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Wall Street Journal reporter Brett Forrest speaks to ABC News about his book “Lost Son.” — ABC News (NEW YORK) — The detentions of U.S. citizens, like reporter Evan Gershkovich, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan by Russia, has kept tensions between the U.S. and Russia high as the war in Ukraine rages on. Wall Street […]

Satellite image (c) 2023 Maxar Technologies/Getty Images (KHERSON, Ukraine) — The collapse of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam has left behind vast quantities of beached fish, contributing to fears of an environmental disaster along the country’s Dnipro River. Video verified by ABC News showed large quantities of beached fish lying on the depleted shoreline of the Dnipro River. […]

ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis had intestinal surgery on Wednesday and will spend several days in the hospital recovering, Vatican officials said. The Holy See Press Office announced Wednesday evening local time that the surgery was over and that “it took place without complications and lasted three hours.” After his general […]

ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis will undergo an intestinal surgery on Wednesday and spend several days in the hospital recovering, Vatican officials said. After his general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, the pontiff went to Gemelli hospital in Rome, “where in the early afternoon he will undergo a Laparotomy and […]

ABC News (LONDON) — A section of a strategically vital Ukrainian dam and hydroelectric powerplant under Russian control has been blown up. Ukraine and Russia are blaming each other for the breach. The Nova Kakhovka dam, which was built in 1956 and traverses the enormous Dnipro River in southern Ukraine, suffered an explosion overnight at approximately […]

ABC News (LONDON) — A section of a strategically vital Ukrainian dam and hydroelectric powerplant under Russian control has been destroyed. Ukraine and Russia are blaming each other for the breach. The Nova Kakhovka dam, which was built in 1956 and traverses the enormous Dnipro River in southern Ukraine, suffered an breach overnight at approximately 2 […]

Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince Harry took to the witness stand Tuesday in a U.K. courtroom, becoming the first British royal to do so in more than a century. Harry, the duke of Sussex, was grilled by the defense team in his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers, the publisher of The Daily Mirror. Harry […]

Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince Harry will break royal precedent once again when he testifies this week in court, becoming the first British royal to do so in more than a century. Harry, the duke of Sussex, is expected to take the stand Tuesday and Wednesday in his lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers, the […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Although U.S. officials have accused China’s military of carrying out dangerous provocations in recent days, diplomats from both countries are ramping up engagement at the same time — a two-prong approach that seems to be increasingly driven by Beijing. On Monday, White House spokesperson John Kirby condemned a close call in […]

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, will likely be extradited to the United States on Thursday night, according to a National Penitentiary Institute of Peru spokesperson. Van der Sloot left the Challapalca prison in Peru on Saturday […]