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The companies want to cap their liability at $43.7 million by invoking a 19th-century maritime law previously used by the Titanic's owner.

The long-lost ship has been missing since it sank in 1886, but researchers were able to locate it in just two days using side-scan sonar.

Once feted among her international peers, Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina is now seen as a complicit participant in the Ukraine war.

Turkish opposition's win over Erdoğan's AK Party may dampen the president's prestige and influence over Russia ties.

Currencies from other countries "not unfriendly" to Russia are even less stable and liquid than the Chinese yuan, said the Central Bank of Russia.

Dachshunds are plagued by a range of health problems relating to their "extreme body shape," according to the British Veterinary Association.

The Dali, a cargo ship, collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday, shutting down trade at the Port of Baltimore.

A mass casualty event has been declared and a major rescue operation is underway after a cargo ship struck Baltimore's biggest bridge.

Ryanair said it welcomes "much-needed management changes" at the aircraft maker after Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun announced his departure.

"This is a dire emergency," Kevin Cartwright, the communications director for the Baltimore Fire Department told the AP.

Minutes before striking the bridge's support beam, the ship's lights turn off. They then turn back on moments before the vessel crashes.

A Korean mailman was sentenced to six months in prison for discarding 16,000 pieces of mail. He blamed being overworked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Secondary sanctions are spooking global banks, as some of them turn away from doing business with Russia.

Tim Cook is also in town to rub shoulders with Beijing's top policymakers after iPhone sales in China dropped 24% in the first six weeks of the year.

"I told him respectfully that he couldn't be there, and I honestly was hoping to have a conversation with him about his cool boat," Joseph Holt told CBS8.

In the wake of sweeping sanctions, Russia's Vladimir Putin is leaning on China for economic and political support.

Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Elena Kagan spoke about their experiences dealing with the press during Murthy v. Missouri oral arguments on Monday.

Russia is expanding its economic and trade ties with Cuba as more than 100 companies start operations in sectors such as heavy industry, energy, and agriculture.

The South Dakota governor, a possible Trump running mate, posted an odd video on X that has the political world chattering.