By ERIKA KINETZ and SOLOMIIA HERA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — One was asked to be an informant for Russia. Another’s 16-year-old son was abducted as leverage. A third is still in Russian custody. Here are just a few portraits of prominent Ukrainian politicians, journalists, pastors and more who ended up on Russian lists
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN The Biden administration has launched an expansive task force to investigate how US and western components, including American-made microelectronics, are ending up in Iranian-made drones Russia is launching by the hundreds into Ukraine, multiple officials familiar with the effort tell CNN. The US has imposed tough export control restrictions and sanctions to prevent
Continue ReadingCOLLEGEDALE, Tenn. (AP) — Two train employees were injured in Tennessee when a train hit a semi-truck that was sitting on the tracks waiting for a traffic light to change. Three locomotives and at least 10 railroad cars derailed in Tuesday’s crash in Collegedale, a suburb of Chattanooga. The freight train hit a truck carrying
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Forrest, CNN It’s a busier-than-usual Wednesday in Washington. From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to the White House to the release of the House January 6, 2021, committee’s final report and the fate of a consequential immigration rule hanging in the balance, this is not the capital’s typical year-end cram session.
Continue ReadingCNN By Jack Forrest, CNN It’s a busier-than-usual Wednesday in Washington. From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to the White House to the release of the House January 6, 2021, committee’s final report and the fate of a consequential immigration rule hanging in the balance, this is not the capital’s typical year-end cram session.
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Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — Iran’s state media says security forces killed two men and arrested two others suspected of carrying out a shooting in the restive southwest last month that left seven people dead. State media said Wednesday that the four were involved in the attack, which left seven people dead in the city of Izeh.
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police have announced that three people, including two police officers, were killed Wednesday morning in an attack by al-Shabab extremists in northern Kenya. Northeastern Kenya police chief George Seda said in a statement that the victims were in a police vehicle when they were attacked
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of ambulance workers in Britain are staging a one-day strike, with unions and the government swapping accusations of blame for putting lives at risk. The government is telling people not to play contact sports, take unnecessary car trips or get drunk in order to reduce their
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of ambulance workers in Britain are staging a one-day strike, with unions and the government swapping accusations of blame for putting lives at risk. The government is telling people not to play contact sports, take unnecessary car trips or get drunk in order to reduce their
Continue ReadingBy Jack Forrest, CNN It’s a busier-than-usual Wednesday in Washington. From Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to the White House to the release of the House January 6, 2021, committee’s final report and the fate of a consequential immigration rule hanging in the balance, this is not the capital’s typical year-end cram session. Here
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, CNN The final report the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack is set to release Wednesday launches a new era for criminal investigators, politicians and members of the public who have been eager to see the nuts and bolts of its work. In addition to the report, the committee
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, CNN The final report the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack is set to release Wednesday launches a new era for criminal investigators, politicians and members of the public who have been eager to see the nuts and bolts of its work. In addition to the report, the
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, CNN The final report the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack is set to release Wednesday launches a new era for criminal investigators, politicians and members of the public who have been eager to see the nuts and bolts of its work. In addition to the report, the
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Xiaomi, one of the world’s largest smartphone makers, has begun layoffs in China at a time when the world’s second largest economy is grappling with an enormous unemployment crisis. The Chinese company’s decision to slash jobs comes soon after tech giants across the world, including Meta and Twitter, have laid off
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — El gobierno talibán suspendió la educación universitaria para todas las estudiantes en Afganistán, el último paso en su brutal represión de los derechos y libertades de las mujeres afganas. Un portavoz del Ministerio de Educación Superior afgano confirmó la suspensión a CNN este martes. Una carta publicada por el Ministerio de Educación
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Climate activists have sawn off the tip of the Christmas tree erected in front of Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. The group Last Generation said two of its members used a hydraulic lift and a hand saw to cut six feet off the top of the 50-foot tree. The group said Wednesday it
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a country where children have experienced nearly 10 months of war, there are people trying to bring some peace and happiness to kids, at least for a moment during this holiday season in Ukraine. That has been happening this week in the outskirts of Kyiv
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister says the remains of a Palestinian prisoner who died a day earlier from lung cancer will not be released for burial. Benny Gantz’s office said Wednesday that the body of Nasser Abu Hamid, a former leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, would be held as a bargaining chip
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, Jennie Chen and Eric Cheung, CNN An unprecedented wave of Covid infections in China has triggered widespread drug shortages, as people scramble to buy fever medicines and painkillers to alleviate flu-like symptoms. The panic buying has spread outside mainland China’s borders, with the generic versions of Tylenol and Advil sold out at
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