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Amid persistent rumors of Ukrainian withdrawal from the war’s most prolonged battle, officials said nothing about the size or purpose of the reinforcement.

By Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), begins its annual session on Sunday and is expected to unveil the biggest government reshuffle in a decade as Beijing confronts a host of issues at

Public access to most buildings at Michigan State University will be restricted at night, school officials said a little more than two weeks after a gunman killed three students and injured five. (Image credit: Paul Sancya/AP)

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SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday, including the first person from the Arab world going up for an extended monthslong stay. (Image credit: CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. has approved more arms sales to Taiwan, including $619 million worth of munitions for F-16 fighter jets, in a decision likely to be yet another point of friction between the U.S. and China, which claims

Greece train crash: Angry protests erupt after disaster  BBC Rescuers comb wreckage of Greece’s deadliest train crash  Yahoo News A look at some of Europe’s train disasters in recent times  The Hill Human error to blame for train crash – Greek PM  BBC China

Not all Western companies packed up and left Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. Some say Moscow has tied their hands, while others choose to stay put.

Trump Melts Down Over Murdoch Admitting Fox Lied About Election Fraud  Rolling Stone Rupert Murdoch said Sean Hannity was ‘privately disgusted’ by Trump  Business Insider Analysis | The other way Rupert Murdoch tried to tip the scales for Trump  The Washington Post

Buenos Aires and other major cities in Argentina were left in the dark Wednesday afternoon. A large power outage, affecting more than half of the country was set off when a fire struck the its national electricity grid, BBC News