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By Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Andrew Carey and Christian Edwards Updated 9:22 PM EST, Thu February 9, 2024 Valerii Zaluzhnyi is pictured at a ceremony marking Ukraine’s Independence Day, in Kyiv on August 24, 2023.Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP/Getty Images Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the dismissal of Ukraine’s top commander, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, […]

A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump’s drive to return to the White House is putting the Supreme Court uncomfortably at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign. DENVER (AP) — In the summer of 2020, Gerard Magliocca, like many during the coronavirus pandemic, found himself stuck inside with time on his hands. […]

The talks come just days ahead of pivotal elections in Taiwan China has said it will “never compromise” on the issue of Taiwan, in its first military talks with the US since 2021. It urged the US to “stop arming Taiwan” and take its concerns “seriously”. This comes just days ahead of pivotal elections in […]

Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the full federal appeals court in Washington to review a gag order restricting the former president’s speech in the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election. The request on Monday follows a decision by a three-judge panel of the appeals court that upheld but narrowed a gag […]

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it. https://buy.tinypass.com/checkout/offer/show?displayMode=inline&containerSelector=%23artmeterpv&templateId=OTMELQCFVI1I&templateVariantId=OTVNT00Y3CXU1&offerId=OFLKKA5GNS15&formNameByTermId=%7B%7D&hideCompletedFields=true&showCloseButton=false&checkoutFlowId=CFEUS01IURGN&experienceActionId=showOffer99RL6MTA7I13397&experienceId=EXZPARGVCA7M&activeMeters=%5B%7B%22meterName%22%3A%22TH_FIRST_ARTICLE%22%2C%22views%22%3A1%2C%22viewsLeft%22%3A2%2C%22maxViews%22%3A3%2C%22totalViews%22%3A1%7D%5D&widget=offer&iframeId=offer-0-bLYAR&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fpope-francis-approves-blessings-for-same-sex-couples-if-the-rituals-dont-resemble-marriage%2Farticle67651325.ece&parentDualScreenLeft=-7&parentDualScreenTop=-7&parentWidth=1280&parentHeight=675&parentOuterHeight=773&aid=DC3REpZYpu&zone=Web&browserId=lqc4j2hkitzmabvw&pianoIdUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fid.tinypass.com%2Fid%2F&pianoIdStage=&userProvider=piano_id&userToken=&customCookies=%7B%22_pc_thgpremiumexp%22%3A%22false%22%7D&hasLoginRequiredCallback=true&initMode=context&requestUserAuthForLinkedTerm=true&initTime=14995&logType=offerShow&width=692.433349609375&_qh=c806cc916e The document from the Vatican’s doctrine office, released on Monday, elaborates on […]

Rescuers comb through a collapsed village house in Haidong city, Qinghai province on December 19, 2023. The initial tremors lasted nearly 20 seconds and were felt in the provincial capital of Lanzhou 102 kilometers (63 miles) away, CCTV reported. University students in Lanzhou shared photos on the social media site Weibo of crowds gathering outside […]

Israel agreed to a U.S. request to get its air defenses in place to protect U.S. troops in the region ahead of an expected ground invasion into Gaza, according to U.S. officials and people familiar with Israel’s planning. Iran’s role: The leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah met top militant officials from Gaza, while Iran’s supreme leader […]

Vice President Kamala Harris has said she’s prepared to be president “if necessary,” though she brushed off concerns about President Biden’s age as the pair campaigns for a second term.  CBS News’s Margaret Brennan asked Harris in an interview for “Face the Nation,” set to air this Sunday, to respond to concerns from both sides […]

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. If you’re trying to keep up with Donald Trump’s four indictments, the classified documents case in Florida has taken a very curious turn. One crucial witness, who just so happens to be a Mar-a-Lago […]

MOSCOW — Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, was buried Tuesday in St. Petersburg, according to his press service. The unannounced ceremony in the city’s Porokhovskoye Cemetery was attended by a small number of people. The cemetery itself was heavily guarded by Russian police and security personnel. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov […]