By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting remained largely deadlocked Monday in eastern Ukraine where Russian shelling killed five civilians over the past day, according to Ukrainian officials, as the warring sides sized up their needs for renewed military pushes expected in coming weeks. The casualties included a woman who was killed
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN US officials believe drone attacks at a military plant in Iran‘s central city of Isfahan were carried out by Israel, according to US media reports. Tehran said on Sunday that drones had attacked the plant in Isfahan late the previous evening, calling the operation “unsuccessful.” The Wall Street
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Weeks after Tyre Nichols was brutalized by Memphis police officers, city law enforcement officials are being hailed for their unusually rapid investigation and transparency compared to similar cases in other US cities. Five former officers were indicted Thursday on charges of second-degree murder and kidnapping. One day later, officials released police
Continue ReadingCNN, CITY OF MEMPHIS By Ray Sanchez, CNN Weeks after Tyre Nichols was brutalized by Memphis police officers, city law enforcement officials are being hailed for their unusually rapid investigation and transparency compared to similar cases in other US cities. Five former officers were indicted Thursday on charges of second-degree murder and kidnapping. One day
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African animal welfare officials have successfully sedated and captured a tiger that was spotted roaming a residential area to the east of the capital Johannesburg. Guards monitoring security cameras on an office building in the Johannesburg suburb of Edenvale say they spotted the big cat early
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Durante tres meses, la desaparición de Hu Xinyu se apoderó de China. El paradero del joven de 15 años, que desapareció de un internado en la provincia sureña de Jiangxi en octubre, fue durante meses uno de los temas más discutidos en Internet en China. Suscitó numerosas preguntas, especulaciones y ronda tras
Continue ReadingBy Toyin Owoseje and Amanda Watts, CNN Lisa Loring, best known as the first actress to play Wednesday Addams in the original “The Addams Family” sitcom, has died at the age of 64. Loring “passed away on Saturday surrounded by her family,” longtime agent Chris Carbaugh told CNN in a statement on Monday. “She brought
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and his allies have been put on notice by a prosecutor, but the warning didn’t come from anyone at the Justice Department. It was from a Georgia prosecutor who indicated she was likely to seek criminal charges soon in a
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Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN The fallout from the egregious no-call in the final second of Saturday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers game and the Boston Celtics shows no sign of ending, with the official NBA Referees Twitter account admitting to the error on Sunday “Like everyone else, referees make mistakes,” the union wrote. “We
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and the Palestinians on Monday to ease tensions following a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. The bloodshed has alarmed the Biden administration as it attempts to find common ground with Israeli Prime Minister
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief says the coronavirus remains a global health emergency. It comes after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an “inflexion point” where higher levels of immunity can lower deaths related to the virus. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the annual meeting of its executive
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly says that a European Parliament body supervising anti-lobbying and lawmakers’ conduct rules must be given the power and money to launch independent investigations. Monday’s call by the EU’s independent watchdog monitoring administrative shortfalls comes amid a major corruption scandal. O’Reilly says “diligent and independent oversight and enforcement of
Continue ReadingCNN By Brad Lendon, CNN NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday asked South Korea to reconsider its rule on not exporting weapons to countries in conflict so it could help arm Ukraine in repelling Russia’s invasion. “I urge the Republic of Korea to continue and to step up the specific issue of military support,”
Continue ReadingWLNY By Jacob Lev and George Ramsay, CNN The Empire State Building was lit in green and white to celebrate the Philadelphia Eagles’ victory in the NFC Championship game on Sunday — a decision that’s sparked a bit of a backlash in the Big Apple. The Eagles advanced to the Super Bowl for the first
Continue ReadingBy Sophia Saifi, Saleem Mehsud and Hira Humayun, CNN A deadly blast in a mosque in Peshawar on Monday, the latest attack on the city in northwest Pakistan, killed at least 61 people and left about 157 injured, according to Peshawar Police Chief Mohammad Aijaz Khan. Rescue operations are now underway in the mosque, which
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Eight people were killed and three wounded after two gunmen entered a home and opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday at a home in South Africa on Sunday evening, according to the South African police service (SAPS). The shooting happened in the southern port
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese rescuers have found two foreign men who were hit by an avalanche while backcountry skiing. The two were found without vital signs in a famous ski resort in central Japan. Police are waiting until the men’s identities are confirmed before confirming their deaths. Nagano Prefectural police
Continue ReadingBy ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims have marched to the heavily guarded Swedish Embassy in Jakarta to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands. Waving white flags bearing the Islamic declaration of faith, more than 300 demonstrators filled a
Continue ReadingLJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenian media say authorities have apprehended two alleged Russian spies suspected of using an agency dealing in real estate and antiques as a front for their activities. Slovenian police on Monday confirmed that two individuals had been arrested in December for suspected espionage but did not disclose which country they were
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