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Hope fades for quick return home for Brittney Griner after latest decision from Russian courts
The pro basketball player has been held on drug smuggling charges since February, but she has made no public comments about the circumstances surrounding her arrest.
Reports of possible Russian retreat near Kharkiv, as Moscow extends detention for WNBA star
Villages north of Kharkiv are coming under intense Russian fire. The local mayor said a humanitarian aid center was hit by Russian shelling. A British Intelligence report suggests that Russia may be withdrawing forces from Kharkiv in its second significant retreat. Meanwhile, Brittney Griner, who has been in custody for three months, had her pre-trial detention extended for a month in Moscow. Griner was initially arrested at the Moscow airport, and accused of possessing cannabis oil. The State Department says Griner was “wrongly detained.”
Shanghai suggests lockdown may end soon as pressure grows on China’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy
The strategy is coming under greater scrutiny both at home and abroad, including rare criticism from the head of the World Health Organization.
Vacant ambassadorships, clashes with U.S. spur tensions before Summit of Americas
A logjam in confirming ambassadors and the Biden administration's hard-line stance toward Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela have thrown the regional summit next month into turmoil.
Ukraine is a favorite to win Eurovision. Some fans have mixed feelings.
People travel from all over the world to attend the carnival-like atmosphere that comes with the Eurovision Song Contest, which has a viewership of 183 million.
Pope to visit Canada in July, expected to apologize over residential schools
The pope will visit the cities of Edmonton, Québec and Iqaluit between July 24-30, the Vatican said in a statement.
Longest pedestrian suspension bridge opens in Czech resort
The 2,365-foot-long Sky Bridge 721, as it is known, is built at an altitude of more than 3,610 feet above sea level.
Israeli police beat crowds at funeral of slain Palestinian journalist
Thousands gathered for the emotionally-charged funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh, who witnesses say was killed by Israeli forces’ gunfire in the occupied West Bank this week.
UAE’s long-ailing leader Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies at 73
The UAE’s Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced a 40-day period of mourning and a three-day suspension of work in all ministries and the private sector beginning Friday.
Nepali woman’s 10th Everest climb breaks her own record
On the same day, seven climbers from the U.S. and Kenya became the first all-Black expedition to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain.
North Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting Covid-19 outbreak
State media said hundreds of thousands of other people fell ill in an explosive spread of fever across the country, most of whose population is unvaccinated.
