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Russia is about to cut off natural gas supplies to a third European country that refuses to accept the Kremlin’s demand for payment in rubles.

Trevor Reed, an American citizen and former Marine recently freed after two years in a Russian prison, detailed his harrowing experience surviving a psychiatric treatment facility in the country in an exclusive interview with CNN.

You know that pleasant older couple across the street, who mostly keep to themselves? What if they had a portal to another planet in their backyard? That’s the out-there premise of “Night Sky,” an Amazon series that combines science fiction and mystery with that rarest of commodities — a touching love story involving an old married couple — in an intriguing if plodding format.

Again facing the challenge of coming up with plots worthy of filling a movie, “Downton Abbey: A New Era” adopts a two-track approach, feeling as cozy as a brandy by the fire. Elegant, occasionally adorable and at times quite emotional, series creator Julian Fellowes still knows how to pluck the right strings — upstairs and downstairs — to play a symphony with his sprawling cast.

The United States has determined that Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed in the film “Hotel Rwanda” sheltering hundreds of people during the African nation’s 1994 genocide, has been “wrongfully detained,” the State Department said on Thursday.

Rwanda expects the first group of 50 asylum seekers to be transferred from Britain by the end of May, a government spokesperson has said .

On Thursday, Claire Holland graduated from sixth grade. It was a happy day. She made the honor roll and she won her class’ big science award, but her day was not without worries. The 12-year- old for Mandeville, Louisiana is caught up in the formula shortage that has left countless families across the country on edge. The shortage has even sent some children to the hospital, because they can’t get enough nutrition.

Right-wing attorney John Eastman revealed in a late-night court filing that he was in touch directly with then-President Donald Trump about plans to overturn the 2020 election, which included receiving Trump’s handwritten notes.

The assistant office manager at the Tops Friendly Markets store in Buffalo, New York, had already survived one mass shooting.

When a bear market arrives, it’s not pretty, especially for investors making short-term decisions. But it happens — and a recovery arrives eventually.

An extremely rare disease called monkeypox, a cousin of smallpox, has again made its way to the United States. A case of monkeypox was reported Wednesday in a patient hospitalized in Massachusetts who had recently traveled to Canada in private transportation.

Children with strong family connections are associated with a high likelihood of flourishing in life, a new study found.

The Justice Department will announce renewed efforts to combat hate crimes across the country Friday, just days after 10 people were killed in a Buffalo supermarket shooting that officials have called a racially motivated hate crime.

There is a lot to love about bees.

US intelligence officials are skeptical that any change in Russian public opinion against the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine — even a dramatic one — would have an effect in persuading Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the conflict, according to multiple sources familiar with the latest intelligence.

President Joe Biden arrived here Friday on a mission to reaffirm a key alliance at an uncertain moment in East Asia.

British royalty and Hollywood royalty came together on the red carpet for the charity premiere of the new Tom Cruise movie, “Top Gun: Maverick,” on Thursday night.