Europe

A Ukrainian man who fled the Russian invasion last year wins the lottery

5:48am June 13, 2023

The man who entered the national lottery has been living in Belgium for the past year. The scratch-off ticket cost just over five U.S. dollars. The size of his winnings equate to nearly $540,000.

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In this photo released by Dnipro Regional Administration, emergency workers extinguish a fire after missiles hit a multi-story apartment building in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 13, 2023.

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Russian missile attack on Ukrainian president's hometown kills at least 6

5:14am June 13, 2023

by The Associated Press

At least six people were killed when Russian missiles hit civilian buildings in an overnight attack Tuesday in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said.

The city of Manchester celebrates Manchester City soccer for treble win

4:56pm June 12, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

Manchester, England, is hosting a victory parade Monday night for Manchester City. The soccer stars won a so-called "treble" this year — the Champion's League, Premier League and FA Cup.

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Elizabeth Gilbert is delaying publication of The Snow Forest, a novel set in Russia, after receiving an outpouring of "anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain" from Ukrainian readers who object to releasing any work about Russia. Here, in this photo from September 2010, Gilbert arrives at the European premiere of the film Eat, Pray, Love in Leicester Square, London.

Elizabeth Gilbert halts release of a new book after outcry over its Russian setting

4:27pm June 12, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The Snow Forest by the author of Eat, Pray, Love was set to be released in February 2024, exactly two years after Russia invaded Ukraine. The backlash included hundreds of negative GoodReads reviews.

Silvio Berlusconi meets journalists at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome in 2018.

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Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister, has died at the age of 86

4:18pm June 12, 2023

by Sylvia Poggioli

The media mogul turned prime minister left a mark on popular culture, while his coarseness and constant legal woes trashed political norms and tainted Italy's image in the world.

A resident walks on Sunday in a flooded street after the Kakhovka Dam burst and unleashed floodwaters, in Kherson, Ukraine.

Latest in Ukraine: The counteroffensive is on, so is massive flooding

1:39pm June 12, 2023

by Alex Leff

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

Scotland's former leader was arrested by police over governing party's finances

8:11am June 12, 2023

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested and then later released in connection with an investigation into the Scottish National Party's finances.

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:24am June 12, 2023

Despite indictment, ex-President Trump spent the weekend campaigning. Ukraine's counteroffensive has begun. Scotland's ex-first minister is arrested in a probe of Scottish National Party's finances.

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Ukraine's long-awaited military offensive against Russia has begun

5:02am June 12, 2023

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has finally broken the silence and announced a long-awaited military offensive against Russia is underway.

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks during a press conference in February at Bute House in Edinburgh. Sturgeon has been arrested by police investigating the finances of Scotland's pro-independence governing party.

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Scotland's former leader released after she was arrested and questioned by police

2:47pm June 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland, was arrested Sunday amid an investigation by authorities into the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party.