Striking new images reveal beauty of forgotten, and largest, amber fossil of a flower
By Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 40 million years ago a flower bloomed in a Baltic conifer forest. Dripping tree resin encased the petals and pollen,…
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‘Potatoes are a luxury’: Vital supplies dwindle as ‘eco-activists’ blockade a breakaway region guarded by Russia
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN In the village of Tegh, Armenia, stationary vehicles clog the mountainous route to a border crossing where a mysterious…
Continue ReadingRussian forces have committed ‘a litany of violations’ in Ukraine, says rights group
By Jack Guy, CNN Russian war crimes and human rights abuses during the war in Ukraine add up to a “litany of violations of international…
Continue ReadingDual British-Iranian citizen sentenced to death for spying for UK
By Adam Pourahmadi, Hira Humayun and Zahid Mahmood, CNN Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been…
Continue ReadingBrutality of prehistoric life revealed by Europe’s bog bodies
By Katie Hunt, CNN In 1984, a peat cutter discovered human remains in a bog in Cheshire, England. They belonged to a man who died a brutal death some…
Continue ReadingWhy Russia is so intent on capturing the town of Soledar
By Rob Picheta, Tim Lister and Olga Voitovych, CNN Russia said Friday its forces had captured Soledar, a salt mine town in eastern Ukraine, as Kyiv…
Continue ReadingExecutions aren’t new in Iran, but this time they’re different
By Artemis Moshtaghian and Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN The Islamic Republic of Iran has long ranked among the world’s top executioners. But with…
Continue ReadingUganda declares end of Ebola outbreak
By Jack Guy, Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN Ugandan authorities have officially declared the end of a recent Ebola outbreak after 42…
Continue ReadingEx-King Constantine II of Greece dies at 82
By Zahid Mahmood and Amarachi Orie, CNN The former King of Greece, Constantine II, has died at the age of 82, CNN affiliate CNN Greece reported on…
Continue ReadingAt least six injured in attack at central Paris railway station
By Saskya Vandoorne, Alex Stambaugh and Joseph Ataman and Dalal Mawad, CNN At least six people were injured in an attack at Paris’ Gare Du Nord…
Continue ReadingThey saved refugees stranded at sea. Now they’re on trial
By Niamh Kennedy A trial of 24 rescue workers has begun in Greece, prompting criticism from human rights groups and the European Parliament, which…
Continue ReadingVatican opens new investigation into 1983 disappearance of employee’s daughter
By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The Vatican has opened a new investigation into the disappearance of a 15-year-old daughter of one of…
Continue ReadingIran sentences daughter of former president to five years in prison
By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison, her lawyer said…
Continue ReadingThe key takeaways from Prince Harry’s explosive memoir
By Angus Watson, Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Lauren Kent and Mick Krever, CNN Britain’s Prince Harry has launched a series of incendiary…
Continue ReadingThe key takeaways from Prince Harry’s explosive memoir
CNN By Angus Watson, Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Lauren Kent and Mick Krever, CNN Britain’s Prince Harry has launched a series of…
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CNN By Angus Watson, Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Lauren Kent and Mick Krever, CNN Britain’s Prince Harry has launched a series of…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Ben Gvir orders police to take down Palestinian flags, testing limits of his authority
By Elliott Gotkine, CNN Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s new hard-right national security minister, has ordered police to remove any Palestinian flag…
Continue ReadingUkrainians mark somber Orthodox Christmas in Bakhmut as shelling goes on
By Ben Wedeman, Darya Tarasova-Markina and Kareem Khadder, CNN The shelter was jammed with people on the eve of Orthodox Christmas. Some were trying…
Continue ReadingUkrainians mark somber Orthodox Christmas in Bakhmut as shelling goes on
CNN By Ben Wedeman, Darya Tarasova-Markina and Kareem Khadder, CNN The shelter was jammed with people on the eve of Orthodox Christmas. Some were…
Continue ReadingKyiv dismisses Russia’s claim hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers killed in Kramatorsk attack
By Uliana Pavlova, Olga Voitovych and Ben Wedeman, CNN Ukrainian officials on Sunday dismissed Moscow’s claim that a large number of…
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