Patrick Donahue

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Elon Musk expresses shock about the Holocaust after Auschwitz visit that was ‘incredibly moving, and deeply sad and tragic that humans could do this to humans’

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Putin threatens more missile attacks on Ukraine after hitting civilian infrastructure in Kyiv and other cities

By Patrick Donahue, Olesia Safronova, and others

People arrived from war-torn Ukraine wait for relatives or Polish residents top pick them up at a border crossing to Ukraine Hrebenne, Poland, on March 3, 2022. (Photo by Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

80,000 Ukrainian emigrants are leaving safety and heading towards war

By Lenka Ponikelska, Patrick Donahue, and others

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – FEBRUARY 22, 2022: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin gives comments to the media after a ceremony to sign a declaration on allied cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan at Moscow’s Kremlin. Sergei Guneyev/POOL/TASS (Photo by Sergei GuneyevTASS via Getty Images)

War in Ukraine could displace more than 1 million people into nearby European countries

By Patrick Donahue, Dorota Bartyzel, and others

BERLIN, GERMANY – DECEMBER 08: Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the stands to watch a session at the Bundestag to formally elect the country’s next Chancellor at the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, on December 8, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. The new German federal coalition government of German Social Democrats (SPD), Greens Party and German Free Democrats (FDP) is taking office today with a new chancellor and cabinet, officially succeeding the outgoing government of former chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Angela Merkel’s 16-year rule ends as German parliament elects Olaf Scholz chancellor

By Patrick Donahue, Arne Delfs, and others