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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – The Baltimore Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place on March 14th, at 6:30pm. This occurred on the 2400 Block of Winchester Street, in the …

Russia Threatens To Jail Western Business Leaders, Seize Company Assets: REPORT Harry Wilmerding on March 14, 2022 Russian prosecutors have threatened to arrest leaders of Western companies in Russia who …

By Andrew R.C. Marshall YAVORIV, Ukraine -The Ukrainian colonel’s blast-damaged car limped back from the forest where he had just treated soldiers wounded in a Russian missile attack on a …

BUCHAREST – Western states will announce more sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Monday during a visit to Romania. “We have …

Western Companies Are Happy To Cut Ties With Russia, But Stay Silent On Uyghur Genocide Ailan Evans on March 5, 2022 Western businesses have exited Russia in droves since the …

LONDON – President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Western sanctions on Russia were akin to a declaration of war and warned that any attempt to impose a no-fly zone …

By Andrew R.C. Marshall LVIV, Ukraine – Thousands of women and children, many weeping and numb with exhaustion, arrived in Lviv in western Ukraine on Saturday as the state railway …

Kansas City, MO – U.S. Marshal Mark James of the Western District of Missouri announced his impending retirement for December 31, 2021. James was nominated for the position of U.S. …

Western leaders are divided on the question of whether to kick Russia out of a major international payment system, a move that could cripple the nation’s banks and ability to …

The Russian ruble plummeted to a record low value Monday after Western countries announced sanctions on Russia as the nation’s invasion of Ukraine intensified, multiple sources reported. The ruble tumbled …

By David Lawder WASHINGTON – China so far does not appear to be helping Russia evade Western financial sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, but doing so would …

BERLIN – Germany and its Western allies agreed to cut Russia out of the SWIFT global payment system, a spokesperson for the German government said on Saturday, in a third …

MOSCOW – Russia’s economy ministry on Friday said it was working on measures to minimise the effect of Western sanctions imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and would be stepping …

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON – Russian mercenaries with ties to Moscow’s spies have increased their presence in Ukraine in recent weeks, stoking fears among some NATO members that Russia could …

KYIV – The U.S. embassy to Ukraine’s remaining diplomatic staff will work from the western city of Lviv, online newspaper Ukrainskaya Pravda cited a U.S. diplomatic source as saying on …

– Western Digital Corp said on Wednesday certain materials at two of its manufacturing units in Japan, operated by joint-venture partner Kioxia Holdings Corp, were contaminated and will result in …

BEIJING – China’s United Nations envoy has rejected his U.S. counterpart’s remark that China’s choice of an ethnic Uyghur as a torchbearer for the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony …

By Karin Strohecker – Western countries have threatened to impose new financial and economic sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine. Russia, which denies planning an invasion after massing troops …

KABUL – A blast ripped through a minivan in the western Afghan city of Herat on Saturday, killing at least six people, according to officials. Herat commander Mawlawi Ansari told …

PITTSBURGH – A Florida resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of transferring obscene material to a minor, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. Robert Fike, age …