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Attacks on Mariupol steelworks intensify as Russia looks to end standoff; fate of Ukraine’s Donbas in the balance  CNBC Ukraine News: Russian Forces Breached Azovstal Steel Plant  The New York Times Russia-Ukraine live news: Fighting rages at Mariupol steel plant  Al Jazeera English

A woman has been found alive in the rubble of a building that partially collapsed almost six days earlier, Chinese state media has said.

Donald Trump ‘still the kingmaker’ in the Republican Party, says political analyst  CNN

85-year-old wheeled into the Paul VI hall at the Vatican for a meeting of a Catholic organization of sisters and nuns

The World Health Organisation estimates that 15 million people worldwide have now died of coronavirus – or as a result of its impact on health services.

Growing up, the now Tony-award winning actor Renée Elise Goldsberry often wondered how someone got discovered. She recalls being at the grocery store and thinking about whether she could get noticed there. “It was one of those things that crossed

By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – An Italian parliamentary panel has opened an investigation into “disinformation” on television amid a heated debate over the frequent appearance of Russian guests on the country’s news programmes during the war in Ukraine. The

A refugee held for eight years in Australia’s hardline immigration system earned a finalist spot in the nation’s top art prize on Thursday — for a self-portrait he painted with a toothbrush. For artist Mostafa Azimitabar, a Kurd who fled

Queen Elizabeth II, who has cut back on public appearances due to poor health and old age, will not attend this summer’s royal garden parties, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. Every summer, up to three parties take place with invited

The judge in the civil rights cases of four former police officers in the killing of George Floyd said that he has accepted Derek Chauvin’s plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years. (Image credit: AP)