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KYIV -- On August 24, Ukrainians celebrate Independence Day, a major national holiday marking the declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. This year, it comes exactly six months after Russia launched a large-scale invasion aimed to strip Ukraine of that independence.On the weekend preceding the public holiday, damaged Russian…

 The people of Al-Jazeera region continue their sit-in in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Qamishlo, on the twelfth consecutive day in protest against the attacks of the Turkish occupation on northern and eastern Syria.  The Community Protection Forces, in coordination with…

An Ottawa-area high school teacher is facing several criminal charges after allegedly defrauding a local minor hockey association in the Township of Madawaska Valley, and it's not the only sports organization that has raised concerns.Wanda Malone, 46, was arrested Aug. 16 by Killaloe Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and charged with fraud over…

Stock futures inched higher Tuesday as the market tried to recover from its worst say since June.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 40 points, or 0.1%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also gained 0.1%.Palo Alto Networks surged in the premarket on the back of strong quarterly results, while Zoom Video shares slumped…

Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters attend to a fire at an oil depot in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on August 2.Russian tanks near the settlement of Olenivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on July 29.Students at a military school write letters to Ukrainian servicemen during a lesson in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 27.Firefighters rest as their…

Video: The city of San Jose in California, the United States, unveiled on Nov. 9, 2019 a memorial park named after late Chinese-American writer Iris Chang, who was renowned for her book on World War II history, including Japan's invasion of China. (Xinhua)By help making the Nanjing Massacre widely known in Western societies, Iris Chang made an…

Amazon, UnitedHealth among bidders for Signify - reportAMC tumbles as UK's Cineworld mulls bankruptcy filingBenchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rises past 3%Indexes down: S&P 500 -2.05%, Nasdaq -2.41%, Dow -1.85%Aug 22 (Reuters) - Wall Street tumbled on Monday as investors fretted about a U.S. Federal Reserve gathering later this week in…

Washington State University’s latest recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student awards—India Dykes and Lauren Hudson–will study, research, and teach in Europe and Southeast Asia this coming year. “With support from Fulbright, they will be exceptional representatives of WSU and the U.S. and will boost their scholarship and skills to make…

Tributes have been paid to a “kind-hearted and loyal” researcher at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU), who has died at the age of 96. Professor Peter Davison OBE was one of the world’s most respected scholars on the life and work of author George Orwell, while he also made great contributions to the study of Shakespeare. Professor…

Comment on this storyCommentAnthony S. Fauci, the nation’s preeminent infectious-disease expert who achieved unprecedented fame while enduring withering political attacks as the face of the coronavirus pandemic response under two presidents, plans to step down in December after more than a half-century of public service, he announced…