Israel strikes in Damascus as Syrian forces clash with Druze groups
The strike came as clashes continued in the southern Syrian city of Sweida after a ceasefire between government forces and Druze armed groups collapsed.
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Starbucks is exiting Russia, shutting 130 stores
Updated May 23, 2022 at 11:09 AM ETStarbucks is leaving Russia after 15 years in business. The coffee chain had temporarily shut down its stores in March… -
A record 100 million people have been forced from their homes
An estimated 100 million people around the world are forcibly displaced, the highest number on record, according to the United Nations. The figure… -
How a Ukrainian teacher helped students escape Russia's invasion, and still graduate
BORODYANKA, Ukraine — Viktoria Timoshenko's biology classroom is a surreal sight. She didn't recognize it at first, she says.In March, while her small… -
A delivery robot creates a poetic moment in the woods of England
It's not every day you cross paths with a wandering robot in the woods.Matthew McCormack wasn't hallucinating when he came across a delivery robot in the… -
Millions rushed to leave Ukraine. Now the queue to return home stretches for miles
MEDYKA, POLAND — Medyka, Poland is a quiet and idyllic farming village near the southeastern border with Ukraine.But in recent months, it has become the… -
Biden backs Sweden and Finland's NATO membership application
President Biden said Thursday Finland and Sweden have the "full, total, complete backing" of the United States for their application to join NATO, the… -
Kharkiv's mayor says it's time to move out of the city's subway stations
KHARKIV, Ukraine — The mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine is asking residents to move out of the city's underground subway stations, where thousands of people have… -
New Zealand shooting survivor says violence achieved nothing
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — If the Buffalo supermarket shooter had learned anything from the massacre in New Zealand that apparently inspired him, it should…
