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Honoring the fallen
KYIV — Ukrainian flags planted in Kyiv’s Independence Square honor victims of the war, four months a...
June 24, 2022
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Railcars used as shelters for displaced people in Ukraine
IRPIN, Ukraine — Some Ukrainian Railways’ carriages were repurposed earlier this month as shelters ...
June 19, 2022
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Ukrainian widower takes twin toddlers west after losing wife in Russian shelling
VERBKA, Ukraine — A Ukrainian man has been unable to tell his twin daughters, who turn 3 on June 18,...
June 17, 2022
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Rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise born in Swiss zoo
GENEVA (AFP-Jiji) — Visitors to a Swiss zoo caught a glimpse on June 3 of a rare albino Galapagos gi...
June 15, 2022
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Spain searches for wounded bear, cub after brutal attack by male
MADRID (AFP-Jiji) — Spanish authorities are trying to find a brown bear and her cub, which were sepa...
June 15, 2022
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Lithuania seeks Japan’s cooperation in convoy to escort Ukrainian grain
The Lithuanian foreign affairs minister has asked for Japan’s cooperation with a proposed convoy of ...
June 7, 2022
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Bereaved wife recounts horrors of Ukraine war
BUCHA, Ukraine — The traces of blackened pools of blood in a vacant lot in Bucha, Ukraine, are a gri...
June 6, 2022
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Ukrainian girl rescued from Russian-held hospital by grandfather
CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine — The grandfather of a 12-year-old girl orphaned by the war in Ukraine made a ti...
June 2, 2022
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Barcelona recruits sheep, goats to fight wildfires
BARCELONA (AFP-Jiji) — It’s a rustic scene — sheep and goats graze placidly while a shepherd keeps w...
June 1, 2022
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Woman in Bucha, Ukraine, desperately searches for missing husband
BUCHA, Ukraine — Tuesday marked three months since Russia started its invasion of Ukraine. In the Ky...
May 25, 2022
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Russian war crimes in Ukraine on display at Davos exhibition
DAVOS, Switzerland — An exhibition detailing Russian atrocities in Ukraine is being held on the side...
May 24, 2022
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Ukrainian artists serve on cultural front at reopened Lviv theater
LVIV, Ukraine — Performers have returned to the stage at the Lviv National Opera, which is presentin...
May 19, 2022
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Paris plans green makeover of Champs-Elysees for Games
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Paris will give the famed Champs-Elysees a makeover ahead of the 2024 Olympic Gam...
May 18, 2022
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Experts sound alarm over baby tongue surgery
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Lea had no problems breastfeeding her newborn son when she took him to see an ost...
May 18, 2022
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Destruction, grief continue to envelop Bucha
BUCHA, Ukraine — “If there is a hell, this is it,” said a man on Thursday as he sorted through rubbl...
May 17, 2022
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