Facing the prospect of a large group of its forces becoming surrounded, Moscow pulled back its troops from Kharkiv in a dramatic shift in the state of play.
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Last reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant stopped
With external power restored to the plant, reactor No. 6 has been transferred to the ‘safest state – cold shutdown.’
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Marsha Hunt, ’40s star and blacklist victim, dies at 104
The actor worked with performers ranging from Laurence Olivier to Andy Griffith in a career disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin takes long road through Scotland
Mourners pack city streets and highway bridges or line rural roads with cars and tractors to take part in a historic goodbye to the monarch who had reigned for 70 years.
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U.S. marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks
Americans are remembering 9/11 with tear-choked tributes and pleas to ‘never forget’ 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
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Eastern Ukraine towns hit in overnight strikes
The barrage of attacks came as Ukraine pressed forward with a counteroffensive just to the north in the Kharkiv region, pushing Russian forces into a retreat from key areas.
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Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror
The president took part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony held at the Pentagon under a steady rain.
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A queen and her corgis: Elizabeth loved breed from childhood
The pups will now live with Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.
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Weather helping, but threat from Western fires persists
The cause of the Mosquito Fire in Northern California is under investigation, and the state’s largest utility supplier says unspecified ‘electrical activity’ occurred around the time of the first report.
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Aid for flood victims arrives in hard-hit Pakistani province
Several countries have sent multiple planeloads of aid, with United Arab Emirates being one of the most generous contributors.