By Mina Alsharif, Hande Atay Alam and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Turkey is rebranding itself. The country is now called “Türkiye” in the halls of the United Nations, who agreed to recognize the change on Wednesday after a request from Turkey’s government. The campaign to rebrand as Türkiye began in December. “The process we started under
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will miss a service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral for her 70 year reign on Friday, after experiencing “some discomfort” during the first day of her Platinum Jubilee celebration. The Queen appeared at Buckingham Palace on Thursday during the festivities and
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Continue ReadingCNN By Sanyo Fylyppov and Ivana Kottasová, CNN As Russian forces closed in on Hostomel in late February, the town’s mayor Yurii Prylypko urged local residents to take care of each other. “I’m here with you. We have to resist,” he said in a video message. “The weapons are coming. Our soldiers are coming. We
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Continue ReadingBy Lauren Izso, Abeer Salman and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Two suspects were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a journalist who was covering clashes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem on Sunday, Israeli Police said in a statement. The incident followed the controversial flag march through the Old City in Jerusalem on Sunday. “Last
Continue ReadingBy Benjamin Brown and Amy Woodyatt, CNN German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was accused Monday of comparing climate activists to Nazis, in allegations that his spokesperson said were “completely absurd.” Scholz was speaking at a Catholic Day panel event in the city of Stuttgart on Friday when protesters disrupted him, with one activist reportedly trying to
Continue ReadingCNN CNN’s Atika Shubert, Abeer Salman, Lauren Izso and Celine Alkhaldi Thousands of Israelis marched in a controversial flag-waving procession through east Jerusalem on Sunday, after Palestinian factions warned the event could ignite a new round of tensions. Crowds waving Israeli flags set off from Damascus Gate — the main entry to the Muslim Quarter
Continue ReadingBy Sara Sidner, Sandi Sidhu and Konstantin Gak, CNN In a shallow trench in a narrow strip of trees that offers the only cover in this Ukrainian landscape in the Mykolaiv district, a man stands with his two adult sons. This is their first war together. Their first time as soldiers. When Russian President Vladimir
Continue ReadingCNN By Sara Sidner, Sandi Sidhu and Konstantin Gak, CNN In a shallow trench in a narrow strip of trees that offers the only cover in this Ukrainian landscape in the Mykolaiv district, a man stands with his two adult sons. This is their first war together. Their first time as soldiers. When Russian President
Continue ReadingCNN By Sara Sidner, Sandi Sidhu and Konstantin Gak, CNN In a shallow trench in a narrow strip of trees that offers the only cover in this Ukrainian landscape in the Mykolaiv district, a man stands with his two adult sons. This is their first war together. Their first time as soldiers. When Russian President
Continue ReadingCNN’s Atika Shubert, Abeer Salman, Lauren Izso and Celine Alkhaldi Thousands of Israelis marched in a controversial flag-waving procession through east Jerusalem on Sunday, after Palestinian factions warned the event could ignite a new round of tensions. Crowds waving Israeli flags set off from Damascus Gate — the main entry to the Muslim Quarter of
Continue ReadingCNN’s Nathan Hodge, Yulia Kesaieva, and Daria Markina Two weeks ago, hundreds of Ukrainian fighters ended their defense of the Azovstal steel plant. Now, some of their loved ones say they still have heard little or no information on their whereabouts. “I have not been in touch with my husband or got any information about
Continue ReadingJohn Allen, CNN Senior Vatican Analyst Cardinal Angelo Sodano died Friday at the age of 94 in Rome, according to Vatican News. The news agency said the cardinal had been hospitalized for pneumonia earlier in the month, after testing positive for Covid-19. He had been in poor health for some time. In a telegram sent
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN More than 30 people were killed and others injured when a stampede broke out at a church event in the southeastern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt on Saturday, according to police and security officials. Most of the casualties were children. The incident took place at a local polo club, where the
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman and Atika Shubert, CNN A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Bethlehem late Friday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The family of the victim, Zaid Saeed Ghuneim, said the teenager had just finished dinner and was on his way to
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Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Senegalese President Macky Sall has fired his health minister as the country mourns eleven babies killed by a fire at the neonatal ward of a hospital in the western city of Tivaouane. Health Minister Diouf Sarr was relieved of his duties Thursday, and has been replaced by a senior ministry official,
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russia’s actions in Ukraine provide enough evidence to conclude that Moscow is inciting genocide and committing atrocities intended to destroy the Ukrainian people, according to the first independent report into allegations of genocide in that country. The legal report, signed by more than 30 leading legal scholars and genocide experts, accuses
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