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Wed, October 5, 2022 | 13:52

Russia will not give out passports to mobilized people: gov't

Moscow will not give out passports to Russians mobilized by the army, a government information portal said Wednesday, as fears of travel restrictions rise and tens of thousands flee the country. "If a citizen is summoned for army service or received a summons (for mobilization), he will be refused a passport," the government website said.

World | 2022-09-28 20:59

Hurricane Ian gets nasty quickly, turbocharged by warm water

Hurricane Ian is quickly gaining monstrous strength as it moves over oceans partly heated up by climate change, just like 30 other Atlantic tropical storms since 2017 that became much more powerful in less than a day.

World | 2022-09-28 14:30

Kremlin announces vote, paves way to annex part of Ukraine

The Kremlin paved the way Tuesday to annex more of Ukraine and escalate the war by claiming that residents of a large swath overwhelmingly supported joining with Russia in stage-managed referendums the U.S. and its Western allies have dismissed as illegitimate. Pro-Moscow officials said all four occupied regions of Ukraine voted to join Russia. According to Russia-installed e...

World | 2022-09-28 07:23

Leaks on Russian gas pipelines raise concerns about sabotage

A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany triggered concerns about possible sabotage Tuesday, overshadowing the inauguration of a long-awaited pipeline in Poland that will bring Norwegian gas to Europe in efforts to bolster energy independence from Moscow. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she “cannot...

World | 2022-09-27 21:32

Pop singer Shakira to face trial over tax fraud in Spain

A Spanish judge on Tuesday approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud. Spanish prosecutors accused the entertainer in 2018 of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9 million) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. Prosecutors are seeking an eight-year prison sentence and a hefty fine if she is found guilty of tax evasion.

World | 2022-09-27 21:24

EU to sanction organizers of Russia votes in Ukraine

The EU said Tuesday it will slap sanctions on organizers of "illegal" votes in four occupied regions of Ukraine that Russia is conducting as "referendums" with the aim of annexation. "There would be consequences for all people who participate in the illegal, illegitimate referendums," Peter Stano, a spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, told journalists as the ...

World | 2022-09-27 20:52

Fed officials call for more rate hikes to fight inflation

The Federal Reserve will have to keep boosting its benchmark interest rate to a point that raises unemployment and gets inflation down from unusually high levels, two officials said in separate remarks Monday.

World | 2022-09-27 14:08

Putin grants Edward Snowden Russian citizenship

President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, who exposed massive surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency on Americans and then sought refuge in Russia.

World | 2022-09-27 11:08

Japan honors assassinated Abe at controversial funeral

Thousands of Japanese and foreign dignitaries gather in Tokyo on Tuesday to honor assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe, at a rare state funeral that has sparked controversy and protest.

World | 2022-09-27 10:57

NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in test of planetary defense system

Hurtling through the solar system at hypersonic speed on Monday, NASA's DART spacecraft slammed itself into a distant asteroid in a test of the world's first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth. The finale to the suicide spaceflight, humanity's first attempt to alter the motion of an asteroid or any celestial body,...

World | 2022-09-27 08:29

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