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Soprano Anna Netrebko announces separation from tenor Yusif Eyvazov
Soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov have separated. The couple had been together since 2014, when they appeared together in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera. They married in 2015. “After 10 happy years together, we have made the...
A US journalist goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he and his employer deny
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Russian city on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The...
What to know from the first day of US journalist Evan Gershkovich's trial in Russia
Here's a look at what we know about the first day of the trial for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been charged in Russia with espionage — charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government deny. Where was the trial he ld? It...
Russia orders Austrian journalist out in response to Austria's expulsion of Russian journalist
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it has revoked the accreditation of the chief correspondent of Austria’s public broadcaster ORF and told her to leave the country in response to Austria’s expulsion of the chief correspondent for Russian state news agency Tass. ...
Ukraine's Zelenskyy visits front-line troops under pressure from Russia's onslaught in eastern areas
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on Wednesday visited troops in the eastern Donetsk region who have weathered fierce Russian ground and air assaults in recent months. The Kremlin's army has escalated its...
Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid
DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their...
International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian power plants
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court said Tuesday it issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former defense minister and its military chief of staff for attacks on Ukraine's power plants, the third time the global court has accused senior Russian leaders of war crimes. ...
Top European rights court says Russia responsible for breaching rights in Crimea after 2014 takeover
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe's top human rights court ruled Tuesday that Russia was responsible for a string of human rights violations in Crimea since overrunning and later illegally annexing the Black Sea peninsula in 2014. The European Court of Human Rights said in a...
India's Prime Minister Modi will visit Russia, the Kremlin says
MOSCOW (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Russia, the Kremlin announced Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs aide, Yuri Ushakov, said that Modi’s visit was being prepared but didn’t announce a date, saying that it will be...
Death toll from attack in Russia's Dagestan reaches 21
MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll in the attack by Islamic militants in Russia's southern region of Dagestan has risen to 21 after a wounded police officer has died in a hospital, officials said Tuesday. Sunday's attack, in which militants attacked Christian and Jewish houses of worship...
