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Soledar (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russian forces hammered Ukrainian positions in the Donbas region on Thursday, as Kyiv said Moscow was in control of 20 percent of Ukrainian territory on the eve of the war’s 100th day. President Vladimir Putin’s troops have se…

Washington (AFP) – The United States placed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s money-manager and a Monaco company that provides luxury yachts to Moscow’s elite on its sanctions blacklist Thursday, stepping up pressure over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine….

San Francisco (AFP) – Meta’s second most powerful executive Sheryl Sandberg made the shock announcement Wednesday she will leave after a 14-year tenure that included helping steer scandal-prone Facebook to advertising dominance. Sandberg, 52, has been …

New York (AFP) – The white teenager accused of gunning down 10 Black people during a racist rampage at a supermarket in New York state was charged with domestic terrorism on Wednesday. Payton Gendron, 18, was also slapped with ten counts of first-degre…

Washington (AFP) – After weeks of explosive testimony and three days of deliberations, the jury delivered a split verdict on Wednesday in the blockbuster defamation case between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. And while the jury found that eac…

Los Angeles (AFP) – Ewan McGregor hit back Wednesday at people targeting fellow “Star Wars” actor Moses Ingram with racist abuse, saying they are not true fans. Ingram — who stars alongside McGregor in limited series “Obi-Wan Kenobi” — highlighted ra…

Fairfax (United States) (AFP) – The jury reached a verdict on Wednesday in the high-profile defamation case between “Pirates of the Caribbean” star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. The seven-person jury has been deliberating for about 13 hours …

Washington (AFP) – NATO said Wednesday it will hold talks involving Turkey, Finland and Sweden in hopes of ending Ankara’s opposition to the Nordic nations joining the alliance ahead of a summit this month. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said he wo…

Soledar (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russian forces edged closer Thursday to taking a key Ukrainian city after days of intense fighting, tightening their slow squeeze on the eastern Donbas region as Washington warned the war could last months. The industrial hub …

Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday confirmed the United States will send more advanced rocket systems to Ukraine with ability to strike what he called “key targets” of Russia’s invasion force. “We will provide the Ukrainians with more ad…