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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.

Firemen use a water canon as they fight a blaze following an explosion on Wednesday in Paris.

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Paris police look for the cause of an explosion and fire that injured 24 people

4:02pm June 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

The explosion rocked a building, igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over monuments and prompting an evacuation. Police were investigating suspicions that a gas leak caused the blast.

Kassem Taher Saleh, a Green Party member of parliament, says Germany's so-called "boiler ban" bill is poorly understood due to the German media's portrayal of the bill as one that would bankrupt middle class homeowners. Some German homeowners are scared that as part of their country's commitments to reducing carbon emissions, they'll now have to make costly changes to their home heating systems.

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Germany's Green Party wants people to use heat pumps to save energy. Some are balking

11:52am June 21, 2023

by Rob Schmitz

Some German homeowners are worried they'll have to foot the bill for their country's climate targets by replacing their gas boilers with cleaner — but more expensive — heat pumps.

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Arrests have been made after migrant ship capsized off the coast of Greece

5:14am June 21, 2023

by Ruth Sherlock

Relatives of the hundreds feared dead after a migrant ship organized by smugglers sank off the Greek coast last week say most of the passengers were desperately fleeing danger or economic hardship.

A group of men wait at the turnstiles and speak with survivors, mostly from Pakistan, of a deadly migrant boat sinking at a migrant camp in Malakasa north of Athens, on Monday, June 19, 2023.

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Greek court orders smuggling suspects held pending trial over migrant ship disaster

4:42am June 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

The Egyptian suspects face charges that include participation in a criminal organization, manslaughter and causing a shipwreck.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly attend an event at the Ukrainian Welcome Center at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, in London, on June 20, 2023

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From Beijing to London, Blinken pushes for Ukraine peace deal and recovery

2:52pm June 20, 2023

by Fatima Al-Kassab

America's top diplomat heads from China to the U.K. where Ukraine's post-war recovery tops the agenda

Divers begin to open the hatch of Pisces III as she breaks water under the John Cabot after being hauled from the Atlantic seabed off the coast of Cork, Ireland.

Deep sea rescues have a mixed track record. The Pisces III is one that succeeded

2:37pm June 20, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

An international mission rescued both occupants of a sunken submersible off the coast of Ireland in 1973 with just 12 minutes to spare. The men had spent three days in darkness and silence.