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After months of intense ground warfare in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces appear to be losing steam amid high casualty rates and lackluster armament the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces said Thursday. “The aggressor is not giving up hope of taking Bakhmut at any cost, despite losses in manpower and equipment,” …

An inventor in China who created a kissing machine after COVID lockdowns prevented him from seeing his girlfriend has already sold thousands in just weeks – despite criticism over its lack of tongue. “I was in a relationship back then, but I couldn’t meet my girlfriend due to lockdowns,” inventor …

Mexico rejected U.S. criticism of its government’s human rights record as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused the U.S. State Department of spreading “lies.”  “It’s not worth getting angry about, that’s just how they are,” Obrador said of a new State Department report published Monday, saying the report “is not …

North Korea has responded to the United States’ urging for other members of the United Nations to pressure the hermit kingdom into denuclearization. The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs took a harsh tone, warning that any attempt to force the country into denuclearizing would be equivalent to a declaration …

A former Haitian mayor was criminally charged Wednesday with lying on his application to become a legal resident of the U.S., just one day after he was found liable for a killing and two attempted slayings in his homeland. Jean Morose Viliena, 50, was indicted on three counts of visa …

German investigators carried out raids related to a far-right movement on Wednesday, authorities said. A police officer was shot at during one of the searches and reportedly sustained light injuries. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann tweeted that federal prosecutors ordered searches of 20 properties and that the move was related to …

The European Union’s executive arm proposed rules Wednesday to protect consumers from businesses selling goods labeled as green which actually aren’t. The European Commission said greenwashing was a notable problem, with 53% of green claims on products or services making “vague, misleading or unfounded information.” About 230 sustainability labels are …

An Australian father defended his young kids from some aggressive monkeys, eventually having to punch one of the critters as they lunged at his family and their belongings.  “It was hectic. It was actually scary, could have scared him (Darwin) for life,” Riley Whitelum said after the incident. Whitelum and …

The United Nations rights chief is urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life imprisonment. “The passing of this discriminatory bill – probably among the worst of its kind in the world – is a deeply …

Russia stepped up its missile and drone attacks against Ukraine on Wednesday, killing students and other civilians, in a violent follow-up to dueling high-level diplomatic missions aimed at bringing peace after 13 months of war. “Russia is shelling the city with bestial savagery,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote in a Telegram …