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European Union countries have endorsed a fast-track procedure aimed at providing Ukraine with sorely needed artillery shells to repel Russia’s invasion forces, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday, as Moscow maintains its focus on attacking the industrial east of the war-ravaged country. As he chaired a meeting of …

A new Netflix documentary detailing problems within the online porn industry suggests victims are responsible for those issues, according to attorneys representing nearly 100 victims in their suit against Pornhub parent company MindGeek.  Michael Bowe, an attorney up against the world’s largest pornography website, which boasts more annual website visits …

Contractors are being hired to remove millions of rotting fish from a river in the Australian Outback after a unprecedented die-off following floods and hot weather, police said on Monday. The fish started dying in the Darling River near the New South Wales town of Menindee on Friday. Officials say …

A high school student in Canada was in custody Monday morning after authorities say three people were stabbed at the school. Officers responded around 9:20 a.m. to Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford, Nova Scotia, for a report of someone with a weapon, Halifax Regional Police said in a …

Jeff Woodke, an American aid worker who has been held hostage in Africa since 2016, has been freed Monday, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan announced.  Sullivan tweeted that he is “gratified & relieved to see the release of U.S. hostage Jeff Woodke after over 6 years in captivity.  “The U.S. thanks …

An unidentified Palestinian shot and severely wounded an Israeli American man in the West Bank town of Hawara in Israel on Monday. The man, David Stern, is a U.S. Marine veteran living in Israel. He was attacked while driving in a vehicle with his wife. Images from the scene show …

The 63-year-old American citizen who the FBI says was “kidnapped from her residence” in Mexico is a mother of seven who was seen being forced into a white van, a report says.  Zonia Lopez, who is the daughter of Maria del Carmen Lopez, according to KABC, revealed the details as …

South African police on Monday monitored protests by the country’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, which is demanding the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The party urged all South Africans to participate in a national shutdown but there was limited response in most of the country’s major cities. At least …

Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China next week in what a spokesman called a bid to ease tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland. Ma presided over a period of warm ties with Beijing, but left office under a cloud after a trade deal with the mainland …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the International Criminal Court Sunday for issuing an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The comments came the day before the Russian leader hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping. The ICC charged Putin with war crimes, although Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the …