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STANYTSIA LUHANSKA, Ukraine — Residents near Ukraine’s front line rushed into basements for cover Thursday as exchanges of artillery fire with Russian-backed separatists reached their most intense...

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said Russia was seeking a “diplomatic path” to resolving a tense standoff with the West, while President Joe Biden welcomed further negotiations but warned that...

MADRID — After a 14-year legal battle, the Spanish Supreme Court has ordered the demolition of a luxury hotel and golf resort in the arid heartland of Spain because of breaches of environmental...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canadian law enforcement officials said Sunday that they were preparing to reopen a major international bridge that had been blockaded by protesters for almost a week, raising...

The teenage Russian phenom glided across the ice and thrust herself into figure skating history. Leaping and spinning at high speed Monday night, Kamila Valieva became the first female figure skater...

WASHINGTON — The United States warned Friday that President Vladimir Putin of Russia could mount a major military assault on Ukraine at any moment, suggesting a crisis that had been building for...

OTTAWA, Ontario — After weeks of treading lightly around the protests paralyzing much of Canada’s economy, federal, provincial and local officials adopted a markedly tougher approach Friday,...

Last year, Twitter executives set ambitious goals for their company, with hopes of attracting more than 100 million new users and doubling revenue by 2023. The last three months of 2021, however,...

The Food and Drug Administration’s upcoming review of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for young children is without precedent in recent history.Next week, scientific advisers to the agency...

The world surpassed 400 million known coronavirus cases on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, just one month after reaching 300 million....

In Britain and Denmark most coronavirus restrictions have been lifted, including mask mandates; Austria and the Netherlands have eased lockdown measures despite surges in cases, and in late January,...

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said he was prepared to keep negotiating over Russia’s security demands in Eastern Europe but offered a stark warning over the possibility of a full-scale war...

By now, the omicron wave of the coronavirus has crested in much of the United States. But the size of the wave, which broke records for national cases and hospitalizations, has given regulators and...

On Saturday, the eve of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne, Queen Elizabeth II paved the way for Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, to be called a queen once Prince Charles becomes...

New Zealand will ease the strict border controls and quarantine rules it has maintained during the pandemic under a five-stage plan announced by the prime minister Thursday, gradually reopening to...

WASHINGTON — Pfizer and its partner, BioNTech, asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to authorize two doses of their coronavirus vaccine for children younger than 5 while the companies...

WASHINGTON — The United States and its European allies appear on the cusp of restoring the deal that limited Iran’s nuclear program, Biden administration officials said Monday, but cautioned that...

Regina Perez, 57, had never been hospitalized for her lifelong asthma condition until she came down with COVID-19 this month.She started having difficulty breathing, even after taking her usual...

After the remains of Hurricane Ida dumped historic levels of rain in the Northeast last year, ABC News' chief meteorologist, Ginger Zee, stood in front of a collapsed bridge in New Jersey and gave...

EMILY SCHMALL & SAMEER YASIRBLURB: The repercussions can be especially dire in South Asia. Girls are entering into child marriages, and boys have abandoned their education to workSome children have...