Jun 24 Putin vows to punish leaders of armed rebellion as private army advances toward Moscow By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed harsh punishment for the organizers of an armed rebellion spearheaded by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led his troops out of Ukraine and advanced toward Moscow. Continue reading
Jun 24 Orcas disrupt sailing race near Spain in latest display of inexplicably bold behavior By Jimmy Golen, Associated Press A pod of killer whales bumped one of the boats in an endurance sailing race as it approached the Strait of Gibraltar, the latest encounter in what researchers say is a growing trend of sometimes-aggressive interactions with Iberian orcas. Continue reading
Jun 23 Leader of Wagner mercenaries says forces entered Russian city of Rostov facing no resistance By Associated Press The owner of the Wagner private military contractor Yevgeny Prigozhin says his forces have driven into the Russian city of Rostov, facing no resistance. Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Biden, Modi hold meeting with U.S. and Indian business leaders By Chris Megerian, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday joined top American and Indian executives in talks to increase cooperation between the two countries on artificial intelligence, semiconductor production and space. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 5:19 News Wrap: DOJ charges Chinese companies with trafficking fentanyl chemicals In our news wrap Friday, the Justice Department charged four Chinese companies and eight individuals with trafficking precursor chemicals for fentanyl, Canada and the U.S. have begun investigations into the Titan submersible tragedy and Pakistan says around 350 Pakistani nationals… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch 4:17 Kyiv springs back to life as Ukraine air defense crews guard the city By Lindsey Hilsum, Independent Television News The mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is said to be under investigation by Russian intelligence after claiming that Russia's war with Ukraine was started under false pretenses by top military officials. Meanwhile, Ukraine's capital Kyiv has sprung back to life under… Continue watching
Jun 23 Serbia threatens armed intervention again in Kosovo as tension escalates By Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press Serbia has reiterated a threat to intervene militarily in its former province of Kosovo if NATO-led peacekeepers there fail to protect minority Serbs from what Belgrade calls the terrorist threat of Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian authorities. Continue reading
Jun 23 Kremlin orders arrest of Wagner Group’s leader over his calls for armed rebellion By Susie Blann, Associated Press The owner of the Wagner private military contractor escalated his direct challenge to the Kremlin on Friday, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. Continue reading
Jun 23 Gang violence pushes Haitians from their homes into makeshift shelters By Dánica Coto, Associated Press A gang rampaged through the Cite Soleil slum, killing and raping and setting fire to hundreds of wood-and-tin homes. Continue reading
Jun 23 Opening soon: Germany’s largest Jewish cultural center since the Holocaust By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Germany’s biggest Jewish educational and cultural complex since the Holocaust is set to open in Berlin, five years after the groundbreaking. Continue reading