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Russia imprisons Australian for 13 years over fighting for Ukraine
Russia jails Australian man for 13 years as he fought on Ukraine side

MOSCOW, Russia: Russia has sentenced a 33-year-old Australian man to 13 years in a high-security prison for fighting with Ukrainian...

Ukrainian drones destroyed outside Moscow mayor
Ukrainian drones destroyed outside Moscow mayor

Air defenses have repelled yet another attempt by Kiev to target the Russian capital, Sergey Sobyanin has said Two Ukrainian drones...

More Ukrainian drones destroyed outside Moscow mayor
More Ukrainian drones destroyed outside Moscow mayor

Air defenses have repelled yet another attempt by Kiev to target the Russian capital, Sergey Sobyanin has said At least five Ukrainian...

Global consumers embrace China's innovations as economy shows strong resilience
Global consumers embrace China's innovations as economy shows strong resilience

TIANJIN, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Raydis Franco from Venezuela is getting ready for his Chinese driver's license test in north China's Tianjin....

Zelenskyy lauds EU's 17th sanctions package on Russia, urges stronger measures targeting other sectors
Zelenskyy lauds EU's 17th sanctions package on Russia, urges stronger measures targeting other sectors

Kyiv [Ukraine], May 22 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday (local time) expressed his gratitude for the European...

EU hands underfire US state media 5.5 million
EU hands underfire US state media 5.5 million

The bloc pledges emergency aid to the CIA-founded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which has seen its funding cut by the Trump administration...

International

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Victims’ families reject tentative Boeing non-prosecution agreement
Families of 737 MAX crash victims to oppose Boeing-DOJ deal

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Families of some of the 346 people who died in two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes plan to oppose a proposed deal between...

Southern California Edison targets grid safety in wildfire strategy
Southern California Edison to spend $6.2 billion to curb wildfire risk

ROSEMEAD, California: Southern California Edison (SCE) has outlined a US$6.2 billion wildfire mitigation plan aimed at reducing fire...

Appeals court clears Trump’s rollback plan for worker protections
Appeals court lifts block on Trump order limiting federal union rights

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A federal appeals court recently lifted a block that had stopped President Donald Trump's administration from removing...

Tornadoes kill 25 in Kentucky and Missouri after fierce spring storm
Severe storms kill at least 25 in Kentucky and Missouri

LEXINGTON, St. LOUIS: A strong spring storm caused tornadoes overnight in the U.S. Midwest and Ohio River Valley, killing at least...

Charges dropped, but US scholar still held in Thailand
American academic stuck in Thailand for insulting royal, family says

BANGKOK, Thailand: An American political science teacher, Paul Chambers, is still stuck in Thailand, even though the government dropped...

Judge strips NYC of control over Rikers jail, cites rising violence
US judge takes control of New York's troubled Rikers Island jail

NEW YORK CITY, New York: A federal judge has decided to take control of New York's Rikers Island jail away from city officials due...

Movie Review

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It's a Wonderful Life (4K Steelbook) [Blu-Ray]