#BREAKING US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87: US media
#UPDATES Progressive icon and doyenne of the US Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has died at the age of 87 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, the court announces u.afp.com/3ayM
#BREAKING McConnell says would hold Senate vote if Trump nominates Ginsburg replacement
"She just died?”
“I didn't know that. She led an amazing life, what else can you say?" Trump, campaigning in Minnesota, says when informed of Ginsburg’s passing by reporters after his speech, according to a pool report
#BREAKING White House flag at half-staff in Ginsburg honor: spokeswoman
"The voters should pick the president, and the president should pick the justice for the Senate to consider"
Biden warns the nomination of a successor to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should wait until after the presidential election
#BREAKING Trump: US mourns 'titan of the law' justice Ginsburg
#UPDATES US Supreme Court Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies, opening a crucial vacancy on the high court expected to set off a pitched political battle at the peak of the presidential campaign u.afp.com/3aFZ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was small in stature, but her influence was enormous -- both as a champion of women's rights early in her career and as a progressive force on the US Supreme Court u.afp.com/3ayP
US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell vowed to hold a vote on a nominee that President Donald Trump names to replace late Supreme Court Justice Ruther Bader Ginsburg, despite the looming November election u.afp.com/3aFe
#VIDEO US Supreme Court Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday, opening a crucial vacancy on the high court expected to set off a pitched political battle at the peak of the presidential campaign u.afp.com/3avU
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#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco
#BREAKING Any compromise with Russia will 'destroy' Ukrainian statehood: presidential aide to AFP
#BREAKING Putin says West used grain deal for 'political blackmail'
VIDEO: Ukrainian firefighters battle flames after a Russian strike on Odesa.
Ukraine's president accused Russia of deliberately targeting grain export infrastructure in the city after Moscow ended a landmark deal and lifted security guarantees in the Black Sea
#BREAKING Putin says situation 'difficult' in Rostov in southern Russia
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday acknowledged a "difficult" situation was unfolding in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, where the Wagner mercenary group has taken control of key military sites in an effort to oust Russian military's top brass.
#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin vowed Saturday he would not allow Russia to slip into civil war, after the leader of the Wagner mercenary force seized a key military headquarters overseeing the offensive in Ukraine.
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#BREAKING Titanic sub operator believes passengers have 'sadly been lost': statement
#UPDATE The US Coast Guard now says the discovered debris from the submersible -- which was carrying five passengers down to the wreckage of the Titanic when the small vessel vanished on Sunday -- suggests 'catastrophic loss'
#BREAKING Pakistan offer condolences to family of British-Pakistan nationals on Titanic sub