as it...
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Officials: Russian missile strike hits crowded shopping mall

1 month ago | Boston Herald | 2 articles

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine - Scores of civilians were feared killed or wounded in a Russian missile strike Monday on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine's central city of Kremenchuk...
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First Step Toward Ukraine Joining E.U. Signals Solidarity Amid War

1 month ago | NY Times

As Russia's brutal offensive squeezes defenders in eastern Ukraine, Europe's leaders, in a rebuke to Moscow, made a move they would have rejected before the invasion.
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Ukrainian Dmytro Firtash, Allegedly Linked to Russian Mob, Loses Gas Empire

1 month ago | Newsweek

The chief of Ukrainian state energy giant Naftogaz said on Tuesday that the group led by Firtash will no longer be dominant in the Ukrainian gas market.
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Pianist, 18, from South Korea wins Van Cliburn competition

1 month ago | WGN TV

FORT WORTH, Texas - An 18-year-old from South Korea has won the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, one of the top showcases for the world's best pianists. The...
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As Battles Rage, Ukraine Rejects Macron Plea Not to ‘Humiliate' Russia

2 monthes ago | NY Times

Amid reports of battlefield gains by Ukraine, an official angrily rejected Mr. Macron's advice, saying it “can only humiliate France.”
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Commodity firms buckling under energy crisis - Bloomberg

Metals, fertilizer sectors are struggling as energy costs surge, says report The worsening energy crisis is piling pressure on vital commodities industries across the globe... Read more ...

What the Taliban Really Fear

A resistance movement is growing in Afghanistan-and it needs international support. Read more ...

Europe weather: 5 dead, including 2 girls, in Austria storms

Authorities in Austria say five people including two children have died in heavy storms that hit the Alpine country Read more ...

Even as the West tries to wean itself off Russian oil, Moscow has found...

The Southeast Asian country of Myanmar is buying Russian oil amid a fuel shortage. Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua/Getty Images Myanmar is buying Russian oil, which it says is... Read more ...

Two Historic Achievements Bring Quick Emotional Swings For Slumping New York...

In a span of 22 hours, 20 minutes, the Yankees experienced the emotional swings of jubilation and frustration as their slump continues. Read more ...

China's cyberagency calls for ‘affectionate' ties with sector

Cyberspace Administration of China official says agency is supportive of sector's 'healthy' development. Read more ...

‘Just a brutal day': Chicago White Sox close homestand with a lopsided 21-5...

The Chicago White Sox had an opportunity to inch closer to first place ahead of a big series against the division-leading Guardians in Cleveland. Instead, they closed out a... Read more ...

Mets starter Taijuan Walker not ruling out Sunday return

Taijuan Walker still hasn't eliminated the possibility he will pitch Sunday for the Mets, but said that will only happen if he's feeling 100 percent. Read more ...

Australia's leader says cutting Bali bomber's sentence will upset victims'...

The sentence reduction means Umar Patek could be released on parole ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bombings in October. Read more ...

Maine's GOP Candidate For Governor Threatened To 'Deck' Democrat

Paul LePage, self-described “Trump before there was Trump," appeared to threaten a staffer who approached him. Read more ...