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The United Kingdom said Thursday it was almost certain that “Russian actors” tried to interfere with its nationwide election last year. The news came just as British, American and Canadian officials also accused Russian intelligence agencies of trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that last year’s meddling involved unidentified […]

An unlikely protest movement has become the first major challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin after he secured his political future in a contentious vote this month — and it may spell more trouble in the days ahead. Residents of Khabarovsk, a large city near Russia’s border with China, have been up in arms for […]

Taiwan conducted a major live-fire military exercise on Thursday with its air, sea and land forces, President Tsai Ing-wen said, showing the island’s determination to defend itself. The drills, dubbed “Han Kuang,” are Taiwan’s main annual military exercises. But this year they came as China has stepped up its military and navy activity around the […]

A Canadian parent who once played in the Canadian Football League was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison after pleading guilty in a college admissions cheating scheme, federal prosecutors said. David Sidoo, who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and BC Lions, paid about $200,000 to have someone else to take SAT tests for two […]

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a second federal execution in as many days. The high court by a 5-4 vote early Thursday lifted two court orders keeping the execution of Wesley Ira Purkey on hold. Purkey was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 16-year-old girl before dismembering, burning and then dumping […]

A public meeting in Utah about a mask policy for schoolchildren was abruptly adjourned when people without masks packed the room. “This is the exact opposite of what we need to be doing,” Utah County Commissioner Tanner Ainge said from the dais of the meeting room in Provo, drawing boos from the audience. “We’re supposed […]

Army Staff Sgt. Raúl Rios folded a U.S. flag in the military’s symbolic triangle to honor slain Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen. He then posted video of the military funeral ritual on social media. Pam Campos-Palma, a former Air Force counterterrorism intelligence analyst, collected more than 4,000 signatures from service women and veterans in an open […]