A country of 44 million people and having more than 1,000 years of history, Ukraine is the biggest country (by area) in Europe after...
Escape from MariupolReporting by Barbara Miller in LvivRefugees from the besieged city of Mariupol in Ukraine's south are trickling into Lviv in the west...
WASHINGTON: Before Tuesday's guilty verdicts were read out, President Joe Biden said he was praying for "the right verdict" in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Telephoning George Floyd's family later, he said of himself and Vice President Kamala Harris: "We're all so relieved." Chauvin was convicted of two counts of murder and one of manslaughter in the death of Floyd, a case that sparked a national reckoning on race and policing. Biden said he hoped the verdict would give momentum to congressional police reform efforts. Floyd family attorney Ben Crump posted video on Twitter of a phone call from Biden and Harris to the family. Asked by a family member how he was doing, Biden said, "Feeling better now. Nothing is going to make it all better, but at least now there is some justice." President Biden and VP Harris call the Floyd family after the GUILTY verdict! Thank you @POTUS & @VP for your suppo… https://t.co/CLKhtZqjSg— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) 1618955032000"This is a day of justice," Harris told the family after joining Biden to watch the verdict in the private dining room off the Oval Office. Speaking hours ahead of the verdict, while the jury was
