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Police in Wroclaw, Poland, are reportedly disputing a young woman’s claims that she may be missing Madeleine McCann, a British girl who disappeared from a family vacation in Portugal in 2007. The Polish woman, Julia Faustyna, who also goes by Julia Wendlet, has been claiming on Instagram and TikTok that …

The father of an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia who died this week after contracting bird flu has tested positive for the virus but has not displayed any major symptoms, health authorities said Friday. The death came amid heightened concerns over a wave of bird flu that has spread through much …

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday issued a direct threat against NATO after he called on Moscow to push Western defenses outside of Ukraine and across “the borders of Poland.” Medvedev, the current deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, made several radical claims against the U.S., its NATO allies and …

One of the many Russian tanks that have been destroyed in the war in Ukraine has now been put on display by activists outside Russia’s embassy in Berlin.  The turret of the rusty T-72 B1, which was taken out of service by an anti-tank mine near Kyiv on March 31, …

The People’s Republic of China has called for a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine, releasing a 12-point “peace plan” on the one-year anniversary of the invasion. China’s position paper calls for an immediate end of violence in Ukraine and a return to dialogues with the aim of ending the conflict …

A defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed “we will defeat everyone” in video remarks released Friday on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  In the video, titled, “The Year of Invincibility,” Zelenskyy sat at a desk and spoke directly to the camera, just as he had done so …

A man hugs a Ukrainian soldier as local residents gather to celebrate the liberation of Kherson, on November 13, 2022, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. – Ukrainians in the liberated southern city of Kherson expressed a sense of relief on November 11, 2022, after months of Russian occupation. There were …

Two Pakistani brothers were released from the Guantánamo Bay military prison Thursday after two decades in custody with no charges, the Department of Defense announced. Abdul Rabbani and Mohammed Rabbani, who were sent back to their home country, were the latest detainees to be released from the prison as the …

Canadian officials say they have discovered Chinese surveillance buoys in the Arctic, escalating concerns from Canadians and Americans about Chinese espionage. Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand said the activity was “not new” on Wednesday. The Canadian military found the buoys this past autumn as part of Operation Limpid. Officials referred to …

Hungary plans to send a delegation to Sweden and Finland to resolve “political disputes” that have raised doubts among some Hungarian lawmakers of whether to support the two Nordic nations’ applications to join NATO, a senior Hungarian lawmaker said Thursday. Mate Kocsis, the head of the nationalist Fidesz party’s parliamentary …