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Canada's House backs a motion recognizing Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide

A mourner attends the funeral of a family of three in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on Friday. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Ukraine invasion — explained

Canada's House backs a motion recognizing Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide

April 28, 2022 • The non-binding declaration doesn't require the Canadian government to take any action — but the lawmaker who proposed it says she hopes it will have that effect.

In Bucha, death, devastation and a graveyard of mines

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Ukraine invasion — explained

In Bucha, death, devastation and a graveyard of mines

April 6, 2022 • Images of dead civilians in the streets of Bucha shocked the world and intensified concerns of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Officials want more military aid, and bigger consequences for Russia.

Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Raising New Questions 75 Years Later

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Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Raising New Questions 75 Years Later

August 6, 2020 • The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were said at the time to be justified as the only way to end World War II. Seventy-five years later, legal experts say they would now be war crimes.

Hiroshima Atomic Bombing Raising New Questions 75 Years Later

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