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The comments angered some leaders in Kyiv.

President Cyril Ramaphosa, facing rising public wrath, on Thursday declared a “state of disaster” and pledged to end an energy crisis that threatens economic and political stability.

Three days after the devastating quake, Turkey’s Parliament approved the state of emergency that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had proposed for 10 provinces.

Hundreds of families searched for deceased relatives at a makeshift morgue outside a hospital in Turkey’s hardest-hit region.

The church said that God was neither male nor female and has asked a commission to explore how that is reflected in its services.

A big white orb has pushed the rival superpowers back to diplomatic distance, showing that peace may be frighteningly fragile.

China’s surveillance balloons have flown over more than 40 countries and are directed by the Chinese military, the State Department said. The F.B.I. is studying recovered debris.

Three days after the devastating quake, the death toll in Turkey and Syria neared 20,000. Turkey’s Parliament approved the state of emergency that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had proposed for 10 provinces.

The Ukrainian leader pushes for fighter jets and sanctions against Russia, which is seeking to seize the initiative on the battlefield.

Thousands of released convicts have been killed, many soon after arriving on the battlefield in Ukraine, Russian rights advocates and Ukrainian officials say.