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Zelenskyy: Mines in wake of Russian retreat keep Kyiv unsafe
Ukrainian fighters reclaimed several areas near the capital after forcing the Russians out or moving in after them, officials said. The visible shift did not mean the country faced a reprieve from more than five weeks of war or that the more than 4 million refugees who have fled Ukraine will return soon.
'Russian mutants lost this round,' Ukraine says after troops leave Chernobyl
Ukraine's defense ministry cited two reasons for the Russian exit: military losses and radiation exposure. They likely disturbed polluted soil in the Chernobyl zone's contaminated Red Forest.
Pope begs forgiveness of Indigenous for Canada school abuses
Pope Francis has begged forgiveness for the “deplorable” abuses suffered by Indigenous Peoples in Canada’s residential schools. He says he was “ashamed” and “indignant” at all they had endured.
Russians leave Chernobyl site as fighting rages elsewhere
Ukrainian authorities at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant say Russian forces have left the damaged plant. The exit happened early Friday after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site.
South Korea has key rocket launch, days after North's ICBM test
The launch comes six days after North Korea conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile test since 2017 in an apparent attempt to pressure on the Biden administration amid stalled talks.