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The foreign ministry provided no details about Makei's death. He was set to meet his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, this week.

The carefully orchestrated meeting coinciding with Mother's Day was likely an effort to quell some of the increasingly vocal dissent being expressed by mothers of soldiers in the conflict.

Russian rockets have rained down on a small town in eastern Ukraine for the second time in a week, killing a newborn boy and destroying the municipal hospital.

The air battle near the Polish border earlier this week included dozens of missiles flying through the air in a matter of minutes, Ukraine's air force spokesman said.

The September blasts sent plumes of methane into the ocean and were widely assumed at the time to be sabotage but the perpetrators remain a mystery.

At FanGraphs, it's Judge with 11.4 WAR and Ohtani with 9.5 . At Baseball Reference, it's Judge with 10.6 WAR and Ohtani with 9.6 . So let's talk about the ways Ohtani tests WAR's limits, and whether we should trust its assessment of which great player, Judge or Ohtani, provided the greatest service to their team. How WAR measures Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani’s excellenceLet's just get this out of the way first: WAR strips out all team-dependent context. The 2022 version of Judge was a better hitter than Ohtani … and just about everyone else in recent baseball memory.

Ukrainian and Western officials have disagreed about who fired a missile that landed inside Poland.

More than eight years after Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all passengers on board, the defendants were convicted in absentia.

Moscow's latest air assault highlighted its limited strategic options after repeated battlefield losses, while Turkey announced the extension of a deal to protect grain exports.

The moment when G-20 leaders were confronted with reports of a missile landing in Poland offered a snapshot of a paralyzed international system, ill-equipped to mobilize around solving major shared challenges as more short-term tensions fester.

Gen. Mark Milley has drawn scrutiny for suggesting that winter may present Ukraine an opportunity to explore a peace deal with Russia.

The meeting came as the G-20 summit's final statement decried the economic impact of Russia's war on Ukraine to the world economy.

Western leaders condemned widespread missile strikes in Ukraine and pledged to support an investigation into a Russian-made missile that killed two in Poland.

CIA Director William J. Burns was in the U.S. Embassy and was not hurt in the assault, which occurred a day after he met with his Russian counterpart in Turkey.

Poland is a member of NATO. A strike on the country could thus mark a pivotal moment in the Russia-Ukraine war — depending on what actually happened.

The Ukrainian president made a triumphant visit on Monday to the liberated regional capital, highlighting the Kremlin's failure to achieve its annexation goals.

Videos show Oleg Zubkov taking animals from Kherson Zoo to his Crimean safari park. It's one of many instances of fleeing Russians looting Ukrainian cities.

The anonymous British graffiti artist shared images of his new work on the side of a destroyed building in Borodyanka in Ukraine's Kyiv region.

Charges against David Ballantyne Smith include collecting information that could “be useful" to Russia.

Ukraine announced Friday that its troops were spreading out in the southern city of Kherson soon after Russia said its forces had finished withdrawing.

A new $400 million package of U.S. security assistance includes four Avenger air defense systems and the Stinger missiles they fire.

Gen. Mark A. Milley’s figure is a sharp increase from the Pentagon’s August estimate of 70,000 to 80,000 Russian casualties.

Russia on Wednesday ordered its troops to retreat from the city of Kherson — a place of strategic and political significance.

Russian defense minister Sergey Shoigu said Russia's forces had been ordered to withdraw from Kherson city, to the east side of the Dnieper River in a major setback for Moscow.

Griner's legal team said the basketball player, who is serving a 9½-year sentence on drug charges, was transferred from a detention center near Moscow last week.

The United States had conversations about "risk reduction in the U.S.-Russia relationship” as Biden officials are increasingly worried about nuclear threats.

The White House accused North Korea of attempting to move arms to Russia through countries in the Middle East and Africa.

Turkish President Erdogan said he had secured Putin’s commitment to resurrect the deal safeguarding Ukrainian grain shipments, known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

Ukraine says water service is restored in Kyiv after airstrikes; United Nations warns grain will no longer ship from Ukrainian ports after Russia nixes agreement

Norway raised its military alert level starting Tuesday, citing Russia’s war in Ukraine after a spate of suspicious drone sightings.

Blackouts were reported across Ukraine as Moscow pummeled the power system with airstrikes in a continuing effort to deprive citizens of electricity and heat

In a televised meeting with Vladimir Putin, defense chief Sergei Shoigu announced that the president's goals had been met for sending reinforcements to Ukraine.

Experts warn that prices will rise and supplies will be strained once winter sets in.

Scenarios presented at the conference included dealing with the sabotage of an undersea gas pipeline.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said the letter was drafted several months ago but released by staff without vetting.

The basketball star is imprisoned in Russia for carrying cannabis oil, which her lawyers say was prescribed for pain. The U.S. says she is wrongfully detained.

Despite new pressure on President Biden from liberals, Kyiv says there is nothing to negotiate with Putin, who has stolen territory and still wants to destroy Ukraine

Sporadic blackouts offer a preview of what residents fear life could be like in months ahead: without elevators, kitchen appliances, and, potentially, without heat.

Speaking in Italy, French President Emmanuel Macron said the West’s indirect involvement helped set the stage for Ukraine to dictate a peace deal.

It is the second time in less than a week that a Russian military plane has killed people after crashed into a residential building.

Ukraine’s national electricity provider said the assault was one of the worst attacks since the beginning of Moscow’s campaign against the energy infrastructure.

The dearth of conversation between Washington and Moscow has become a source of concern in the West, particularly as Putin suggests he may use nuclear weapons.

“They have no sense of American foreign policy,” the president said at a fundraiser Thursday night.

The arrests come after weeks of drone sightings around important Norwegian energy infrastructure and at airports.

The alleged sanctions evasion scheme involved millions of barrels of smuggled oil from Venezuela and military technology found on the battlefield in Ukraine.

What will change on the ground in highly militarized regions already under military occupation remains unclear.

The restrictions, which come into force at midnight, follow 10 days of airstrikes on infrastructure, and create new uncertainty for Ukrainians living under occupation

Russian President Vladimir Putin is empowering military officials in Donestk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, the four Ukrainian regions he illegally annexed.

The images of drones said to be made in Iran raining down on Ukrainian cities has galvanized E.U. diplomats into action.

The Interior Ministry said it had decided that Arne Schönbohm should step away from his duties “with immediate effect.”

Most Ukrainians backing the war effort defined victory as retaking all territories seized by Russia since 2014, including Crimea, Gallup said.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is aiming to lead the international bloc opposed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into a broader coalition to counter what it sees as a more serious, long-term threat to global order from China.

As the war between Russia and Ukraine shows no signs of slowing down, Ukrainians across their country to to heal as the bury the dead and salvage what is left of villages, towns and cities that have been destroyed by Russians.

After the Vietnam war ended, hundreds of Vietnamese came to Central Florida through the catholic charities refugee program and found a new home near Mills Avenue and Colonial Drive, an area known today as the Mills 50 District.

Russian forces pounded targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west and intensifying an offensive in the east, as the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for the war with a proposed ban on oil imports.

Relatives say a 22-year-old former U.S. Marine has been killed alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia, in the first known death of an American citizen fighting in Ukraine.

Heavy fighting has taken place in the regions of Donetsk and Lukansk, with attacks taking place in cities such as Avdiivka, Popasna, Krasnohorivka and Mariinka.

The war in Ukraine is far from over after Russian has been sending over more reinforcements.

Russia’s Defense Ministry promised Friday to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukraine’s alleged aggression on Russian territory, an ominous warning that followed Moscow’s stinging symbolic loss of its navy’s flagship in the Black Sea.

Refugees continue to pour into other countries such as Poland and England, with an estimated four million Ukrainian refugees leaving the country.

While there are many efforts to have the war in Ukraine to end, there is still violence happening every day.

A strawberry-scented air freshener dangles from the Ukrainian military’s latest vehicle to head to war.

With Russia intensifying its war on Ukraine, killing civilians and triggering a mass refugee crisis, President Joe Biden announced a U.S. ban on imported Russian oil.

After weeks of buildup, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine earlier this week, invading the country from the north, east and south, launching airstrikes on cities and military bases.

Tensions over Ukraine have spiked anew.

One executive is pledging to house 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan.

DUBAI Kuwait's 91-year-old ruler underwent a surgery that required the oil-rich nation's crown prince to be temporarily empowered to serve in his place, according to a ministerial decree seen Sunday. Kuwait has yet to elaborate what required Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to seek a previously unannounced medical treatment on Saturday. However, Sheikh Sabah's sudden surgery could inspire a renewed power struggle within Kuwait's ruling family. The state-run KUNA news agency had described Sheikh Sabah's hospitalization Saturday as medical checks, citing a statement from the country's royal court. Sheikh Sabah, a widely beloved ruler in this OPEC-member nation, took power in 2006 just nine days into the rule of the ailing Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah.

New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws during a simulated game at a baseball workout at Citi Field, Sunday, July 5, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws during a simulated game at a baseball workout at Citi Field, Sunday, July 5, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK The New York Mets will host the crosstown Yankees on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 next season, according to a person familiar with the decision. The clubs will play at Citi Field in a game sure to be full of emotions for the city that's also reported over 18,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths this year. I cant imagine how powerful and how emotional of an event that could be," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. It'll be a homecoming of sorts for former Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who was hired as Phillies manager over the offseason.

But activists have begun circulating more detailed photos again online after the U.S. imposed its new sanctions, named the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, after the photographer. The sanctions bar anyone around the world from doing business with Assads government or officials, and among its provisions it demands Syria release detainees and allow inspections of its prisons. Between 30 to 50 prisoners died every day at the facility where he was held, known as Branch 15, he said. Alshogres testimony about Lebanese prisoners still alive further fueled their families demands for information. Ali Aboudehn, who spent years imprisoned in Syria and now heads the Association of Lebanese Prisoners in Syrian Jails, said his group and other activists have documented 622 Lebanese prisoners held in Syria.

PARIS The Paris appeals court on Friday upheld a decision to end a years-long investigation into the plane crash that sparked Rwandas 1994 genocide, citing lack of sufficient evidence. Lawyers for the families can further appeal the ruling to Frances highest court, the Court of Cassation. The 1994 plane crash killed Rwandas then-President Juvenal Habyarimana, an ethnic Hutu. The plane had a French crew, and Rwanda has long accused France of complicity in the genocide, which France denies. Fridays ruling came as one of the most wanted fugitives in Rwandas genocide, who was arrested in May outside Paris, is awaiting a decision on extradition.

Turnout in Florida’s Democratic primary surpassed the 1.7 million who cast ballots four years ago. In Florida, Latinos made up roughly 20% of Democratic primary voters, and they largely sided with Biden. That has left the Democratic primary calendar empty until March 29, when Puerto Rico is scheduled to go to the polls. “The Democratic Party rightly berates the GOP for ignoring scientists’ warnings about climate change," David Sirota tweeted. But he went for Biden because he thought Sanders’ progressive views might turn off some Democratic voters.