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Russian women face violence from Ukraine veterans

Warsaw, Poland — Olga drew her index finger abruptly across her neck as she recounted the threats her husband leveled at her after he returned to Russia, wounded from fighting in Ukraine. "I'm going to cut your head and hands off and beat you up. I'll burn you in acid," he threatened her, she said. Even before her husband went off to fight in Ukraine, he was a violent alcoholic, Olga -- not her real name -- told AFP. When he returned home seven months later, he was even worse. And now he… Read Full Article

Across the U.S., pro-Palestinian campus protesters risk arrest and suspension

Hundreds of students have been arrested. Columbia says progress was made in negotiations with protesters, while at GWU, students are flouting orders to clear encampments.

Protests against the war in Gaza intensify at Columbia and other universities

Authorities are being called to disperse pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college and university campuses across the U.S. — leading to mass arrests.

Do Columbia's pro-Palestinian protests resemble the ones against the Vietnam war?

A college professor who protested the Vietnam War in 1968 compares her experiences with the pro-Palestinian protests currently happening at Columbia University.

A Baltimore-area teacher is accused of using AI to make his boss appear racist

This wild case emphasizes the serious potential for criminal misuse of artificial intelligence that experts have been warning about for some time, one professor said.

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Zelenskyy blasts Russian nuclear risks on Chernobyl anniversary

Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Friday that Russia's capture of a major nuclear power plant threatened a radiation catastrophe, as the country marked the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in southern Ukraine in the first days of its 2022 invasion. Both sides regularly accuse each other of endangering safety at the site, Europe's largest nuclear facility. "For 785 days now… Read Full Article

Baby saved from dead mother's womb in Gaza dies

Sabreen was born by emergency C-section after Israel bombed a house in Rafah, killing her family.

Baby saved from dead mother's womb in Gaza dies

Sabreen was born by emergency C-section after Israel bombed a house in Rafah, killing her family.