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A couple walk in front of the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower and St Basil's cathedral in downtown Moscow. While 80% of poll respondents say they support Russia's military, some have mixed feelings.

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What Russians think of the war in Ukraine, according to an independent pollster

1:13am April 19, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Denis Volkov acknowledges that public opinion polling in Russia has its challenges and pitfalls, but says the findings still hold valuable information.

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Volunteers unload food aid in Chena, Ethiopia, one of many parts of the world where conflict has fueled hunger.

Ukraine crisis raises question: Does food aid go equally to 'Black and white lives'?

5:52pm April 18, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

That's what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization and others ask in the wake of the outpouring of money to help Ukrainian victims of the war amid record levels of global hunger.

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China looks to learn from Russia's shortcomings in Ukraine

5:05am April 18, 2022

by John Ruwitch

Russia's military has not performed as expected in Ukraine. The Chinese People's Liberation Army, which regularly drills with Russia, is watching closely.

This undated photo provided Sunday, April 17, 2022, by the North Korean government shows its leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

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North Korea says it tested a new tactical guided weapon

9:23am April 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

North Korea has test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon designed to boost its nuclear fighting capability, state media reported Sunday, days after it passed its biggest state anniversary.

A woman and a man ride in a vintage car as hot air balloons float behind them in the region of Cappadocia, Turkey.

Sony photo awards: Computers on horseback, magnificent mountains, bathing elephants

3:28pm April 16, 2022

by Jennifer Swanson

The 2022 Sony World Photography Award-winners include a photo of a man in Argentina transporting computers on horseback and twin sisters at a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar.

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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is fighting his ouster

9:26am April 16, 2022

by Diaa Hadid

Pakistan's Imran Kahn has been ousted from leadership, but the former prime minister is not going quietly.

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Malicious lies are spreading in Philippines about the female presidential candidate

9:13am April 16, 2022

by Julie McCarthy

The current election cycle in the Philippines is being flooded with misinformation. One recent example: malicious sexual content about the only female presidential candidate.

Chinese astronaut Ye Guangfu sits outside the return capsule of the Shenzhou-13 space mission after landing at the Dongfeng landing site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Saturday.

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3 Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6 months in space

8:02am April 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

The astronauts landed in the Gobi desert after six months aboard their country's newest orbital station. During the mission, astronaut Wang Yaping carried out the first spacewalk by a Chinese woman.

Bilquis Edhi watched over abandoned children in cradles at the Edhi orphanage in Karachi in 2010. Over the years, thousands of children have been left in the network of cradles outside Edhi centers she set up across Pakistan.

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Pakistani humanitarian Bilquis Edhi has died

6:11pm April 15, 2022

by Hannah Bloch

She was the widow of Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of Pakistan's best-known social services network. A nurse, she worked alongside her husband and focused especially on the welfare of children and women.

In its 3rd week in lockdown, Shanghai reported 23,000 new COVID cases today

4:44pm April 15, 2022

by John Ruwitch

Shanghai, China, is approaching the end of its third week of a near-total lockdown to fight COVID. As case numbers rise, so does the frustration of many in the city of more than 25 million people.