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The British defense ministry said Sunday that over the past two weeks, Russia has likely suffered its highest rate of casualties since the first week of its invasion of Ukraine nearly a year ago. The ministry’s observation is based on Ukrainian data that Russia averaged 824 casualties a day over the last week, more than […]

As legal sports gambling proliferates, the number of Americans betting on the Super Bowl and the total amount they’re wagering is surging — although most of the action is still off the books. An estimated 1 in 5 American adults will make some sort of bet, laying out a whopping $16 billion, or twice as […]

MOSCOW —  An uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has lost cabin pressure, the Russian space corporation reported Saturday, saying the incident doesn’t pose any danger to the station’s crew. Roscosmos said the hatch between the station and the Progress MS-21 had been locked so the loss of pressure didn’t affect […]

OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that he order a U.S. warplane shot down an unidentified object that was flying high over northern Canada, acting a day after U.S. planes took similar action over Alaska. Shortly before Trudeau’s tweet, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said it had detected an object flying at […]

NAIROBI, KENYA — On the packed streets of Nairobi, Cyrus Kariuki is one of a growing number of bikers zooming through traffic on an electric motorbike, reaping the benefits of cheaper transport, cleaner air and limiting planet-warming emissions in the process. “Each month one doesn’t have to be burdened by oil change, engine checks and other […]

China on Friday dismissed a U.S. House of Representatives resolution condemning Beijing over a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down above U.S. waters as “purely political manipulation and hyping up.” “China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters at a daily briefing. “The resolution by the […]

Drake has been ordered to sit for a deposition or appear in court as part of the trial into the murder of rapper XXXTentacion. Earlier this week, suspects Michael Boatwright, Trayvon Newsome, and Dedrick Williams went on trial in Florida accused of killing the 20-year-old rapper, real name Jahseh Onfroy, during a robbery outside a […]

KYIV, UKRAINE/WASHINGTON —The White House announced on Friday that President Joe Biden will travel to Poland on February 20 to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Eastern European allies. Coming just before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Biden’s visit “will make it very clear that the United States […]

Malawi is experiencing the deadliest cholera outbreak in its history, say World Health Organization officials, who note that the disease has left more than 1,200 people dead and nearly 37,000 others infected since March of last year. The U.N. released a statement Thursday as an update on the situation. Cholera is an “acute enteric infection […]

RIO DE JANEIRO / WASHINGTON — The United States is considering its first contribution to a multilateral fund aimed at fighting Amazon deforestation, with a possible announcement during President Joe Biden’s meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the White House on Friday, two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the matter said. […]