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Australia’s Parliament has passed legislation to prevent Russia from building its embassy near Parliament House on security grounds

Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett broke new ground Wednesday night as the first Black woman Democrat to play in the Congressional Baseball Game's 114-year history.

There is an optimistic mood in the Oregon state Capitol that a boycott by Republican senators, underway for six weeks, could end soon as GOP and Democratic leaders meet to negotiate compromises over bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun safety

Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa and shelled the eastern Donetsk region early Wednesday, killing at least six people, regional Ukrainian officials said. Russian forces have recently stepped up aerial strikes in their nearly 16-month war, a Ukrainian military spokesman said. It comes as Ukraine claims to have made advances in the face of “extremely fierce” fighting during its counteroffensive against Vladimir Putin’s forces, and has suggested Russia is losing a “staggering” 900 troops a day. As the lower house of Russia’s parliament gave its initial backing to plans to enable Moscow to enlist suspected or convicted criminals to bolster its army in Ukraine, Kyiv’s deputy defence minister claimed advances of several hundred metres near Bakhmut and Zaporizhzhia. The claimed advances – which contrast with Russian claims to have repelled attacks – preface a critical Nato meeting this week where Kyiv will urge the West to greenlight delivery of fighter jets, with senior Kyiv official Yuriy Sak telling The Independent that if “had we had F-16s, by now the situation would have been different”. Read More Belarus receives nuclear bombs ‘three times size of Hiroshima bomb’ from Russia Russia steps up aerial strikes on Ukraine – killing at least 6 Russia losing 900 soldiers a day during counteroffensive, Ukrainian officials claim

American novelist Barbara Kingsolver has won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction for a second time with “Demon Copperhead.”

By Costas Pitas LOS ANGELES Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday said the first group of migrants bused

Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph says efforts to attach him to a lawsuit challenging a new state law are a “circus” with “no legal precedent in U_S_ history.”

The 123rd US Open tees off on Thursday at Los Angeles Country Club with global golf gripped by suspense worthy...

Four environmental and conservation groups have endorsed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the annual Capital Dinner of the League of Conservation Voters

Australia’s House of Representatives has passed legislation to prevent Russia from building its embassy near Parliament House on security grounds

Former President Donald Trump and his allies are claiming a federal law enacted in the wake of the Watergate scandal and a decade-old case involving former President Bill Clinton gave him the right to take any documents from the White House after losing his bid for re-election

Four major environmental groups endorsed President Joe Biden's 2024 reelection for president on Wednesday night, ahead of the president's speech at a League of Conservation Voters dinner in the nation's capital.