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Members of Wagner Group inspect a car in a street of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on Saturday.

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Wagner Group chief says his mercenaries will halt their march on Moscow

4:58pm June 24, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Yevgeny Prigozhin posted a message on social media claiming Wagner troops have agreed to stand down and return to bases. The Kremlin said the criminal case against Prigozhin will be dropped.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, seen on a laptop screen, makes a statement in Moscow on Saturday as Wagner Group forces stage a rebellion.

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Putin accuses Wagner Group of a treasonous 'military uprising' in Russia

2:29pm June 24, 2023

by Charles Maynes

Russia's Defense Ministry says Wagner mercenaries are marching on Moscow. Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin has been formally charged with "inciting an armed revolt" by Russia's Federal Security Bureau.

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Ukrainians are responding to Russia's inner turmoil with the Wagner group

8:02am June 24, 2023

Reaction from Ukraine to tensions in Russia over the prominent head of a Russian mercenary group.

Apple vs. apples: The tech giant is fighting to trademark the fruit

5:13pm June 23, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Gabriela Galindo about the tech company Apple seeking to trademark the image of apples, the fruit, in Swiss court.

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Patrons at a club in Kharkiv hold sparklers in the darkened room in eastern Ukraine. Despite the ongoing war, people are still finding a way release tension in nightclubs in the the battered city.

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Up past curfew, the party lasts all night at a basement dance club in Ukraine

5:00am June 23, 2023

by Claire Harbage

Despite more than a year of war in Ukraine, regular missile strikes and power outages, the party goes all night long at a basement club in Kharkiv.

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Migrant boat disaster has Greece and European authorities facing criticism

4:40pm June 22, 2023

by Lydia Emmanouilidou

Last week a boat full of migrants seeking a better life in Europe sank in Greek waters. With hundreds missing and dozens confirmed dead, Greek and European authorities are facing criticism.

Evan Gershkovich, the U.S. reporter detained on espionage charges in Russia, stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal of his extended detention at the Moscow City Court. His appeal was rejected.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich loses appeal, will remain in Russian detention

9:33am June 22, 2023

by Bill Chappell

The journalist's parents traveled to Russia to hear the pretrial decision, and they were able to briefly see their son and talk with him through an opening in a glass and metal cage.

People offer their support to Raja Yousaf, right, whose son Raja Sajid is missing after a shipwreck off the Greek coast, in Bindian village in Kotli, a district of Pakistan's administrator Kashmir, Sunday, June 18, 2023.

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While sub disappearance transfixes some, many say their focus is on other calamities

9:04am June 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

The wealth of the submersible Titan's passengers contrasted with the desperation that pushed hundreds of migrants to leave their homes and try to reach Italy by boat last week.

Michel looks through some camouflage netting near his home in Kherson.

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Ukraine's troops long planned their move on Russian forces. Then came the flood

5:00am June 22, 2023

Soldiers spent months making clandestine trips across Ukraine's Dnipro River to plan the counteroffensive. Instead of facing off against Russian forces, this unit found itself fighting floodwaters.

Lt. Frank J. Crawford of Detroit, Michigan, as the Regimental plans and training officer, is giving his men instructions in combat maneuvers.

This WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs in England

4:38pm June 21, 2023

It's the 80th anniversary of a little-known battle — by Black U.S. soldiers against segregation in the military. They were convicted of mutiny. Villagers in England want them exonerated.