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'Rough Translation': Redefining local news in an interconnected world

6:12am August 04, 2022

by Gregory Warner

A hyper-local news site in New York started accepting stories from a writer in Ukraine. Why was the outlet covering a story taking place thousands of miles away?

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, welcomes Paivi Nevala, minister counselor of the Finnish Embassy, left, and Karin Olofsdotter, Sweden's ambassador to the U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022.

U.S. Senate approves Finland and Sweden for membership into NATO

12:00am August 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

Wednesday's vote for the candidacy of two Western European nations took a crucial step toward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Inside the workshop and showroom of Giovanna Alessandro, in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.

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Ukraine's wedding dress industry is alive and well, despite the war

1:45pm August 03, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

The town of Chernivtsi, once the wedding dress capital of the Soviet Union, is still churning out dresses — for the West. "We are staying in Ukraine," says a dressmaker. "We will build our economy."

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As Ukraine mounts its first major offensive against Russia, 29-year-old Col. Serhiy Shatalov leads a battalion of 600 men in some of the heaviest fighting. "This is war," he says. "You cannot predict nothing, absolutely nothing."

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A young officer hopes to turn the tide of war, as Ukraine fights to retake a key city

10:06am August 03, 2022

by Brian Mann

A 29-year-old battalion commander is leading 600 men, fighting in Ukraine's counteroffensive near Kherson. "This is war," Col. Serhiy Shatalov says. "You cannot predict nothing, absolutely nothing."

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Ukraine's army is waging its 1st major offensive against Russia to retake Kherson

6:10pm August 02, 2022

by Brian Mann

Could Ukraine's army retake the strategic southern city of Kherson? Officers and soldiers near the front line say the counter-offensive is already underway.

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'Vogue' cover of Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska sparks debate and controversy

6:10pm August 02, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska was criticized for not looking ladylike in a recent Vogue photoshoot. Her supporters pushed back, creating an online campaign asking what it means to #SitLikeAGirl.

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Lesia Khomenko, Max in the Army, 2022. Oil on canvas, 84.5 x 57.5 inches

The Ukrainian women who make art in the face of war

6:51am August 02, 2022

by Susan Stamberg

Activists as well as artists, these women are responding in paint, photographs and videos to the Russian invasion.

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Spain's prime minister has a proposal to cut the costs of keeping cool

5:54am August 02, 2022

Pedro Sanchez says men ought to ditch their ties at work. He stopped wearing ties, and the Spanish government is telling its citizens to save on electricity bills by not blasting the air conditioning.

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Jailed arms dealer Bout, 'the Merchant of Death,' may be swapped for 2 Americans

5:54am August 02, 2022

by Michael Sullivan

Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer imprisoned in Illinois, could be key to securing the freedom of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, two Americans who are being held in Russia.

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The story of a war, a wedding dress and a business opportunity

5:14am August 02, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

The Russian invasion is destroying much of Ukraine's economy. In some cases, however, companies that adapted are not just surviving but thriving.