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"Those of us in this business are playing a long game," Beth Van Schaack, the US ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, told lawmakers.

Shireen Abu Akleh, who reported from Palestine for decades, was killed on Wednesday. Israel denies Al Jazeera's accusation that it targeted her.

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

The EU's Aviation Safety Agency said passengers will not have to wear masks on flights starting on Monday as COVID-19 cases slow in Europe.

Zelenskyy said Russian forces would have to return to where they were before the invasion for Ukraine to accept a peace deal.

"I fully support any assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the EU countries," the Instagram post read, before it was removed.

The new estimate is around 2.7 times higher than the 5.4 million deaths reported by governments to the WHO during the same time period.

Mariupol's Mayor Vadym Boichenko told Ukrainian television that he lost contact with the resistance, according to multiple reports.

Ilya Filatov told an independent Russian media outlet that he was tired of working in isolation in the Kremlin.

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill's outspoken support of Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine has angered other church leaders.