Oklahoma Eyes First Religious Charter School Since SCOTUS Ruling An Oklahoma school board that considers applications for charter schools in the state next week will consider whether to approve the application of the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would be the first-ever taxpayer-funded religious charter school in the US.... Schools
4 Bankers Convicted For Helping Putin's Friend Four unnamed bankers at the Zurich branch of Russia’s Gazprombank who allowed a friend of Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin to deposit huge sums in Swiss bank accounts have been found guilty of lacking due diligence.... Ukraine
Kyiv Suburb of Bucha Marks One Year Since Liberation The Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where Ukraine alleges Russian forces committed scores of atrocities in their short-lived occupation of the town in the first weeks of the war, marked the first anniversary of its liberation on Friday.... Ukraine
US: Russia Offering Food to N. Korea for Weapons US national security spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that Russia is offering North Korea food in exchange for weapons. The US has previously accused North Korea — and other regimes like Iran — of backing Russia's campaign in Ukraine.... Ukraine
Russia Detains WSJ Reporter on Espionage Charges Russia's Federal Security Service — the successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB — said on Thursday that it had arrested Evan Gershkovich, a 31-year-old US citizen and Wall Street Journal reporter, on espionage charges.... Ukraine
Evicted Kyiv Monks Refuse to Leave Complex Tensions ran high at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra complex — also known as the Monastery of the Caves — after representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) refused to leave the premises despite an eviction order set to go into force on Wednesday.... Ukraine
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