In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula. That same year, Russian special operation forces captured Donetsk and Luhansk, two of the main cities in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and created puppet pro-Russian regimes there to further destabilize Ukraine.
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38 injured in CTA Yellow Line train collision in Chicago
Dozens of people were injured in a crash involving a Chicago transit train Thursday morning. A Chicago Transit Authority train collided with a snow-fire plow around 10:35 a.m local time.
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Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll passes 29,000
The death toll from two massive earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria climbed above 29,000, as rescuers continued to dig through rubble for survivors and victims. The number of deaths in Turkey rose to 24,617 on Sunday while more than 4,500 were killed in Syria.
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Bear Attacks in Japan Are At A Record High
Japan’s Bears are increasingly venturing out of their traditional habitats and into urban areas in search of food. Some suggest this is because climate change is interfering with the animal’s traditional sources of food.
