Biden Taps Oil Reserve to Combat High Gas Prices

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A Shuttered Bar’s Low-Alcohol Drinks Live On in a New Book

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A European bank forecasts that Ukraine’s economic output will contract by 20 percent in 2022.

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Stephen Merchant Is an Unsmooth Criminal

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She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit.

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Wall Street staged a comeback in March as the U.S. economy showed its resilience.

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Canada's Supreme Court upholds C$9m fine on maple syrup thief

Nearly 3,000 tonnes of maple syrup was stolen in the so-called Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.

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4 Poems You Can Create From Your Newspaper

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Minnesota Woman to Repay $120,000 Raised in Philando Castile’s Name

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Possible Tornado Leaves Path of Destruction in Northwest Arkansas

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Ukraine conflict: Russia to allow unauthorised imports from West

The decision is in response to Western sanctions and surging inflation since the war in Ukraine.

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Review: A Tap-Dancing Soul in Spirit-World Limbo

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Today in On Tech: Apple and the streaming mirage.

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Why the Red Cross has to be neutral in the Ukraine conflict

The ICRC is worried that its operations might be undermined by misinformation about its work.

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The U.S. and allies are preparing new sanctions on Russian supply chains.

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Britain detains a Russian superyacht in London.

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Four killed in new attack in Israel

The gunman is said to have shot victims from a motorcycle in the third such attack within a week.

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Ukraine war: Snake Island soldier receives a medal from his region

The soldier and his colleagues were thought to have been killed on the first day of the war.

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How We Verified Russian Radio Chatter

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War in Ukraine: Graphic protest by Russian artist Yevgenia Isayeva

Yevgenia Isayeva doused herself in fake blood and chanted, "my heart bleeds" in the solo protest.

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DeSantis Signs Florida Bill That Opponents Call ‘Don’t Say Gay’

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Oscars condemns Will Smith slap and launches review

The Oscars film academy says it "condemns" the slapping of Chris Rock and launches a formal review.

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Biden’s ‘Gaffe’ About Putin: Was It the Truth?

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Army boss raises partition fears: Ukraine round-up

Ukraine's military intelligence chief fears a Korea-style outcome as Biden's jab at Putin makes further waves.

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DeSantis Is Trump 2.0

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Red Carpet Oscars Fashion From Best Actor and Actress Nominees

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Afghanistan: Taliban bars BBC TV programmes from schedules

Radio and online are unaffected as the regime stops local TV showing international partner content.

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El Salvador: State of emergency after 62 gang killings in a day

The 62 deaths recorded on Saturday make it the country's most violent 24-hour period for 30 years.

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Missiles hit targets in Lviv, 50 miles from the Polish border.

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War in Ukraine: Vladimir Putin cannot remain in power - Biden

A White House official says the US president was not calling for a regime change.

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Ukraine war: Five wounded after explosions hit western city of Lviv

Lviv has become a hub for thousands of refugees fleeing other parts of Ukraine since Russia's invasion.

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War in Ukraine: Musicians perform emotional concert in Kharkiv metro station

Musicians performed the concert at a metro station in Kharkiv, being used as a makeshift shelter.

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Next stop Kyiv - the battle on the capital's outskirts

In Irpin, only a few civilians remain as volunteers bolster defences a few miles from Kyiv.

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Review: The Sophisticated Simplicity of a Mark Morris Masterpiece

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Spotify stops streaming in Russia over safety concerns

New laws threaten jail for people accused of spreading "fake news" about Russia's armed forces.

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Biden Strikes Gas Deal to Reduce Europe’s Reliance on Russia

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North Korea Hwasong-17 launch gets Hollywood-style effects

The Hwasong-17 is a new, powerful intercontinental ballistic missile - and the country's largest weapon.

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Ukraine war: The dangers faced by front line fighters in Kharkiv

A month into the war, Mark and Vlad, both 22, show the BBC the perils they face every day in Kharkiv.

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‘It’s a Good Thing I Don’t Need a Lot of Sleep’

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Ukraine war: Digging a grave for my stepfather, killed in Mariupol

Viktoria’s stepfather died when the car taking him to hospital was blown up during fighting in Mariupol.

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Our 13th Annual Summer Reading Contest

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Ukraine war: Russian journalist Oksana Baulina killed in Kyiv shelling

Oksana Baulina died while filming destruction caused by Russian shelling in a Kyiv neighbourhood.

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La nueva ola de la COVID-19 podría estar por comenzar

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Albright - a trailblazer for women on the world stage

Originally born in Czechoslovakia, Albright became a trailblazer for women on the world stage.

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A top virologist who visited a Wuhan market in 2014 said he found it to be a ‘pandemic waiting to happen.’

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US tornadoes: What the storm aftermath in Louisiana and Texas looks like

Homes are left destroyed by storms that tore through southern states, including Louisiana and Texas.

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Disney staff stage walkout over Florida gender law

Protest organisers want the company to do more to oppose the recently passed "Don't Say Gay" bill.

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Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Empty City Was Our Playground’

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A bomb hit this theatre hiding hundreds - here's how one woman survived

The BBC speaks to survivors of the Mariupol theatre attack, who describe for the first time what happened.

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Las vacaciones en Venezuela terminan abruptamente y los turistas regresan a casa a una Rusia diferente

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The 3 Russian cyber-attacks the West most fears

US intelligence says Russia could launch cyber-attacks on the West. What is the worst-case scenario?

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Soccer’s Richest Clubs Sidestep Salary Caps in New Cost Controls

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As Big Shows of Russian Art End in Europe, Some Wonder What’s Next

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Ukraine war: Russian soldiers fire on Kherson protesters

Protesters in Kherson scattered as explosions are heard and shots were fired by Russian soldiers.

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As Republicans prepare to grill Jackson, they are re-litigating Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle.

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How to avoid sharing misinformation on the war in Ukraine.

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How One Oligarch Used Shell Companies and Wall Street Ties to Invest in the U.S.

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Mariupol: Four reasons the city matters so much to Russia

The most bombarded city in Ukraine’s war with Russia is key to Moscow’s military campaign.

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New Details Flesh Out How Project Veritas Acquired Ashley Biden’s Diary

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Here’s a look back at two years of the pandemic in New York City.

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Inside a children's hospital and pressure on Russian artists - Ukraine war round-up

Ukrainian children suffer in hospital, and musicians are banned from Russian radio for opposing the war.

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Religion-Fueled Mobs on the Rise Again in Pakistan

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War in Ukraine: Backlash in Russia against anti-war musicians

Banned from radio stations and rumoured black lists, artists against the war face a difficult moment.

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As Crews Battle Texas Wildfires, Officials Brace for More

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Omicron’s BA.2 version is rising, complicating hopes of living with the virus: The week in Covid news.

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Overlooked No More: Louise Little, Activist and Mother of Malcolm X

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Some U.S. states are reducing daily reporting of coronavirus data, raising fears of blind spots.

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Russian Rocket Attack Turns Ukrainian Marine Base to Rubble, Killing Dozens

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War in Ukraine: Talking to a Ukrainian mother and her child who fled to Poland

Krystyna Tynkalyuk is trying to explain to her three-year-old why they can't go back home to see her father.

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Review: In ‘What You Are Now,’ Memory Is a Dangerous Thing

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As diplomacy drags on, peace seems far off in Ukraine.

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Ukraine war: Drone footage shows level of devastation in Mariupol

Video shows destroyed blocks of flats and a shopping mall in the besieged Ukrainian port city.

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Morad Tahbaz, released in Nazanin deal, back in Iran jail

Morad Tahbaz's family say they are "distraught" after hoping he would be permanently freed.

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Abramovich's jet among 100 planes grounded by US

The US government has grounded 100 Russia-affiliated aircraft believed to have violated US export controls

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Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call

Russia's president revealed his peace conditions in a phone call - the BBC spoke to someone who listened in.

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Weekly Health Quiz: Anxiety, Libido and 'Turning Red'

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The Joy of Terrible Gardening

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Ukraine: The troops holding the front line as Russia pounds Kharkiv

BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports from alongside the troops defending Ukraine's second city.

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Why Arnold Schwarzenegger taped an impassioned video to Russia, telling Putin: ‘Stop this war.’

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War in Ukraine: Fourth Russian general killed - Zelensky

The news raises questions over why senior Russian officers are getting so close to the fighting.

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‘The Era of the Foreign Correspondent Is Over’: Justin Smith on His Media Start-Up

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Japan ordered new safety measures for nuclear reactors after the Fukushima disaster.

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Ukraine war: Russia attacks theatre sheltering civilians, Mariupol says

The building in the besieged city of Mariupol was sheltering up to 1,200 people, the deputy mayor says.

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In ‘Lessons From the Edge,’ How an Ambassador to Ukraine Became a Casualty of the Trump Administration

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A Russian Ballet Star, Opposed to the Ukraine War, Quits the Bolshoi

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Russia sanctions Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and others

The measures block their entry into Russia but will not impede necessary high-level contacts.

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Russia, increasingly isolated, withdraws from the Council of Europe.

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