Oct 07 Russia focuses attacks on annexed areas of Ukraine By Adam Schreck, Associated Press The governor of the Zaporizhzhia region said Friday that Russian forces fired more missiles at the regional capital and also used used Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones there for the first time. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 3:51 Ukrainian forces continue counteroffensive as Putin lays false claim to more land By Amna Nawaz, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The war in Ukraine is grinding towards winter more than seven months after Russia invaded. Even as Vladimir Putin lays false claim to more Ukrainian land, Ukraine's forces continue their counteroffensive across the east and south. But the cost in… Continue watching
Oct 05 Putin finalizes annexation of Ukrainian regions as Russian forces struggle to maintain control By Adam Schreck, Associated Press In a defiant move, the Kremlin on Wednesday held the door open for further land grabs in Ukraine. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 5:07 News Wrap: Musk agrees to buy Twitter, charges dropped in Flint water case In our news wrap Tuesday, Elon Musk reversed course and agreed to buy Twitter after months of legal battles, President Biden and Japan's prime minister discussed the next steps following North Korea's longest-ever ballistic missile test over Japan and a… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 4:02 News Wrap: European Union inflation hits 10 percent, Cubans protest lingering power outage In our news wrap Friday, the war in Ukraine sent natural gas prices and overall inflation soaring across the European Union, rare public protests have broken out in Cuba over lingering power outages from Hurricane Ian and Congress gave final… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 9:11 Putin vows to defend illegally seized regions in Ukraine by ‘all available means’ By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Russian President Vladimir Putin sharply escalated the war in Ukraine Friday, signing treaties to illegally annex four regions and vowing to defend the newly seized territory by "all available means." It all happened at the same time as one of… Continue watching
Sep 30 West rejects Putin’s claim it sabotaged Nord Stream gas pipelines By Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the West had turned from sanctions against Russia to "terror attacks," sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in what he described as an attempt to "destroy the European energy infrastructure."… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 5:05 News Wrap: Data shows U.S. economy shrank in the second quarter In our news wrap Thursday, revised government data confirmed the U.S. economy shrank in the second quarter, U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss defended her economic plan that includes billions in tax cuts for high earners without offsetting spending reductions and… Continue watching
Sep 29 Russia to formally annex 4 regions of Ukraine Friday, after votes condemned by West By Jon Gambrell, Adam Schreck, Associated Press Russia says it will formally annex occupied parts of Ukraine where it held Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums" in which it claimed that residents had voted overwhelmingly to live under Moscow's rule. Continue reading
Sep 28 How real are Putin’s nuclear threats to Ukraine? By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that he won't hesitate to use nuclear weapons to ward off Ukraine's attempt to reclaim control of Moscow-occupied areas that the Kremlin is about to annex. Continue reading