Biden commutes sentences almost all death row inmates
President Joe Biden is reducing the sentences of 37 of the 40 death row inmates so they can't be executed when Donald Trump returns to the White House.
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Alabama completes first execution by nitrogen gas
The US state of Alabama has put to death convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, carrying out the first execution using asphyxiation by nitrogen gas.
Myanmar executes democracy activists
Myanmar's junta faces global condemnation after executing four democracy activists accused of helping a resistance movement.
Stranded Ukrainians left with one way out
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukrainian defenders are fighting for "every metre" of Sievierodonetsk where civilians have been left with just one way out.