Ukraine launched a missile strike on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters, Russian official says | AP News

Ukraine launched a missile strike on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters, Russian official says | AP News

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine carried out a fiery missile strike Friday on the main headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, a Russian official said. Videos and photos showed large plumes of smoke over the building in Sevastopol in annexed Crimea.The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said there was no information about casualties. He

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Vatican shares investigation into child abuse allegations against an Australian bishop with police | AP News

Vatican shares investigation into child abuse allegations against an Australian bishop with police | AP News

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Vatican had shared with police findings of an internal investigation of a former Australian bishop over child sex abuse allegations and the church would fully cooperate with criminal investigators, a cleric said on Friday.The Catholic Church announced the handover of its investigation report into former Bishop Christopher Saunders three days

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Azerbaijan sends food, other aid to Nagorno-Karabakh after ending an offensive against Armenians | AP News

Azerbaijan sends food, other aid to Nagorno-Karabakh after ending an offensive against Armenians | AP News

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan said it was delivering food and other humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday, two days after the region’s ethnic Armenian separatist government called a cease-fire in a short but intense fight with Azerbaijani forces. Nagorno-Karabakh’s 120,000 people have suffered severe shortages of food and medicine since late last year when

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Gases from Philippine volcano sicken dozens of children, prompting school closures in nearby towns | AP News

Gases from Philippine volcano sicken dozens of children, prompting school closures in nearby towns | AP News

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Smog containing gases from a restive Philippine volcano sickened dozens of students and prompted 25 towns and cities to shut their schools on Friday as a health precaution, officials said.There was no imminent threat of a major eruption of Taal Volcano, which authorities said remains at a low level of unrest

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Spat over visas for Indian Asian Games athletes sparks diplomatic row between New Delhi and Beijing | AP News

Spat over visas for Indian Asian Games athletes sparks diplomatic row between New Delhi and Beijing | AP News

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — A long-standing border dispute between India and China has left three Indian martial arts competitors stranded at home and unable to make it to the Asian Games in Hangzhou, while sparking a diplomatic row Friday between the two countries.The three women wushu athletes are from India’s eastern Arunachal Pradesh, which China

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