Amateur luge fans celebrated the Russian holiday of Maslenitsa, or 'Pancake Week' by sliding down a makeshift icy track in the city of Chelyabinsk. (Feb. 26)
"Russia knows that if we receive enough weapons within a month or two, the situation could turn against them," General Oleskander Pavliuk told The Economist magazine. Supplies of U.S. weapons slowed for months while an aid package proposed by President Joe Biden was held up by wrangling in Congress. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukraine still needed "timely" future supplies of key weapons.
Federal health authorities on Friday pledged nearly $200 million in an attempt to control the spread of bird flu among dairy cows.
TikToker Sabrina Carpenter shares what a 'Facetune Mom' is in viral post. "My mom edits the crap out of ... her pictures and she also edits the crap out of me."
The report said while it's "reasonable to assess" Israel has violated international law in Gaza, the U.S. hasn’t verified instances to justify withholding military aid.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told attendees at a judicial conference Friday that he and his wife have faced “nastiness" and "lies” over the last several years and decried Washington, D.C., as a “hideous place.” Thomas spoke at a conference attended by judges, attorneys and other court personnel in the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, which hears federal cases from Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two co-defendants raped a 17-year-old girl in a New York recording studio in 2003, saying it was a “false and hideous claim" that was filed too late under the law. “Mr. Combs and his companies categorically deny Plaintiff’s decades-old tale against them, which has caused incalculable damage to their reputations and business standing before any evidence has been presented,” says the filing, which also names Combs-owned corporations as defendants.
Former first lady Melania Trump issued a statement saying Barron Trump would not be participating in the Republican National Convention as a delegate.
People on TikTok say apple juice masks the taste of tequila. We tried it out, and we asked an expert what to watch out for if you try it for yourself.
The new "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants, including KP.2, are spreading in the United States. Will there be a summer surge? Experts discuss KP.2 transmission, symptoms, and vaccines.
Increased solar activity could cause auroras as far south as Alabama and Northern California, but may disrupt communications on Earth tonight and over the weekend.
Geomagnetic storms can affect infrastructure, but may also bring an expanded viewing of the aurora borealis.
Georgia's Republican Party has removed one of its officers after an administrative law judge found he voted illegally nine times after moving to the state. The state Republican Committee voted 146-24 on Friday to remove Brian K. Pritchard, its first vice chairman, state Chairman Josh McKoon said after the closed meeting. Georgia is one of a number of state Republican parties that have experienced turmoil as supporters of Donald Trump have taken over at the grassroots level, ousting previous leaders and demanding that the party prioritize Trump's false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
A new State Department report, criticized as inconclusive, drew immediate fire from both progressive Democrats and Republicans.
The skies opened once again Friday in southern Brazil, offering little respite for those whose homes have been swallowed by floodwaters, while the number of people forced to evacuate doubled in 24 hours.In the past 24 hours, the number of people forced to flee their homes almost doubled to around 411,000 people, according to civil defense figures.
The grand jury displayed remarkable independence, even charging two Trump lawyers after prosecutors said they were not under investigation.
Washington said it was trying to keep Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas engaged "if only virtually" in Gaza truce efforts as a U.N. agency warned that humanitarian aid stocks in the devastated enclave have hit "the bottom of the barrel." Hamas said on Friday it would consult with other militant Palestinian factions on its strategy to negotiate a halt to the war triggered by its Oct. 7 onslaught into Israel. The United Nations warned that aid for Gaza could grind to a halt within days after Israel seized control of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, closing the vital route on which the enclave of 2.3 million Palestinians depends.
The US is trying to negotiate an agreement with the military junta that took over Niger last July to leave behind a small contingent of US forces, even as a broad withdrawal order has been issued to enable the departure of the majority of the less than 1,000 US troops in the West African nation, according to US officials.
The Office of Congressional Ethics, a nonpartisan Capitol Hill watchdog, said there is “probable cause” to believe GOP Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas misused campaign funds for personal use – which he denies.
The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to grant the Palestinians additional rights in the global body and backed their drive for full membership, which is blocked by the United States.The resolution gives the Palestinians "additional rights and privileges" starting in the next session of the General Assembly, in September.
A powerful politician in Guyana has been accused of sexual assault the second time in less than year, following his resignation last July over separate allegations.
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