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John Durham's probe led to a single false statements count against Michael Sussmann for allegedly lying to the FBI about possible ties between a Russian-bank and Donald Trump's company.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey is not “favorable” toward Finland and Sweden joining NATO, but he hasn't ruled it out.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels say the first commercial flight in six years has taken off Monday from the country’s rebel-held capital

A federal trial is set to begin for a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

A federal trial begins Monday for a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. The case against Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity attorney who represented the Clinton campaign in 2016, is the first trial arising from the ongoing investigation by special counsel John Durham and will test the strength of evidence he and his team have gathered while scrutinizing the early days of the Trump-Russia probe for potential misconduct. An acquittal is likely to hasten questions about the Durham probe’s purpose and cost to taxpayers while a guilty verdict will almost certainly energize Trump supporters who have long looked to Durham to expose what they see as biased mistreatment of the former president.

NATO countries are ready to provide military assistance to Ukraine to help it repel Russia's invasion for as long as it is needed, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says. of Annalena Baerbock

A Polish Nobel Prize-winning author on Sunday called Russia a threat to the “free world,” saying its attack on neighboring Ukraine had echoes of the Second World War. Olga Tokarczuk, known for her humanist themes and playful, subversive streak, spoke at a writers festival in Jerusalem. “The Poles share the Ukrainian feeling of danger that Russia presents to the free world,” Tokarczuk said, adding that the Polish government had warned about the risk presented by Russian aggression for years.

In a damning assessment of Russian efforts, Nato's secretary general says Ukraine could win the war.

Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov sits down with us to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

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Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra has released a new music video, hours after its hit “Stefania” led it to victory in the Eurovision Song Contest

Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., discusses abortion activists protesting outside Supreme Court Justices’ homes.

It's a historic move for the Nordic country, which has had a decades-long policy of military neutrality until now.

OLENA ROSHCHINA - SUNDAY, 15 MAY 2022, 13:17 Pivden (South) Operational Command has posted a recording of communications from the Moskva cruiser that took place as the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet was sinking.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky celebrated Kalush Orchestra’s win in the Eurovision song contest as the war raged at home.

Against the backdrop of a war in Europe, the hugely popular Eurovision Song Contest reaches its flamboyant climax Saturday night as 25 bands perform in front of a live audience in the northern Italian city of Turin, while millions more watch on television around the world

The U_N_ Security Council is strongly condemning the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and calling for “an immediate, thorough, transparent, and fair and impartial investigation.”

Kalush Orchestra's Oleh Psiuk tells NPR that representing Ukraine on the world stage is a huge responsibility. He hopes people will continue to support his country even after Eurovision ends.

North Korea says 21 people died and 174,440 people were newly found with fever symptoms on Friday alone as the country scrambles to slow the spread of COVID-19 across its unvaccinated population

The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that his country is “not favorable” toward Finland and Sweden joining NATO, indicating that Turkey could use its status as a member of the Western military alliance to veto moves to admit the two countries. “We are following developments concerning Sweden and Finland carefully, but we are not of a favorable opinion,” Erdogan told reporters. The Turkish leader explained his opposition by citing Sweden and other Scandinavian countries’ alleged support for Kurdish militants and others whom Turkey considers to be terrorists.

Russia has "considerable firepower" and it's dangerous to talk about defeating the country, Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University said.

The foreign secretary urges allies to only lift sanctions after Moscow withdraws its troops.

The U.N. children’s agency says the war in Ukraine is a “child rights crisis” where education is under attack, nearly 100 youngsters have been killed in just the last month, and millions more have been forced to flee their homes

India has been under pressure to distance itself from Russia over Ukraine, including reducing defence ties.

Ukraine's military claims it successfully stopped Russian forces as they attempted to cross the Siverskyi Donets River in eastern Ukraine.

Iran has abruptly raised prices as much as 300% for a variety of staples like oil, chicken, milk and eggs.

The company first arrived in Russia in 1851 to deliver devices for a major telegraph line. It primarily does maintenance work on high-speed trains these days — though it's now winding down operations.

Cameroon’s ministry of transport says rescue workers are searching for survivors after a small passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest in central Cameroon

It's less a question of how much the alliance would grow but where.

As the war between Russia and Ukraine shows no signs of slowing down, Ukrainians across their country to to heal as the bury the dead and salvage what is left of villages, towns and cities that have been destroyed by Russians.

The arrest in Russia of WNBA superstar Brittney Griner made worldwide headlines. But few asked why was she playing abroad in the first place.

Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy nations have gathered in northern Germany for a three-day meeting centered on Russia’s war against Ukraine and the wider impact it is having around the world.

The United States and China take contradictory stances at the UN Security Council on how to reduce tensions with North Korea, with Washington arguing for more sanctions against Pyongyang while Beijing calls for them to be eased.

His father was a dictator. But Marcos's victory at the polls should not come as a surprise.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for his country to raise its COVID-19 preventive measures to maximum levels as the country announced its first coronavirus infection more than two years into the pandemic

The Senate has confirmed economist Phillip Jefferson to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

The prime minister of the eastern Caribbean island of St. Kitts and Nevis has had the royal governor-general dissolve its Parliament and has fired several top officials, including the deputy prime minister

Sauli Niinisto said on Wednesday if Moscow wonders why Helsinki is moving toward joining NATO then Russia should "look at the mirror."

Auburn football legend Bo Jackson isn't following the Tigers too closely these days. He explains why.

Members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group are meeting in Morocco to discuss the campaign

It would be a historic shift if they do and Russia is vehemently opposed to the change.

The US National Intelligence director warns the Russian president could turn to "more drastic means".

Gates believes factors like Russia's war in Ukraine and pandemic fallout create a "strong argument" that the world will see an economic slowdown soon.

The Nordic nation has been considering joining the alliance in the wake of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Matilda Bogner, the head of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said there is “credible” information regarding the mistreatment of Russian prisoners by Ukrainian troops during the war. “We have received credible information of torture, ill-treatment and incommunicado detention by Ukrainian Armed Forces of prisoners of war belonging to the Russian armed…

Russia played a key role in Syria's civil war. Which tactics are they reusing in Ukraine?

ReutersRussian authorities in Ukraine’s occupied city of Donetsk are tossing the bodies of their dead soldiers in a secret dump “by the thousands” and charging their loved ones money to find them.That’s according to a new audio recording released by Ukraine’s Security Service on Tuesday, which is purportedly an intercepted telephone conversation between two Russians discussing how one of their missing friends was finally found.In the two-and-a-half minute recording, an unidentified man tells his

Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small faith tradition in the U.S., but in recent years it has expanded to new regions. Some new converts are using the religion to spread white nationalist views.

Social media accounts using pictures copied from famous and unknown people are tweeting in favour of Russia.

CBS News national security correspondent David Martin joins "Red and Blue" to dissect Russian President Vladimir Putin's "Victory Day" speech, and what the Biden administration's latest steps mean for Ukraine.

The United States is calling an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council for Wednesday following North Korea’s latest test of a ballistic missile that was likely fired from a submarine

The Federal Reserve no longer views the coronavirus pandemic as the biggest threat to the global financial system.

President Joe Biden signed a bill that aims to streamline U.S. military assistance to Ukraine as it fights off a Russian invasion.

A tear gas grenade set off during a university assembly in Bolivia has triggered an stampede in which four students died and 50 were injured

The best-selling writer will be making stops in Hamtramck and Grosse Pointe

Russian President Vladimir Putin watched a "Victory Day" military parade in Moscow after his forces bombed a school in Ukraine. Also, a new CBS News poll shows nearly two-thirds of Americans are against overturning Roe v. Wade. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.

Prior to Victory Day, Moscow was full of rumours about what Putin might announce in his speech.

Pale and drawn, the last civilians sheltering in the bunkers beneath the sprawling steel mill in the decimated Ukrainian port city of Mariupol arrived late Sunday night in Zaporizhzhia, the first major Ukrainian city beyond the frontline.

The world’s biggest shipping company, Denmark’s A.

Russian forces pounded targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west and intensifying an offensive in the east, as the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for the war with a proposed ban on oil imports.

Germany and India have signed a series of bilateral agreements that will see the South Asian nation receive 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion) in aid by 2030 to boost the use of clean energy.

Russia has staved off a default on its debt by making a last-minute payment using its precious dollar reserves sitting outside the country.

Inflation has hit a record for the 19 countries that use the euro.

India is in the throes of a record-shattering heat wave that is stunting wheat production.

Apple on Thursday reported quarterly results that topped analysts’ profit projections despite supply shortages, economic fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war and a growth slowdown from the huge sales lift that technology products and service got from pandemic restrictions.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the global pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlight the possibility of big economic shocks in the future.

The U.N. General Assembly has taken a first step to put the five permanent members of the Security Council under the spotlight when they use their veto power.

Russia has been removed as host of the 2023 world championship in men’s ice hockey.

Heavy fighting has taken place in the regions of Donetsk and Lukansk, with attacks taking place in cities such as Avdiivka, Popasna, Krasnohorivka and Mariinka.

Founder of the Ann Arbor-based Operation Face Shield has launched a first aid donation effort for Ukraine.

Japanese officials say the Ukrainian government has removed a photo of Japanese wartime Emperor Hirohito from a video showing him with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini after Tokyo protested.

Nestled into what are now parks, picnic spots and soccer fields are the scattered remnants of an era gone by. The left behind ruins of when Detroit was on the literal front lines of the Cold War.

The war in Ukraine is far from over after Russian has been sending over more reinforcements.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has urged world finance leaders to “get concrete” as they look for ways to combat a looming crisis over food insecurity around the globe that Russia’s war in Ukraine has made worse.

Nestled into what are now parks, picnic spots and soccer fields are the scattered remnants of an era gone by. The left behind ruins of when Detroit was on the literal front lines of the Cold War.

Amid the nightmare unfolding in Ukraine, a local surgeon goes above and beyond to help. Dr. David Brown, a plastic surgeon with Michigan Medicine, has gathered medical supplies to send them to the warzone.

A U.N. task force warns that Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions.

Russia’s Defense Ministry promised Friday to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukraine’s alleged aggression on Russian territory, an ominous warning that followed Moscow’s stinging symbolic loss of its navy’s flagship in the Black Sea.

The Russian soldiers forced more than 300 villagers into a school basement.

Heartened by Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine's capital region, residents of the town of Irpin have started coming home, at least to what’s left.

As the war in Ukraine drags on, Detroit police and the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department are doing something to help. Both departments have teamed up with other agencies in Wayne County to send dozens of retired Special Response Team bulletproof vests to those who need them in Ukraine.

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Sirens have gone off in some Polish cities to mark the anniversary of the 2010 presidential plane crash, despite widespread protests that their sound would be unnecessary trauma to scores of refugees from the war in Ukraine.

The United Nations says prices for world food commodities like grains and vegetable oils have reached their highest levels ever because of Russia's war in Ukraine.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance would quickly welcome Finland and Sweden into the fold if they decided to apply.

A top official in the global campaign against the use of land mines is urging Russia stop its troops in Ukraine from laying the weapons that too often kill and maim civilians.

Shares are mostly lower in Asia and oil prices have risen after a tech-driven rally on Wall Street.

The former chief prosecutor of U.N. war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia has called for an international arrest warrant to be issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan — when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk — has begun in much of the Middle East, where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent energy and food prices soaring.

A fiery explosion at a Russian fuel depot brought accusations from Moscow that Ukraine had attacked the facility, but the secretary of Ukraine’s national security council denied any involvement.

An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, with sharply higher prices for food, gasoline and other necessities squeezing Americans’ finances.

Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to pay $113,000 to settle a Federal Election Commission investigation.

While there are many efforts to have the war in Ukraine to end, there is still violence happening every day.

A World Cup like no other in its 92-year history will take shape this week at an unprecedented tournament draw.

Michigan’s National Guard has a more than two-decades-long relationship with the Latvian military. They participate in military training together.

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We’re joined by business leaders and experts to discuss conditions as the Detroit Regional Chamber releases their annual State of the Region report.

We’re talking with Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Sen. Gary Peters about the potential threat.

President Joe Biden warns that amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, the U.S. is under a high risk for cyber attacks from Russia.