9+ hour, 55+ min ago  (544+ words) Residents show up for the vigil each year despite wartime curfews and official warnings against large gatherings during Russia's war on Ukraine. The April 26, 1986 disaster shone a spotlight on lax safety standards and government secrecy in what was then the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (504+ words) The nighttime attack on Odesa heavily damaged an apartment block, killing the women and a 2-year-old child, officials said. Rescuers working under floodlights pulled four people from the rubble. Eleven people were hospitalized, including a pregnant woman and two children…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (278+ words) Periodic prisoner exchanges have been one of the few positive outcomes of otherwise fruitless monthslong U. S. -brokered negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. The talks have delivered no progress on key issues preventing an end to Russia's invasion of its neighbor, now…...