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Lebanon to restore UN payments ‘immediately’ after losing voting rights in General Assembly

January 20, 2023 8:45 am CNN Newsource

By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Lebanon vowed to restore its payments to the UN’s operating budget on Friday after losing its right to vote in the…

Romania extends detention of Andrew Tate and brother over allegations of rape and human trafficking

January 20, 2023 5:36 am CNN Newsource

By Molly Stazicker and Allegra Goodwin, CNN Influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will remain in police custody until February 27 after a…

Capture of Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro raises questions over how he stayed free for so long

January 19, 2023 9:01 pm CNN Newsource

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN The arrest of Cosa Nostra mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro at a private health clinic in Palermo on…

Putin loyalist dials up nuclear rhetoric as NATO partners push for more weapons for Ukraine

January 19, 2023 8:52 pm CNN Newsource

By Uliana Pavlova, CNN Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council and key ally of President Vladimir Putin, warned on…

He beheaded his wife in Iran. His prison sentence? Eight years and two months

January 19, 2023 6:31 pm CNN Newsource

By Artemis Moshtaghian, Hande Atay Alam, Jonny Hallam and Mostafa Salem, CNN An Iranian man who beheaded his 17-year-old wife in February 2022 was…

Gulf Cup soccer final in Iraq to take place despite stampede

January 19, 2023 1:27 am CNN Newsource

By Celine Alkhaldi, Mostafa Salem and Aqeel Najim, CNN A Gulf Cup final match between Iraq and Oman will take place in Basra on Thursday as…

Key Netanyahu ally cannot serve as cabinet minister, Israel’s top court rules, sparking potential political crisis

January 18, 2023 7:36 am CNN Newsource

By Amir Tal and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Israel’s top court ruled 10-1 on Wednesday that Aryeh Deri, leader of the Shas party and a key ally…

Climate activist Greta Thunberg released after being detained by German police at coal mine protest

January 18, 2023 2:45 am CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, Laura Paddison, Inke Kappeler, Lindsay Isaac and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was released by…

Helicopter crash near Kyiv kills 16, including Ukrainian interior minister

January 18, 2023 1:36 am CNN

CNN By Maria Kostenko, Sophie Tanno, Brent Swails and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A helicopter crash near a kindergarten in the Kyiv region has killed at…

Yenin Yevgeny Volodymyrovych - First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine

Helicopter crash near Kyiv kills 14, including Ukrainian interior minister

January 18, 2023 12:41 am CNN Newsource

By Maria Kostenko, Sophie Tanno, Brent Swails and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A helicopter carrying the leadership team of Ukraine’s interior…

The world’s oldest person, a French nun, dies at 118

January 17, 2023 3:12 pm CNN Newsource

By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN French nun Sister André, the world’s oldest known person, died on Tuesday at the age of 118 in the southern city of…

‘I won’t leave’: Civilians struggle on with daily life despite battle for Bakhmut

January 17, 2023 9:05 am CNN

CNN By Ben Wedeman, Kosta Gak and Kareem Khadder, CNN An excavator gouges huge chunks of rich brown earth by the roadside, depositing the dirt at the…

‘I won’t leave’: Civilians struggle on with daily life despite battle for Bakhmut

January 17, 2023 9:05 am CNN Newsource

By Ben Wedeman, Kosta Gak and Kareem Khadder, CNN An excavator gouges huge chunks of rich brown earth by the roadside, depositing the dirt at the…

Former Wagner commander flees to Norway and seeks asylum

January 16, 2023 2:06 pm CNN Newsource

By Mick Krever and Katharina Krebs, CNN A former commander in Russia’s Wagner private military company has fled to Norway and is seeking asylum…

UK government blocks Scotland’s new gender recognition law

January 16, 2023 11:16 am CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The UK government has blocked a new law intended to allow trans people in Scotland to change their legal gender without a…

Armed men kidnap 50 women and girls foraging for food in Burkina Faso

January 16, 2023 9:43 am CNN Newsource

By Saskya Vandoorne, Marguerite Lacroix and Allegra Goodwin, CNN A group of women and girls foraging for wild fruits were abducted by armed men in…

In parts of Ancient Greece, first-cousin marriage was not only allowed but encouraged, DNA shows

January 16, 2023 9:02 am CNN Newsource

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN If you wanted to hang on to your land in Bronze Age Greece, you could do worse than marry your cousin. A team of international…

‘Russia’s Rambo,’ once a Putin favorite, says he’d now fight for Ukraine and feels ‘nothing but hatred’ for his home country

January 16, 2023 1:47 am CNN

CNN By Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov was the star of one of President Vladimir Putin’s favorite films…

Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted man, arrested in Sicily

January 16, 2023 1:40 am CNN Newsource

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Antonia Mortensen and Valentina Di Donato, CNN Matteo Messina Denaro, one of the bosses of the Cosa Nostra Mafia in Sicily…

Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada shot dead at her home in Kabul

January 16, 2023 12:25 am CNN Newsource

By Ehsan Popalzai and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada and her security guard were shot dead her home in Kabul early…

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