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The scope of Moscow’s assault appears to be widening as Ukraine warns of a new Russian offensive.

Rescue workers listened for signs of survivors in the rubble as residents wondered why their homes had not fallen.

The flap with the United States raises concerns about how China wields its power in a climate where one wrong move could set off an accidental conflict.

A woman was rescued from rubble 22 hours after a magnitude-7.8 quake struck early Monday. Rescuers are digging overnight through flattened buildings and fighting near-freezing temperatures.

The Israeli Army said the deaths came during an operation to arrest gunmen accused of attempting an attack. Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, said the men were members of its armed wing.

The Chinese government said the balloon that Colombia spotted in its airspace on Friday was for civilian purposes and was being used for flight tests.

Desperate survivors dug through rubble with shovels and their bare hands, hoping to find loved ones.

One of the hardest hit areas was northwestern Syria, where nearly three million people displaced by the country’s decade-long civil war were already living in precarious conditions.

The war is intensifying in a string of villages on the eastern front, where doctors struggle to handle an influx of gruesome injuries and soldiers fret about a Russian army sending waves of new conscripts.

The vice president said private companies had pledged almost $1 billion to support communities in Central America.