Nation Jul 15 WNBA star Brittney Griner had a doctor’s note for cannabis, lawyer says A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner at her drug possession trial has given a Russian court a letter from a U.S. doctor recommending she use cannabis to treat pain.
Politics Jul 07 WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty in Russia drugs trial: media reports Russian news agencies say jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling charges during her trial in Moscow.
Nation Jul 01 After four months, trial for WNBA star Brittney Griner begins in Russian court American basketball star Brittney Griner has gone on trial at a Moscow-area court on charges of possessing cannabis oil.
Arts Jun 27 4 months after arrest, U.S. basketball star Griner appears in Russian court More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, American basketball star Brittney Griner has appeared in court for a preliminary hearing ahead of her trial.
Politics Jun 06 WATCH: State Department spokesperson Ned Price holds briefing as Russia threatens to push out U.S. journalists Russia's foreign ministry called U.S. news media to a meeting on Monday to warn that their accreditations and visas could be withdrawn if the United States does not rescind measures limiting Russian journalists there.
World Mar 04 Fire extinguished, no radiation was released from Ukraine nuclear plant The International Atomic Energy Agency’s director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said Friday the building hit by a Russian “projectile” at the Zaporizhzhia plant was “not part of the reactor” but instead a training center at the plant.
World Mar 03 Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on fire in Ukraine after Russian shelling A spokesman for the Zaporizhzhia plant told Ukrainian television that shells were falling directly on the facility in the city of Enerhodar and had set fire to one of the facility's six reactors.
World Mar 03 Russian forces seize strategic Ukrainian port in bid to cut country off from the sea Russian forces have seized a strategic Ukrainian port and besieged another in a bid to cut the country off from the sea.
World Mar 02 As Russia escalates Ukraine invasion, both sides ready for more talks Russia renewed its assault Wednesday on Ukraine's second-largest city in a pounding that lit up the skyline with balls of fire over populated areas, even as both sides said they were ready to resume talks aimed at stopping the new…
World Mar 01 Russian forces step up attacks on Ukraine’s civilian areas Ukraine’s president accused Moscow of a blatant campaign of terror and vowed: “Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget.”…