Some made monumental contributions -- to the sciences, visual arts, academia, literature, music, and politics -- despite discrimination, political prosecution, social taboos, or undisguised bigotry.
China called for a cease-fire and peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, in a vaguely worded proposal released Friday that analysts said was unlikely to deliver results.
What started as a dream to reach out to her home country has transformed into an international mission to bring light and hope to the people of war-torn Ukraine.
“I’ll tell you what, for the rain and the wind that we had to deal with today is nothing compared to what the Ukrainian people are going through,” a golfer at the Wisconsin Ukrainians Inc. outing Bill Britz said. “This was pretty mild for us.”
The American flag spliced with the Ukrainian flag was on display behind a Green Bay theater stage for a benefit concert to collect donations for humanitarian relief.
In the past two months since Russia invaded Ukraine people have gone above and beyond to help the million forced to flee their home country. One woman shares her story after she moved from Green Bay back home to Germany to help Ukrainian refugees.
Husband and wife, Andrey Banyuk and Tanya Holinbiievska, both born in Ukraine but now Journey Community Church regulars in De Pere shared what they’ve been hearing daily from Holinbiievska’s parents and some of her 10 siblings still living amidst the violence.
“We always work together on anything that we need,” Dan Dringoli, owner of Bare Bones Brewery who hosted the beer fest, shared. “It doesn’t shock me at all that when problems happen in the Ukraine that everyone is stepping up."
At Al Johnson’s in Sister Bay, famous for its Swedish pancakes, thoughts are with Ukraine. Especially for one employee, Volodymyr Gannik, who calls the war-torn country home.
You might have seen the Ukrainian colors shining brightly around northeast Wisconsin this past week. Businesses continue to brighten up these important displays plus potentially promise more support in the future.
Watch the complete interview with Rep. Gallagher on the invasion's outcome, the White House response, and at what point the U.S. takes military action.
Gallagher, a member of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, says Russian President Vladimir Putin has brought war to Europe.
Besides getting tested, doctors say being fully vaccinated with your booster shot, if eligible, is still the best way to protect yourself against COVID while traveling.
If you can walk to a sink right now and get a glass of clean water, you’re unlike 30% of the world’s population that doesn’t have access to safe water, according to the national non-profit Global Water Center executive director, Chris Holdorf.
The World Health Organization reported late Sunday the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases by its count, at more than 183,000 new cases in the latest 24 hours.
Workers are preparing the Eiffel Tower for reopening next week, after the coronavirus pandemic led to the iconic Paris landmark’s longest closure since World War II.
An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy.
Experts say a number of factors have helped New Zealand wipe out the disease, including its isolated location in the South Pacific that gave it vital time to see the devastating spread of the virus in other countries.
A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province on Thursday killing 74 people and survivors said afterward it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop amid contradictory reports about the condition of the train’s brakes.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson grudgingly asked the European Union late Saturday to delay Brexit after the British Parliament postponed a decision on whether to back his divorce deal.
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the U.S. will send fighter jets and additional air defenses to the Saudis to help defend the kingdom against Iran amid the heightened tensions.