A Russian defector who was an officer in Russian President Vladimir Putin's secretive elite personal security service said moral opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and his fear of dying there drove him to flee the country with his wife and children and to speak out.
A near-century old abortion ban that fueled one of the largest ballot drives in Michigan history was repealed Wednesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, just months after voters enshrined abortion rights in the state’s constitution.
A large tornado tore through southeastern Missouri before dawn on Wednesday, killing at least five people and causing widespread destruction as a broad swath of the Midwest and South kept a wary eye out for further storms that could spawn additional twisters and hail.
The British government says it has leased a refurbished barge to house 500 migrants on its southern coast, as it faces criticism over is plans to bar asylum seekers arriving in small boats from across the English Channel.
Australia's main opposition party on Wednesday decided to oppose the government's model for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people that could doom the prospects of an upcoming referendum.
Johnson & Johnson is earmarking nearly $9 billion US to cover allegations that its baby power containing talc caused cancer, more than quadrupling the amount that the company had previously set aside to pay for its potential liability.
