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NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University canceled its large university-wide commencement ceremony Monday following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled its campus and others across the U.S., but said students will still be able to celebrate at a series of smaller, school-based ceremonies this…

NORTH BRADDOCK, Pa. (WTAJ) – A Pennsylvania pastor was almost shot mid-sermon on Sunday after a man walked up to the pulpit and pulled a handgun that ended up misfiring. The frightening scene was also captured during the church’s Facebook livestream. Nurse gets consecutive life sentences for killing, attempting to kill patients…

By Guy Faulconbridge and Muvija MMOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) -Russia warned Britain on Monday that if British weapons were used by Ukraine to strike Russian territory then Moscow could hit back at British military installations and equipment both inside Ukraine and elsewhere.Russia said British Ambassador Nigel Casey was summoned to the foreign…

Politics exclusive By Ryan King Published May 6, 2024, 10:19 a.m. ET As the US squabbles internally over how to tackle the long-term challenges posed by climate change, China is maneuvering to reap the rewards and exploit the environmental agenda, a new report from the Heritage…

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Russia said on Monday that it would hold military exercises with troops based near Ukraine to practice for the possible use of battlefield nuclear weapons, ratcheting up tensions with the West after two European leaders raised the prospect of more direct Western intervention in the war.Such weapons, often referred to as “tactical,” are designed…

Ukrainian Olympian and two-time European champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko has died on the frontlines of Russia's war in Ukraine at age 30, the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation (UWF) said on Monday.Pielieshenko ranked fourth at the Rio 2016 Olympics in the men's 85 kg category and won gold at the sport's European championships in 2016 and 2017.…

The government of Turkey, one of the biggest cryptocurrency economies in the world, is expected to introduce crypto-related legislation sometime this year.Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek announced in January that local crypto legislation was almost complete. Many expected the Turkish parliament to start regulating the crypto…

PARIS (AP) — China’s President Xi Jinping arrived at the French presidential palace on Monday for a two-day state visit that is expected to focus both on trade disputes and diplomatic efforts to convince Beijing to use its influence to move Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine.In Paris, Xi first joined…

HOUSTON (AP) — Storms in Texas brought additional rain Sunday to the already saturated Houston area where hundreds of people have been rescued from flooded homes and roads, while to the north in the Fort Worth area, a child died after being swept away when the car he was traveling in got stuck in…