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A week after ending the grain deal, Russia is bombing Ukrainian ports carrying grain

8:00am July 22, 2023

The United Nations says Russian strikes on Ukrainian ports pose a threat to the global food market. The U.S. is seeking to safeguard Ukrainian grain shipments.

The rise of the far right in Spain is putting extra pressure on the upcoming election

5:06pm July 21, 2023

by Miguel Macias

Spain heads to the polls this weekend in what could be one of the most important elections in years. Spain is now run by a center-left government – but the rise of the far right has many worried.

After Columbus wrote the letter in 1493, it was reprinted in Latin and circulated across Europe. Several copies have resurfaced in the U.S., including this one stolen from Venice in the 1980s.

A stolen Christopher Columbus letter found in Delaware returns to Italy decades later

2:56pm July 21, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

A rare copy of a letter from Columbus to Spain's royals detailing his voyage vanished from a Venice museum in the 1980s. U.S. authorities have repatriated it to Rome after a yearslong investigation.

A wild boar is pictured in Berlin in November 2017. This week, local officials in a nearby suburb said they confused one of these animals for a lioness, prompting them to ask residents to stay inside as they searched for the animal.

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The 'lioness' that sparked a massive search near Berlin may have just been a boar

12:47pm July 21, 2023

by Emily Olson

For 36 hours, dozens of police, veterinarians and hunters scoured a wooded German suburb while warning residents a lion could be at large. Turns out they may have misjudged a video of the animal.

Migrants onboard the Adriana, during a rescue operation before the boat capsized on the open sea off Greece on June 14. Egypt is the country with the highest number of illegal migrants heading to Europe.

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Egypt's vanishing village men: Risking it all to get to Europe

11:55am July 21, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

Egypt now has the highest number of illegal migrants to Europe, lured by smugglers who charge a big fee for a risky voyage by sea. We interview families who had a loved one on the shipwrecked Adriana.

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Olha Kornych, 58, stands in front of her newly rebuilt home on Vokzalna Street in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv. Her home was among the many that were badly damaged or destroyed in Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

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Ravaged by Russian troops, Bucha rises from the ashes

10:53am July 21, 2023

by Greg Myre

At the start of Russia's invasion, advancing troops reached the outskirts of Ukraine's capital Kyiv. They devastated the suburb of Bucha, killing hundreds. Today, Bucha is coming back to life.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, center, and newly elected Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell, center right, speak at the Rumbling Tum cafe in Uxbridge, after Tuckwell won the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, west London, Friday July 21, 2023.

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British PM Rishi Sunak suffers 2 big defeats in U.K. special elections

10:37am July 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

The results of the British special elections, if replicated at a likely general election next year, would certainly see Labour emerge as the biggest single party.

Protesters scale a wall at the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad Thursday. Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Embassy early Thursday, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire.

Iraq expels Sweden's ambassador over Quran burning, after protests at Swedish Embassy

2:31pm July 20, 2023

by Ruth Sherlock

Iraq expelled Sweden's ambassador and recalled its diplomat from Sweden, hours after protesters attacked the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, setting fire to part of the building.

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An update on the Black Sea grain deal

5:05am July 20, 2023

U.S. officials have condemned Russia for pulling out of a deal that lets Ukraine export grain to dozens of countries. The situation is especially concerning for countries that are food insecure.

Ashkan Bahgozen, Helen Kinchin, Monika Myslewska and Mabel Makombore are all studying at CU Coventry. Students at the university can start at any of six times during the year, take one subject at a time for the same four hours every weekday and get a bachelor's degree in three years.

This no-frills college helps students get a degree quickly, simply and affordably

5:00am July 20, 2023

by Jon Marcus

CU Coventry's assembly-line approach makes college cheaper, faster and less intimidating for students, without the kinds of add-ons that push up prices.