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Police: Michigan woman wanted to blame vandalism on Ukrainian militia

May. 28, 2023 13:47 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Police in Michigan say a woman vandalized two Detroit-area religious centers in hopes people would blame a Ukrainian militia. The 35-year-old Clinton Township woman has been charged with spray-painting a Nazi symbol and the phrase “Azov” on a Royal Oak synagogue...

Russia launched 'largest drone attack' on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed

May. 28, 2023 13:36 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia's war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. At least one person was killed, but officials said scores of drones were shot down,...

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ wins Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or; 3rd time female director wins top honor

May. 28, 2023 00:55 AM EDT

Justine Triet's “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in a ceremony Saturday that bestowed the festival's prestigious top prize on an engrossing, rigorously plotted French courtroom drama that puts a marriage on trial. “Anatomy of a Fall,”...

Ukraine claims Russia is plotting 'a provocation' at nuclear plant, offers no evidence

May. 27, 2023 16:35 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's military intelligence has claimed, without offering evidence, that Russia is plotting a “large-scale provocation” at a nuclear power plant it occupies in the southeast of the country with the aim of disrupting a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive. ...

A growing number of LGBTQ+ Russians seek refuge from war, discrimination in Argentina

May. 27, 2023 14:08 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Anastasia Domini and wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day in Argentina’s capital while their four restless children played nearby. It's a common sight in a country where same-sex marriage has been legal for more than a decade....

Former US diplomat Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday, still active in global affairs

May. 27, 2023 13:05 PM EDT

Former diplomat and presidential adviser Henry Kissinger marks his 100th birthday on Saturday, outlasting many of his political contemporaries who guided the United States through one of its most tumultuous periods including the presidency of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War. Born...

Ukraine soccer league set for a title-deciding game in a remarkable, war-hit season

May. 27, 2023 01:19 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — Two soccer teams exiled from cities in war-battered eastern Ukraine play each other Sunday in the safer western part of the country with the league title at stake. The showdown between competition leader Shakhtar Donetsk and second-place Dnipro-1 at Arena Lviv can be...

Russia says its border regions attacked; Moscow's forces hit clinic in central Ukrainian city

May. 26, 2023 16:56 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack Friday from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones, authorities said, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in an area next to the annexed Crimea Peninsula. Moscow’s...

Germany orders 18 new Leopard 2 tanks to replace vehicles sent to Ukraine

May. 26, 2023 13:52 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — The German military has ordered 18 new Leopard 2 tanks to replace vehicles that were sent to Ukraine earlier this year, a leading defense company said Friday. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann said a contract for the Leopard 2A8 tanks was signed with the federal office for...

UK's Treasury chief accepts that recession may be necessary to get inflation down

May. 26, 2023 09:50 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Treasury chief said he would be prepared to see the U.K. economy slip back into recession if further interest rate hikes are necessary to bring down inflation. With the Bank of England expected to keep raising rates following higher-than-anticipated...