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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said his main aim in Ukraine after 30 months of fighting was to capture the eastern Donbas area — and claimed that Ukraine’s Kursk counter-offensive had made that easier. Putin was speaking a day after Russia attacked Ukraine’s western Lviv region with deadly strikes, and after recent advances by

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Despite her well-paying tech job, Li Daijing didn’t hesitate when her cousin asked for help running a restaurant in Mexico City. She packed up and left China for the Mexican capital last year, with dreams of a new adventure. The 30-year-old woman from Chengdu, the Sichuan provincial capital, hopes one day

A suspected gunman who was taken into custody after allegedly opening fire at a Georgia high school on Wednesday is believed to be a 14-year-old boy, a law enforcement source told CNN. Four people were killed and at least nine others were injured in the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, an hour outside

You’ve started a new job and you’re told you have to work in the office full-time. But after a while, you notice that some of your colleagues work from home several days a week — even though the “official” line is no home-working. According to a survey by Owl Labs, 70% of UK managers have

Cal Fire’s Butte Unit quickly gained control of the Centerville wildfire in Chico, California, reaching 60 percent containment after it broke out on September 2, the service said on September 3. Cal Fire said its crews worked “through the night patrolling and mitigating hot spots” and the fire was holding at 59 acres. Forward progress

The first city Pope Francis will visit during his trip to Southeast Asia and Oceania is Jakarta. Indonesia’s most populous city ranks high as one of the most air polluted and unhealthy locations in a country which also carries the worst air pollution record in the region. (AP video by Andi Jatmiko, Helena Alves, Faldan

So far this year, the United States experienced 19 confirmed weather or climate disaster events with losses exceeding the $1 billion mark, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. With severe weather becoming more of a reality for Americans, Middleburg Communities chief economist and former Fed economist Brad Case breaks down how it is

Donald Trump launched a brazen new attack on Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday as he claimed she treated Mike Pence poorly. “She’s a nasty person,” the former president said on Fox News. “The way she treated Mike Pence was horrible.” It’s not clear what he was referring to, but it was perhaps the 2020

Anthony Scaramucci, a former aide to Donald Trump, has claimed he has only met one person who hates his ex-boss more than his wife Melania Trump. Speaking in an interview with MeidasTouch on Saturday, Scaramucci suggested that the former president’s wife might be the only person who would like to see Vice President Kamala Harris

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including a young Israeli-American man who became one of the most well-known captives held by Hamas as his parents met with world leaders and pressed for his release, including at the Democratic convention last month. The military said

The right to an abortion is on the ballot in 10 states this election cycle and the results could send a strong message to Republicans trying to shut down reproductive rights. Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Feminist Majority Foundation and Executive Editor of Ms. magazine Kathy Spillar and President & CEO of Reproductive Freedom

The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday’s drawing has risen to an estimated $627 million after no one won the big prize on Tuesday. The winning numbers were drawn just after 11 p.m. ET on Friday, and we have the results below. A lucky player could walk away with an estimated $309.4 million lump-sum payment after taxes

Comedian—and Daily Beast contributor—Matt Friend certainly made the most of his 60 seconds with Barack Obama when the two men came face to face at the Democratic National Convention last week to make a video urging Americans to vote this November. As Friend demonstrated his eerily accurate impression of the former president, Obama couldn’t help

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s factory activity likely shrank for a fourth month in August, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, reinforcing the need for officials to direct more stimulus towards households and less to building projects. The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) was forecast at 49.5, up from July’s reading of 49.4,

NASA Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z captured the Ingenuity helicopter’s 54th flight on Mars. A camera onboard Ingenuity snapped a mid-air view of the rover. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Quest for the Skies by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen / courtesy of Epidemic Sound Read original article here.