Speaking to the United Nations Security Council by video, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called the 'sham' referendums an attempt to annex part of Ukraine.

Residents on Florida's Gulf Coast fortified their homes before evacuating ahead of Hurricane Ian. It is expected to bring life-threatening storm surges, flooding and powerful winds to the area in the coming days.

Hurricane Ian brought heavy rain and wind to Cuba, where it made landfall as a Category 3.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, or DART, slammed into a small asteroid, demonstrating technology that could protect Earth from a space rock in the future.

If the NASA mission succeeds, it could demonstrate for the first time humanity's ability to nudge a potentially hazardous asteroid away from Earth.

Giorgia Meloni is the leader of the Brothers of Italy, a nationalist party with fascist roots.

Alex Drueke and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine and were then captured, were released as part of a larger prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.

The storm, which was downgraded from a Category 3 hurricane, overwhelmed coastal towns in eastern Canada, where it flooded roadways, knocked out power and destroyed buildings.

The Kremlin began holding referendums on joining Russia in parts of Ukraine under its control. The voting is widely seen as a sham that is expected to culminate in annexation of the areas.

A United Nations-appointed panel of independent legal experts said Russian soldiers raped and tortured children, executed civilians and attacked without distinguishing between civilians and combatants.