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Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LONDON) — Gordon Black, the U.S. soldier detained in Russia, has “admitted guilt” on a charge of theft, according to TASS, a state-owned news service. Black was said to be “cooperating” with Russia’s investigation into the alleged theft, TASS reported on Thursday. “The accused admitted guilt and is cooperating with the investigation. […]

(NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, renewed negotiations are underway to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, as Israeli forces continue to prepare for an apparent invasion of the southern Gazan town of Rafah. Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern: May 16, 7:14 […]

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico walks during the European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on April 18, 2024. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s condition has been stabilized overnight, although his condition is still serious, his deputy said early Thursday. Fico, 59, was shot five times […]

(NEW YORK) — With numerous wildfires burning across Canada, including about 40 that remain out of control, meteorologists said conditions are stacking up for a replay of last year’s fire season when thick smoke wafted down to the United States, turning the skies over New York City orange and its air quality hazardous. More than […]

(NEW YORK) — A closer look at tree rings is adding to the growing list of evidence that shows unprecedented temperatures measured on Earth over the past year. The summer of 2023 was the warmest in the Northern Hemisphere extra-tropical regions — from about New Orleans to the North Pole — in the past 2,000 […]

(LONDON) — A manhunt involving hundreds of law enforcement officers continued Wednesday for a fugitive prisoner dubbed “The Fly” and accomplices wielding machine guns who facilitated the convicted criminal’s escape by ambushing a prison transport van at a toll booth and gunning down two guards, authorities said. The international police organization Interpol issued a worldwide […]

(NEW YORK) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot in the abdomen in an assassination attempt outside a government building in the town of Handlova on Wednesday, according to a government official. Fico, 59, was raced to a hospital in Handlova in life-threatening condition, officials said. He was conscious following the shooting, government officials […]

(LONDON) — Fighting between the Sudanese Army (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group and allied militias has intensified in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state. In a dramatic escalation of violence, fighting has broken out in the north and east of El Fasher — also commonly known as Al […]

Tomas Tkacik/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot in the abdomen in an assassination attempt in the town of Handlova on Wednesday, according to a government official. Fico, 59, was raced to a hospital in Bratislava, the country’s capital, about 2 hours away, officials said. A suspect […]

pop_jop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States will provide an additional $2 billion in aid to Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday during a press conference in Kyiv with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The foreign military financing will be used not only for purchasing weapons from the U.S., but also by […]