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Russia says relations with Canada close to "being severed" as Ottawa seizes cargo plane

Moscow is warning that relations with Canada are "on the verge of being severed" after the federal Liberal government moved to forfeit a massive Russian cargo plane.

Influx of Russians prompts Argentina to set restrictions on immigration

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, several thousand Russian babies were born in Argentina

Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance

Exclusive: Breakthrough could aid research into genetic disorders but raises serious ethical and legal issues

Ukraine Making Progress In Counteroffensive Against Russia: NATO

Brazil develops the first vaccine against schistosomiasis, the disease of swollen bellies: The researchers are waiting for the WHO to approve the treatment, which is the first in the world to protect against a worm that infects 200 million people a year

The researchers are waiting for the WHO to approve the treatment, which is the first in the world to protect against a worm that infects 200 million people a year

EU suggests breaking up Google’s ad business in preliminary antitrust ruling - The Verge

The European Commission targets Google’s core business.

Abortion rights protests planned across Poland after death of pregnant woman

Poles demanding a liberalization of the abortion law are protesting in Warsaw and other Polish cities after a woman who was five months pregnant died of sepsis. It was the latest such death since a tightening of Poland’s abortion law more than two years ago. The protests demanding a liberalization of the abortion law are to take place in Warsaw and nearly 50 other cities later Wednesday. The activists say doctors are putting women’s lives at risk as they prioritize saving fetuses over women, either for ideological reasons or fearing legal consequences for themselves. Conservative politicians and anti-abortion groups accuse them of exploiting cases like the one of the woman who died for political gain.

Borrowing Tactics From The U.S. Army, The Ukrainian Marine Corps Is Thundering Through Russian Lines In Fast-Moving Columns

The Ukrainian 35th Marine Brigade is more than a week into its own prolonged thunder run along the Mokri Yaly River.

Two dead after Japanese cadet opens fire on colleagues at shooting range

Kenya's tea pickers are destroying the machines replacing them

Kenyan tea pickers are destroying machines brought in to replace them during violent protests that highlight the challenge faced by low skilled workers as companies increasingly rely on automation to cut costs.

Turkey's Erdogan says no Nato membership for Sweden at Vilnius summit

Demonstration by 'terrorists' during meeting with Stoltenberg undermined chances for membership, says Turkish president

Chechen boss Kadyrov begs for info on brother-in-law missing in Ukraine

Adam Delimkhanov was reportedly wounded as Kyiv’s forces push into Russian-occupied territory.

Russia's Medvedev says Moscow now has free hand to destroy enemies' undersea communications cables.

A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday there was no reason for Moscow not to destroy its enemies' undersea communication cables given what he said was Western complicity in the Nord Stream pipeline blasts.

Biden rushes replacement armored vehicles to Ukraine after battlefield losses

By attacking through minefields while under Russian artillery fire, the Ukrainian army has already lost at least 16 Bradleys and four Leopard tanks.

Sharp decline in appetite for news in recent years, Reuters Institute says

There's been a sharp decline in the numbers taking a strong interest in the news in recent years.

Russia lost so much money due to the Ukraine war that it now aims to raise $4 billion by slapping a windfall tax on its oligarchs

The proposed law will require Russian companies that made profits of over 1 billion rubles each year since 2021 to pay a one-off 10% tax.

Malaysia to ask Interpol for help to track down comedian over MH370 joke

US-based comic Jocelyn Chia strains relations between Singapore and Malaysia with joke about how Malaysia’s planes cannot fly

Zelenskiy Calls for Stronger Sanctions to Halt Flow of Missile Components from Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has intensified his calls for stricter sanctions to disrupt the transfer of components used in Russian

India fires warning to Canada and others for giving space ‘to extremists and people who advocate violence’

External affairs minister said so while answering a question about Khalistani groups organising a procession in Brampton with a float that recreated the assassination of Indira Gandhi