By Nick Paton Walsh and Sarah Dean, CNN Russia has continued expanding its military bases in the Arctic region despite significant losses in its war on Ukraine, according to a new series of satellite images obtained by CNN. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also told CNN in an exclusive interview on Friday there is now
Continue ReadingBy Will Ripley, Tim Lister, Victoria Butenko and Kostantyn Hak, CNN Snake Island has a special place in Ukraine’s folklore, now more than ever. Its defiant defense — when a Russian warship was famously told to “go f*** yourself” — and then reconquest rallied a nation in the early months of the conflict with Russia,
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta and Inke Kappeler, CNN A 97-year-old former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp has been convicted for her role in the murder of 10,505 people during the Holocaust, in what could be the final trial of its kind. Irmgard Furchner worked as a stenographer and typist at the Stutthof camp near Gdansk
Continue ReadingBy Alex Hardie and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Monday for the Netherlands’ “slavery past,” which he said continues to have “negative effects.” Rutte’s comments were part of the Dutch government’s wider acknowledgment of the country’s colonial past, and an official response to a report entitled “Chains of the Past” by
Continue ReadingBy Amarachi Orie, CNN Three beachgoers were killed by a “freak” wave in South Africa‘s coastal city of Durban on Saturday, according to local emergency medical services (EMS). “EMS responded to reports of a freak wave that swept a group of beachgoers against the pier causing multiple injuries,” spokesman Njabulo Dlungele said in a statement
Continue ReadingBy Maria Kostenko, Rob Picheta and Seb Shukla, CNN At least two people were hurt and key infrastructure has been damaged in a Russian drone assault on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the latest attempt by Moscow to ravage Ukraine’s power supplies. Explosions and air raid sirens were heard around the city early Monday, with alerts
Continue ReadingBy Sharon Braithwaite, CNN South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) in a party leadership contest, the ANC said on Monday. The announcement comes at the end of the ANC National Elective Conference, which started Friday. Last week, Ramaphosa survived a move to start impeachment proceedings
Continue ReadingBy Uliana Pavlova One person was reported dead and eight people were injured in the Russian region of Belgorod on Sunday following shelling by Ukrainian forces, according to the regional governor. “One person died. It is known that the man came to us from Tambov and worked as a contractor on the construction of a
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN Israel deported a French-Palestinian lawyer it accused of organizing, inciting and planning “terrorist attacks” to France early Sunday morning, Israeli authorities said, in a case that an Israeli human rights organization called a “gross violation of basic rights.” Salah Hamouri’s Israeli residency was revoked two weeks ago based
Continue ReadingBy Delia Gallagher, CNN Pope Francis has revealed in a new interview that he has already signed his resignation letter to be used in the event of him becoming “impaired.” Francis made the comment in an interview with Spanish news outlet ABC, published Sunday, when asked what would happen if a pope is suddenly rendered
Continue ReadingBy Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN Boniface Barasa worked for three years as a construction worker in Qatar, but the life-long football fan now says he was so traumatized by the experience that he was torn about watching matches during the World Cup. Barasa, 38, says he witnessed a co-worker die after collapsing from
Continue ReadingBy Larry Madowo, Sophie Jeong and Heather Chen, CNN As the 2022 World Cup comes to a close, global rights organizations have renewed criticism of Qatar and FIFA over the treatment of thousands of migrant workers who built stadiums and tournament infrastructure. The World Cup final on Sunday coincides with both International Migrants Day and
Continue ReadingBy Uliana Pavlova, CNN Propaganda videos have begun circulating on Russian social media in recent days to encourage Russians to enlist in the armed forces and fight in Ukraine, despite the Kremlin having denied needing more recruits. In an attempt to attract more volunteers to the front, the videos posted on social networks in the
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych and Sophie Tanno, CNN Water supply and metro services have been restored in Kyiv but officials continued to work Saturday to return heating to all the Ukrainian capital’s residents, a day after a barrage of Russian missiles targeted the city. “Water supply has been restored to all residents of the capital. Half
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN A fresh barrage of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine on Friday morning put the entire country under air-raid alarm and sent people scrambling for shelter as explosions sounded overhead, with strikes hitting critical infrastructure and knocking out power. “They have set a goal to leave Ukrainians without light,
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister, Sebastian Shukla, Amy Cassidy and Anna Chernova, CNN A Russian citizen closely linked to the Wagner group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin has been injured in an assassination attempt in the Central African Republic, according to Prigozhin and Russian officials. Dmitry Syty, who runs the “Russian House” in the capital of CAR, Bangui,
Continue ReadingBy Bethlehem Feleke and Christian Edwards, CNN A hippo has attacked a 2-year-old boy in Uganda, swallowing half of his body before spitting him out, a statement from the Uganda Police Force said on Friday. The child was attacked on December 4 at around 3 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET) in the Katwe-Kabatoro district,
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman, Marguerite Lacroix and Joshua Berlinger, CNN At least 10 people, including five children, were killed when a massive fire ripped through an eight-story apartment block in a suburb of the French city of Lyon early Friday morning. The fire broke out on the ground floor of the structure in the town of
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