KIEV -- Several explosions occurred in the Shevchenkivskyi district here in Ukraine's capital on Monday morning, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko told The Telegram.

The explosions have resulted in casualties, according to the press service of the State Emergency Service in Kiev. (Ukraine-Explosions)

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MOSCOW -- The explosion on the Crimean Bridge was no doubt a terrorist act aimed at destroying Russia's critical civilian infrastructure, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday.

"Ukraine's special services were the initiators, performers and masterminds," Putin said when meeting with Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin. (Russia-Ukraine-Crimea)

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LOS ANGELES -- One person was killed and seven others injured after a driver plowed through a group gathered outside a restaurant in the city of Golden in the U.S. state of Colorado early Sunday morning, authorities said.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said in a news flash that deputies responded to Rock Rest Lodge, the restaurant, on reports of a hit-and-run crash involving multiple victims. (US-Colorado-Hit-And-Run)

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STOCKHOLM -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday decided to award the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig "for research on banks and financial crises."

This year's laureates in the Economic Sciences "have significantly improved our understanding of the role of banks in the economy, particularly during financial crises," the academy said in a statement. "An important finding in their research is why avoiding bank collapses is vital." (Sweden-Nobel Prize-Economics) Enditem

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