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A ship carrying grain from Ukraine arrives in Istanbul, Turkey in Nov. 2022. On Monday, Russia again said it would pull out of the U.N.-backed deal.

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Russia suspends Ukraine grain deal. Here's what it means for the rest of the world

11:36am July 17, 2023

The U.N.-backed Black Sea Grain Initiative allowed Ukraine to ship food to other parts of the world during the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's suspending the deal for now.

A harvester collects wheat in Ukraine, on Aug. 9, 2022. On Monday, Russia suspended its participation in a wartime deal brokered by the U.N. and Turkey that was designed to move food from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry.

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Latest in Ukraine: The grain deal is out, cluster bombs and NATO expansion are in

11:06am July 17, 2023

by Alex Leff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

This photo released by Ostorozhno Novosti on Monday, July 17, 2023, reportedly shows damaged parts of an automobile link of the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait not far from Kerch, Crimea.

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Explosions disrupt traffic on a key bridge from Crimea to Russia's mainland

8:14am July 17, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Traffic on a key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia's mainland was disrupted Monday after one of its sections was blown up in what Russian officials said was a Ukrainian attack that killed two.

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Explosions reported on key bridge linking annexed Crimea and Russia's mainland

5:13am July 17, 2023

At least two people have died and another was injured after what Russian authorities are calling an "emergency" on a key bridge linking the Russian mainland to annexed Crimea.

Jane Birkin, British actress, singer and French icon, dies at 76

4:53pm July 16, 2023

by Emma Bowman

The London-born star, whose British accent and natural style charmed her adopted country of France, died on Sunday. Her fame rivals the Hermès luxury handbags named after her.

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In the South of Spain, residents use age-old wisdom to deal with extreme heat

8:04am July 16, 2023

by Miguel Macias

Consecutive heatwaves have ushered in summer in Spain.

Tourists cool off in a public fountain at the Sforzesco Castle, in Milan, Italy, on Saturday. Temperatures reached up to 42 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country, amid a heat wave that continues to grip southern Europe.

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People and pets seek shade and cool as Europe sizzles under a heat wave

8:14pm July 15, 2023

by The Associated Press

Fifteen cities in Italy, most of them in the country's center and south, were under heat advisories. Czech temperatures soared to a new record high. European countries father north also sweltered.

Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova in action against Tunisia's Ons Jabeur during the Wimbledon women's singles final in London on Saturday. Vondrousova became the lowest-ranked woman to win the tournament.

Marketa Vondrousova, ranked 42nd in the world, wins Wimbledon

11:24am July 15, 2023

by The Associated Press

Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic became the lowest-ranked and first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon, defeating 2022 runner-up Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.

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New report shows the Greece coast guard's role in boat capsizing that killed hundreds

9:17am July 15, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks to freelance reporter Lydia Emmanouilidou about the deadly capsizing of a boat off the Greek coast in June, and how authorities failed to help roughly 700 migrants on board.

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Victoria Amelina stands next to a cherry tree in the backyard of Volodymyr Vakulenko, a Ukrainian children's book author, where he buried his diary of living under Russian occupation in Kapytolivka before he was killed.

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She saved the diary of a Ukrainian writer killed by Russia. Then she was killed, too

6:00am July 15, 2023

Award-winning novelist Victoria Amelina, who retrained as a war crimes researcher to document Russian atrocities and preserve Ukrainian culture, has met a tragic end.

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