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Ukraine hopes to restore ceasefire with Russia, urges Putin summit

01:45 The president of Ukraine said he hoped to restore a ceasefire with Russia next week and called for a summit with President Vladimir Putin, as concerns mount over a build-up of tr

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Biden rolls back pledge, will not raise refugee cap this fiscal year

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden. /VCG U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign an order on Friday to hasten the process of admissions of refugees into the country but not increase the

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Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls for summit with Merkel, Macron and Putin

French President Emmanuel Macron welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and for a state summit and working lunch at Elysee Palace in Paris, France. /Getty Images Ukraine's President Vo

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Chauvin opts not to testify in his trial

People stand on a police cruiser as protesters take to the streets after Brooklyn Center police shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop on April 11, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

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Psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms 'promising' for treating depression

The research compared the effects of psilocybin with a conventional antidepressant drug.

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Psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms 'promising' for treating depression

The research compared the effects of psilocybin with a conventional antidepressant drug.

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Switzerland to further ease COVID-19 restrictions from next week

FILE PHOTO: Fans wave Swiss flags at an alpine skiing World Cup race in Crans Montana, Switzerland, February 21, 2020. /AP Switzerland on Wednesday further relaxed its COVID-19 restrictions as

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U.S. COVID cases go higher, hospitalizations up for 2nd week in a row

The United States reported an 8-percent rise in new cases of COVID-19 to 490,000 last week, the fourth week in a row that infections have increased, according to a Reuters analysis of state and count

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Bitcoin hits record before landmark Coinbase listing on Nasdaq

A representation of virtual currency Bitcoin is seen in front of a stock graph in this illustration taken March 15, 2021. /Reuters Bitcoin hit a record of $62,741 on Tuesday, extending its 202

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NATO calls Russia troop build-up around Ukraine 'unjustified'

02:48 NATO has called on Russia to end the "unjustified" build-up of "combat-ready" military forces around Ukraine, as concern mounts that the region could be headed towards an all-out

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Putting Gdańsk, Wroclaw, Krakow, Poznan on the TechCrunch map — TechCrunch’s Cities Survey

TechCrunch is embarking on a major new project to survey European founders and investors in cities outside the larger European capitals.Over the next few weeks, we will ask entrepreneurs in these citi

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Saint Vincent volcano, dormant for decades, keeps erupting

01:11 Scientists are warning that the volcano near Kingstown in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines could continue to erupt for weeks.The volcano has been dormant for decades, but had two

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Despite short supply, COVAX distributes nearly 40 mln vaccine doses

A South Sudanese health worker receives AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba, capital of South Sudan, April 7, 2021. (Xinhua/Denis Elamu) Close to 40 million COVID-19

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Presidential election kicks off in Chad

Chad kicked off its presidential election on Sunday./Getty Images Chad kicked off its presidential election on Sunday with people in the central African country queuing up to cast their votes.

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Thai provinces fear virus surge out of Bangkok ahead of holidays

A man wearing a face mask walks past Covid-19 coronavirus signage after taking a PCR test at the Urban Institute for Disease Prevention and Control in Bangkok on January 11, 2021. (Photo by Jack

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France extends gap between mRNA vaccine shots to ramp-up rollout

France will lengthen the period between the first and second shots of mRNA anti-COVID vaccines to six weeks from four weeks as of April 14 to accelerate the inoculation

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Volcano erupts in southern Caribbean, sparking mass evacuation

Ash and smoke billow as the La Soufriere volcano erupts in Kingstown on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, April 9, 2021. /Reuters La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean islan