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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied any involvement in the alleged death of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. Prigozhin was allegedly killed alongside nine others Wednesday in a plane crash in Russian airspace. “We are not involved in this situation, that’s for sure,” the president told the public Thursday. RUSSIAN WAGNER GROUP WARLORD PRIGOZHIN AMONG DEAD […]

Chinese leaders in the town of Xian sent a text message to residents with an encouraging message about “sweet love, marriage and childbirth.” The message by the city’s family planning authorities was sent in a text and shared by Chinese media, wishing residents “good fertility” ahead of the country’s Valentine’s Day on August 22, according […]

Firefighters in British Columbia continue to battle hundreds of wildfires devastating the Canadian province, and officials shared video of a “fire tornado” that formed last week during extreme weather conditions. Also known as a “fire whirl,” officials say the event is an “incredibly rare phenomenon.” It was spotted on August 17 as fire personnel responded […]

Experts urged caution when analyzing the circumstances of the possible death of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, arguing that the apparent crash could be an assassination or a disinformation campaign by the Kremlin. “If Prigozhin is indeed dead, an accident would be too much of a coincidence,” a strategic military intelligence analyst, former senior official […]

The West African bloc ECOWAS rejected the proposal by Niger’s mutinous soldiers for a three-year transition to democratic rule, with a commissioner describing the slow timeline as a provocation. The door for diplomacy with Niger’s junta remained open but the bloc is not going to engage in drawn-out talks that lead nowhere, Abdel-Fatau Musah, the […]

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims from India crashed in southern Nepal Thursday, killing at least seven occupants and leaving several others injured. Police said the victims in early morning accident include six Indian nationals and and a Nepalese person. The crash occurred as the pilgrims were returning home to Janakpur in southern Nepal after visiting […]

At least 42 women have been abducted by Islamic extremist rebels during an attack in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, locals told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The rebels attacked the women as they gathered firewood in the Jere district of Borno, which is the epicenter of a 14-year-long insurgency launched by the extremist group known […]

Plans for the start of the Basketball World Cup in Okinawa, Japan, were unaffected Thursday after a North Korean rocket launch prompted an alert ordering some residents to evacuate. Press conferences and practices for the eight teams that are beginning World Cup play in Okinawa went on as scheduled Thursday. The tournament begins Friday, also […]

A Russian court has granted a request by investigators to extend the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was jailed by Russian authorities earlier this year on espionage charges. The Lefortovo District Court, during a closed hearing, ruled Thursday that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) could keep the 31-year-old Gershkovich behind bars […]

Mercenaries with the Wagner Group are mourning the alleged death of their once-leader. Yevgeny Prigozhin was reportedly killed Wednesday in a plane crash inside Russian airspace that also claimed nine other people’s lives. No concrete evidence of his death has yet been provided. “I won’t be afraid to say that Yevgeny Prigozhin is a Russian […]