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Brittney Griner has written to President Joe Biden with an urgent plea: “Please don’t forget about me.” The message from the WNBA star was delivered via a letter she handwrote from the Russian jail where she has been held since being arrested in February at a Moscow airport on drug …

Brittney Griner, the American basketball star detained in Moscow on allegations of drug smuggling, will remain in custody for at least two more months, Russian media reported Thursday. “The court granted the request of the investigation and extended the period of detention of the US citizen Griner until May 19,” …

The Myanmar crisis triggered by the military’s power grab in a coup d’etat has entered its third year. Meanwhile, the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have made no progress toward resolving the crisis. In a bid to break the deadlock, ASEAN called a ministerial-level conference in …

Every day my TikTok algorithm feeds me dozens of anti-aging solutions. I’m 23. My skincare routine consists of washing my face and applying moisturizer, yet the videos I get served urge me to do more — apply more serums, try more fancy tech solutions for taut skin, and spend more …

In what family members are calling an “act of racial discrimination and transphobia,” a transgender Peruvian man who was in Bali for his honeymoon died after he and his spouse were detained by Indonesian authorities at the airport for alleged drug offenses. Rodrigo Ventosilla, 32, was an activist from Lima, …

Australia airline boss wants vaccine passport for travelers SYDNEY (AP) — The boss of Australia’s largest airline said Monday that once a coronavirus vaccine becomes widely available, it may require passengers use it before they can travel abroad. Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce said he’s been talking to his counterparts …

Basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian courtroom on Thursday, but not before she was handed a note from President Joe Biden. With the hope that a guilty plea might be her best shot at a lenient sentence in what experts fear is a sham trial, …

As Europe bakes this summer under record heat waves, droughts have also caused water levels to plunge on rivers and lakes across the continent. In the Netherlands, the Waal River is so low that it has fallen below the bottom marker on bridges. In Germany, the Rhine is so dry, …

What are the social benefits of cold storage? Nearly 150 countries have adopted the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. This measure, negotiated in 2016, is driving changes in the cooling energy sector by requiring nations to phase down use of HFCs. The global cold …

“I want to apologize to my teammates, my club, my fans, and the city of [Yekaterinburg] for my mistake that I made and the embarrassment that I brought on them,” Griner said in her statement. “I want to also apologize to my parents, my siblings, the Phoenix Mercury organization back …