Aug 04 Watch 10:01 USAID’s Samantha Power discusses global food security amid the Ukraine crisis By Nick Schifrin The war in Ukraine has exacerbated a global food crisis with hundreds of millions of people going to bed hungry every night. A recent UN-brokered deal with Russia and Ukraine to allow Ukrainian grain to leave the Black Sea is… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 4:15 Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines repel Russian forces using U.S. heavy weapons By Volodymyr Solohub, Bohdan Kinaschuk Russia bombed several key Ukrainian cities Thursday including Kharkiv. The country's second largest city has been under fire since the first day of the invasion, with its proximity to the border making it an easy target for Russia. But newly… Continue watching
Aug 04 Russian judge sentences Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison, ruling she illegally carried drugs By Jim Heintz, Associated Press Griner had told the court she had no intention to break the law by bringing vape cartridges with cannabis oil when she flew to Moscow in February. A prosecutor urged that she be sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison. Continue reading
Aug 04 Griner says she ‘made an honest mistake,’ as Russian court prepares to give verdict By Jim Heintz, Associated Press American basketball star Brittney Griner apologized to her family and her team as a Russian court heard closing arguments in her drug possession trial said it expected to deliver a verdict Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 5:19 News Wrap: Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski, aides killed in a car crash In our news wrap Wednesday, Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski of Indiana was killed in a car crash along with two young aides, President Biden signed an executive order to help women who cross state lines for abortions, the U.S. began… Continue watching
Aug 03 First grain ship to leave Ukraine passes inspection but no sign of more By Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press The first grain ship to leave Ukraine under a Black Sea wartime deal has passed inspection in Istanbul and is heading on to Lebanon. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 3:28 News Wrap: Death toll rises in northern California wildfire In our news wrap Tuesday, at least two more people have been found dead in the wake of a massive wildfire in California, the search continues for victims of Kentucky floods, the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain arrived off Turkey… Continue watching
Aug 02 Russia designates Ukraine’s Azov Regiment terrorists By Susie Blann, Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Russia's Supreme Court has labeled Ukraine's Azov Regiment as a terrorist organization banned in Russia, a designation that could spell prison terms for the battalion's prisoners of war. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 4:29 Ukraine resumes grain shipments amid global food shortages By Volodymyr Solohub, Zeba Warsi A cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain set sail from Odesa for the first time since Russia's invasion more than five months ago. It followed last month's agreement with the United Nations and Turkey to allow shipments through the Black Sea,… Continue watching
Aug 01 Ukraine aims to retake the south, tying down Russian forces By Associated Press Even as the Russian war machine crawls across Ukraine's east, Ukrainian forces are scaling up attacks to reclaim territory in the south. Continue reading