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On the first anniversary of the invasion, here’s a guide to how the biggest war in Europe since World War II came about, and what’s at stake for Russia and the world.

United Airlines and other companies have started a $100 million fund to invest in jet fuel that produces fewer greenhouse gases.

In the third week of a grueling effort, emergency workers battle exhaustion as the hope of finding more earthquake survivors dwindles. A powerful new quake has complicated their task.

The country has conducted six underground nuclear tests, and a seventh may be on the way. Rights groups fear their environmental and health consequences.

Arriving by train to Kyiv, President Biden announced more military aid for Ukraine and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky before returning to Poland. It was a dramatic show of U.S. support days before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

Just two weeks after the deadliest earthquake in the country’s modern history, a powerful shock hit southern Turkey, where many people are still sleeping outdoors for fear of building collapses.

Ms. Bulley, a 45-year-old mother, was last seen on Jan. 27 outside a village in northwestern England. Her disappearance led to national headlines and rampant speculation on social media.

An enormous pyramid was long a reminder of a brutal regime and decades of disappointments. Now, it’s a symbol of a city aspiring to be the high-tech “Tel Aviv of the Balkans.”

Asia’s population is shrinking faster than any other continent’s.

A Norwegian, he handed over NATO plans and other secrets in one of the Cold War’s biggest espionage scandals. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.