Russia has surrounded Ukraine on three sides. Here’s where an invasion could be launched
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Boy, 12, killed in Ireland after car he was driving collided with truck
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Continue ReadingNew satellite images show continuing Russian military buildup on three sides of Ukraine
By Tim Lister and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN New satellite images released by a US-based technology company appear to show continuing Russian military…
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Continue ReadingRussia and Belarus hold joint military exercises as diplomatic talks ramp back up
By Nathan Hodge, Tara John and Anna Chernova, CNN Russia and Belarus began 10 days of joint military drills Thursday amid ongoing diplomatic efforts…
Continue ReadingHere’s where Alliance forces are deployed across Eastern Europe
By Rob Picheta and Henrik Pettersson, CNN The threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has placed heightened importance on the United States’…
Continue ReadingRussia has surrounded Ukraine on three sides. Here’s where an invasion could be launched
CNN By Rob Picheta, Henrik Pettersson and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Russia has amassed more than 130,000 troops near Ukraine’s border in recent…
Continue ReadingUK anti-Semitism reaches record high in 2021, report says
By Allegra Goodwin and Richard Allen Greene, CNN More incidents of anti-Semitism were recorded in the United Kingdom in 2021 than at any point since…
Continue ReadingIranian husband beheads teenage wife, authorities say, shocking the country
By Mostafa Salem and Ramin Mostaghim, CNN The beheading of a 17-year-old girl, allegedly by her husband, in western Iran’s…
Continue ReadingA tiny tooth unearthed from a French cave is upending what we know about early humans
By Katie Hunt, CNN A child’s tooth unearthed from a French cave has revealed the earliest evidence of humans — Homo sapiens —…
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Continue ReadingGerman government picks Greenpeace chief, a US citizen, as its new climate envoy
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The German government has appointed Jennifer Morgan, the long-time boss of Greenpeace International, as its new special…
Continue ReadingWhat is the Minsk agreement and is it a way out of Ukraine crisis?
By Tim Lister, CNN As world leaders scramble to find a diplomatic solution over the ongoing Russia-Ukraine tensions, talk has turned to the 2015…
Continue ReadingWhat is the Minsk agreement and is it a way out of Ukraine crisis?
CNN By Tim Lister, CNN As world leaders scramble to find a diplomatic solution over the ongoing Russia-Ukraine tensions, talk has turned to the 2015…
Continue ReadingRussia pours cold water on Ukraine crisis de-escalation, as Macron meets with Zelensky
By Eliza Mackintosh and Nathan Hodge, CNN As French President Emmanuel Macron visited his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingFunerals for three suspected Palestinian militants killed in West Bank by Israeli forces attract large crowds
By Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman and Amir Tal, CNN Large crowds turned out in the West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday for the funerals of three men shot…
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