[ad_1] Basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian courtroom on Friday, but not before she was given a note from President Joe Biden. Hoping that a guilty plea could be his best shot at a…
[ad_1] Pope Francis prayed for the journey to heaven of his ancestors and thanked him again for his lifetime of service to the church, during a New Year’s appearance a day after Pope emeritus Benedict XVI died in retirement at…
[ad_1] A High Court judge agreed with this interpretation, writing that the story could lead readers to believe that Harry was deliberately trying to confuse the public about the fairness of the legal process against the government. “You may ‘spin’…
[ad_1] Russia continued to attack Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on New Year’s Day, following a missile launch on Saturday, with air raid sirens wailing for hours overnight. Ukraine’s Air Force Command said it had shot down 45…
[ad_1] Abduweli Ayup has not returned to Kashgar since 2015, and the chances of that happening anytime soon seem slim. The Chinese government has revoked his passport, he said. Sometimes he watches videos on YouTube from his hometown. They didn’t…
[ad_1] “I want to apologize to my teammates, my club, my fans and the city [Yekaterinburg] for the mistakes I made and the shame I felt,” Griner said in her statement. “I also want to apologize to my parents, my…
[ad_1] As Europe bakes this summer in a record heat wave, the drought also causes water levels to plunge in rivers and lakes across the continent. In the Netherlands, the Waal River is so low that it drops below the…
[ad_1] Flight cancellations this summer, many caused by extreme weather, continue to wreak havoc at airports in the US and beyond, with 11,337 delays and 2,077 cancellations reported so far. And it’s unlikely to get better anytime soon. The hardest…
[ad_1] Mikhail Gorbachev, whose drive to transform the Soviet Union ended the Cold War but inadvertently helped cause his own country’s collapse, has died, according to Russian news agencies. He was 91. Agent Tass, RIA Novosti, and Interfax mentioned the…
[ad_1] This is the result of the floods that hit Pakistan in the country. Dubbed the “monster monsoon of the decade” by Pakistan’s climate change minister Sherry Rehman, torrential rains in the region have killed at least 982 people since…