April 16, 2022 WNBA players say life in Russia was lucrative but lonely For the elite athletes in the WNBA, spending the offseason by playing in Russia can mean earning more money than they can make back home — sometimes even two or three times as much.
April 16, 2022 US lawmakers meet Japan's prime minister, affirm alliance U.S. lawmakers visiting Japanese leaders reaffirmed their commitment to working together on Saturday morning.
April 16, 2022 Mariupol warns Russia is preparing to shut down city to 'filter' all men for forced service, labor Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko said last week 31,000 residents had already gone to Russian "filtration camps."
April 15, 2022 Ukraine: More than 900 civilian bodies found in Kyiv region, police say The bodies of more than 900 civilians have been discovered in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital following Russia's withdrawal — most of them fatally shot, police said Friday, an indication that many people were "simply executed.”
April 15, 2022 Russian soprano Anna Netrebko to sing at Monte Carlo Opera after being dropped by Met Opera Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hired by the Monte Carlo Opera to sing this month following the Metropolitan Opera's decision to drop her for failing to repudiate Russia President Vladimir Putin.
April 15, 2022 US believes Ukraine's actions led to sinking of Russia's Moskva warship, official says A U.S. official told Fox News on Friday that the latest assessment by the U.S. is that Russia's Moskva warship was struck by two Ukrainian missiles before it sank.
April 15, 2022 Zelenskyy says world should 'be ready' for possibility Putin uses nuclear weapons Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the world should “be ready” for the possibility that Vladimir Putin could use nuclear weapons in the ongoing war.
April 15, 2022 Russia uses long-range bombers for first time in Ukraine war, official says Ukraine’s Defense Ministry revealed Friday that, for the first time, Russia has started using long-range bombers in the ongoing war.
April 15, 2022 Mariupol officials: Russia preventing civilian burials in 'new level of cleansing' Mariupol’s City Council is warning Friday that Russia’s military is carrying out a “new level of cleansing” in the besieged Ukrainian city by not allowing residents to bury deceased civilians.
April 15, 2022 China stages military exercises as bipartisan group of US lawmakers visit Taiwan China said that its military staged exercises on Friday in response to U.S. lawmakers' official visit to Taiwan.
