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KeithBinns/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — China on Monday flew 71 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense zone, as part of a drill that included 47 planes crossing the de-facto maritime border between the mainland and the island. The 47 aircraft crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait, entering into Taiwan’s southwest air defense zone at […]

SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than nine months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Putin’s forces in November pulled out of key positions, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops […]

Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than nine months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Putin’s forces in November pulled out of key positions, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If the United States approves the transfer of Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine will they really be the game changer that Ukrainian officials expect them to be? And how quickly could they actually get to the battlefield? Those are some of the questions being raised after U.S. officials have confirmed […]

Samir Hussein/WireImage via Getty Images (LONDON) — Members of Britain’s royal family are getting into the holiday spirit early. On Thursday, Prince William and Kate, the princess of Wales, arrived at Westminster Abbey with two of their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, for “Royal Carols: Together at Christmas,” a Christmas carol service hosted by […]

KeithBinns/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Iranian rap music has become a vehicle for criticism of the regime amid ongoing protests in the country, placing several rap stars in the crosshairs of government forces. The protest movement sparked by the arrest and death of Masha Amini in September has led to at least 15,000 arrests by […]

ABC News (LONDON) — Prince William’s godmother apologized in-person Friday to the woman who accused her of making racist remarks at a reception at Buckingham Palace last month. Lady Susan Hussey, a longtime lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth II, offered her “sincere apologies” to Ngozi Fulani, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “At this […]

DeLand Family (NEW YORK) — Missing American college student Kenny DeLand Jr. has been located in Spain three weeks after he walked away from the University of Grenoble Alpes and apparently stopped communicating with friends and family. DeLand called his father on Friday after last being heard from Nov. 27, according to the Grenoble prosecutor. […]

JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images (BERLIN) — A massive aquarium inside a Berlin hotel burst on Friday, causing “absolute destruction” and resulting in the loss of some 1,500 tropical fish, officials said. The AquaDom, a 50-foot-tall cylindrical glass aquarium with a built-in elevator located inside the Radisson Collection Hotel, Berlin, collapsed shortly before 6 a.m. […]

Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose forces began an offensive in August, has vowed to take […]