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1/31/2023

Tanks, jets and justice: Ukraine’s top prosecutor tries to rally US on legal battle

Yahoo! News - After the U.S. and its partners reached a major breakthrough in delivering heavy weapons to Ukraine, Kyiv’s top law enforcement official is pushing allies to show similar determination to punish Russia in the courtroom.

Ukraine's defense minister pushes for fighter jets, even as training begins on tanks

KYIV — Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says he's optimistic Western allies will eventually supply his country with advanced fighter jets, including U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, and adds that Ukrainian forces are poised to start training on newly committed advanced battle tanks "as soon as possible." go here.

1/23/2023

Pepsi’s new Gen Z soda and the futile quest to be the brand of a generation

With the release of Starry, Pepsi’s new lemon-lime soda, cola makers are once again gripped with generational angst. click here

1/17/2023

Opinion: Why Lisa Marie Presley’s untimely death was so jarring

CNN — Lisa Marie Presley died unexpectedly last week at 54. Occurring so soon after the collapse of Damar Hamlin during “Monday Night Football,” it was a stark reminder of the fragility and precariousness of life.

1/10/2023

‘What madness looks like’: Russia intensifies Bakhmut attack

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are escalating their onslaught against Ukrainian positions around the wrecked city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian officials said, bringing new levels of death and devastation in the grinding, monthslong battle for control of eastern Ukraine that is part of Moscow's wider war.

1/09/2023

What is it like to survive an execution by lethal injection?

Alabama’s corrections department has bungled the procedure on three recent occasions, with IV teams failing for hours on end, adding immense distress to a difficult situation go here
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1/07/2023

Mexican capo's arrest a gesture to US, not signal of change

Yahoo! MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s capture of a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán this week was an isolated nod to a drug war strategy that Mexico’s current administration has abandoned rather than a sign that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s thinking has changed, experts say.

1/01/2023

Should You Get Rid of Your Balenciaga?

From burning shoes to ripping up sweaters, there’s a growing trend of destroying Balenciaga items amid the brand's ad campaign scandal. But is that really the best solution? click here

Kenya floods leave 70 dead as truck is swept away in deluge

CNN - At least 70 people have died from countrywide flooding in Kenya, a government spokesperson said Friday as authorities ordered more ev...