Russia confirmed 8,246 new coronavirus infections Monday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 537,210. Over the past 24 hours 143 people have died, bringing the total toll to 7,091 — a rate considerably lower than in many other countries hit hard by the pandemic. A total of 4,489 people recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing…

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Former US marine Paul Whelan was convicted of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in prison, a Moscow court ruled Monday.

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Paul Howard, the Fulton County district attorney, said Sunday that the 27-year-old black man who was fatally shot during an encounter with two white officers “did not seem to present any threat to anyone” and charges could come as soon as Wednesday.“The fact that it would escalate to his death seems unreasonable,” Howard told CNN.…