
US detainees freed by Russia land in Maryland
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have greeted detainees at an airbase outside Washington after their release from Russia as part of a prisoner swap.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have greeted American detainees at an airbase outside Washington following their release from Russia as part of a prisoner swap, the largest since the Cold War. The plane carrying the two US journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, ex-marine Paul Whelan and leading Kremlin critic, Vladimir Kara- Murza landed late at night.
Also, in Paris there's been another Olympic controversy. A boxing bout lasted just 46 seconds, after a female Italian boxer abandoned her fight against an Algerian following questions over the North African's testosterone levels.
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