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Flowers lay on the seat of a children's swing just outside the apartment building.

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Amid the rubble in Dnipro, Ukraine, a frantic search grows increasingly desperate

4:45pm January 16, 2023

Rescuers have been racing to find survivors at an apartment complex attacked by Russian forces on Saturday. At least 40 people were killed, and more than 25 others are missing and feared dead.

Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, in May 2022. Johnson has signed a deal to write a memoir of his tumultuous time in office.

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Boris Johnson lands a deal to write memoir of his turbulent time as prime minister

2:49pm January 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

It will be a prime ministerial memoir "like no other," publisher HarperCollins said. The former U.K. leader's time in office began with a vow to "get Brexit done" and ended in scandal and resignation.

Romanian officials are backdropped by a luxury vehicle which was seized in a case against media influencer Andrew Tate on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.

Andrew Tate's cars and watches, worth $4 million, are confiscated by Romanian police

12:28pm January 16, 2023

by Emily Olson

Romanian authorities hauled away a $3.9 million trove of luxury cars, watches and cash as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation involving into the self-styled male dominance influencer.

Christine Lambrecht rides in a tank during her visit to Tank Training Brigade 9 in Munster, Germany, Feb. 7, 2022.

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Germany's defense minister steps down after a string of widely criticized missteps

11:42am January 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

Christine Lambrecht said "media focus on my person" had clouded the debate about Germany's security policy. Her exit comes as Berlin faces mounting pressure to step up military aid to Ukraine.

Sweden to end a decades old dance ban

6:59am January 16, 2023

The current law requires venues to apply for a special permit before allowing patrons to boogie down on their floor.

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Russia relies on 'shadow fleets' for crude oil sales

5:10am January 16, 2023

by Jackie Northam

Facing sanctions for its Ukraine invasion, Russia's looking further afield to find customers for its crude oil, and it is having to rely on so-called "shadow fleets" to do so.

What Russia's claim on the capture of Soledar means for Ukraine

5:10am January 16, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Sergey Radchenko of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies about Russia's claim to have captured the eastern Ukrainian town of Soledar.

In this photo released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, firefighters carry a wounded woman out of the rubble of a building after a Russian rocket attack on Saturday in Dnipro.

Death toll in Russian strike on Ukrainian building up to at least 35

4:30am January 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

The death toll from the weekend Russian missile strike in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to at least 35, an official said Monday, as rescuers continue searching for more victims.

FILE - Weapons lie on the ground as Ukrainian personnel train at a base in Southern England. The U.S. military's new, expanded combat training of Ukrainian forces began in Germany on Sunday, Jan. 15th.

Expanded US training for Ukraine forces begins in Germany

1:00am January 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

The U.S. military's new, expanded combat training of Ukrainian forces began in Germany on Sunday. Until now the Pentagon had declined to say exactly when the training would start.

Emergency workers clear the rubble after a Russian rocket hit a multistory building leaving many people under debris in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, on Jan. 14, 2023.

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The death toll from a Russian strike on an apartment complex in Ukraine is now 29

2:01pm January 15, 2023

by The Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that at least 73 people were wounded and 39 people had been rescued as of Sunday afternoon after the attack in the southeastern city of Dnipro.