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Ukraine’s president says a Russian drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the protective shell of Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Video footage shared by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine shows the moment of the impact and the damage to the confinement.

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A drone pierced the outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal

By ILLIA NOVIKOV AND EFREM LUKATSKY ILLIA NOVIKOV AND EFREM LUKATSKY - Associated Press
Fri,02/14/25-2:14AM, 56 Reads
CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the structure and briefly starting a fire, in an attack Kyiv blamed on Russia.
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Pope Francis meets with Czech Republic's Prime Minister Robert Fico, right, at The Vatican Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

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Pope has respiratory tract infection, is in fair condition and running mild fever, Vatican says

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Fri,02/14/25-4:07AM, 109 Reads
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened and was receiving drug therapy for a respiratory tract infection, the Vatican said.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country needed security guarantees in the absence of NATO membership, warning Russian leader Vladimir Putin could be preparing to go to war against the alliance next year.

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Zelenskyy to Vance: Ukraine wants 'security guarantees' as Trump seeks to end Ukraine-Russia war

By AAMER MADHANI, EMMA BURROWS AND STEFANIE DAZIO AAMER MADHANI, EMMA BURROWS AND STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press
Thu,02/13/25-11:02PM, 50 Reads
MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that his country wants “security guarantees” before any talks with Russia, as the Trump administration presses both countries to find a quick endgame to the three-year war.
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Markus Soeder, Prime Minister of Bavaria, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Dieter Reiter (SPD),Mayor of Munich, from right, bring flowers to the site where a car crashed into a Ver.di demonstration the day before, Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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German prosecutors investigate possible Islamic extremist motive for Munich car-ramming attack

By PHILIPP JENNE AND GEIR MOULSON PHILIPP JENNE AND GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press
Fri,02/14/25-4:58AM, 73 Reads
MUNICH (AP) — The suspect in the car-ramming attack in Munich that injured 39 people appears to have had an Islamic extremist motive, but there's no evidence that he was involved with any radical network, authorities said Friday.
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