5 things to know for December 23: Air travel, Jan. 6, Ukraine, Immigration, NASA
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s the most wonderful time of the year, yes — but if your family is anything like mine, there might be some…
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French serial killer Charles ‘The Serpent’ Sobhraj released from Nepali jail
By Sugam Pokharel, Alex Hardie and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer who inspired the award-nominated TV series…
Continue ReadingFor first known time in public, Putin calls fighting in Ukraine a ‘war’
CNN By Radina Gigova and Rhea Mogul, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used the word “war” to refer to the conflict in…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea says
By Yoonjung Seo, Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, according to South Korean…
Continue ReadingMigrants in El Paso have trouble finding shelter as dangerously cold temperatures arrive
By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN As freezing temperatures from a coast-to-coast winter storm arrive in El Paso, Texas, some migrants who…
Continue ReadingSave Rohingya from starvation at sea, UN refugee agency urges Asian countries
By Rhea Mogul, CNN The plight of nearly 200 Rohingya refugees adrift in the Indian Ocean for the past month is growing increasingly desperate, the…
Continue ReadingQAnon members in Japan sentenced for breaking into Covid vaccination centers
By Jessie Yeung and Tetsu Sukegawa, CNN Several members of a QAnon group in Japan were sentenced by a Tokyo court on Thursday for breaking into…
Continue ReadingExclusive: Iranian footballer is among dozens facing execution while the West is distracted by Christmas, supporters fear
By Celine Alkhaldi, Nima Elbagir, Artemis Moshtaghian and Zahid Mahmood, CNN Shahid Alikhani square is a nondescript part of the historic Iranian…
Continue ReadingDecember 23, 2022 winter storm news
By Aya Elamroussi, Derrick Hinds, Travis Caldwell, Aditi Sangal, Leinz Vales, Adrienne Vogt, Matt Meyer and Tori B. Powell CNN The-CNN-Wire™…
Continue ReadingFor first known time in public, Putin calls fighting in Ukraine a ‘war’
CNN By Radina Gigova and Rhea Mogul, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used the word “war” to refer to the conflict in…
Continue ReadingFor first known time in public, Putin calls fighting in Ukraine a ‘war’
By Radina Gigova and Rhea Mogul, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used the word “war” to refer to the conflict in…
Continue ReadingRussians buy boots and body armor for the troops, as the Kremlin tries to fix the campaign’s problems
CNN By Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN Schoolchildren raise money for socks, mothers buy winter clothes and sleeping bags, community groups…
Continue ReadingAs crematoriums fill up, China shifts how it counts Covid deaths
By Selina Wang, Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau For much of the pandemic, images of overflowing hospitals and busy funeral homes from the…
Continue ReadingNASA and Russia weigh options for astronaut return after spacecraft leak
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Officials at NASA and Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, are working to decide how to bring home several people at the…
Continue ReadingA German citizen, suspected of being a Russian spy, is arrested for alleged treason
By Inke Kappeler, CNN A German citizen who worked for the country’s foreign intelligence service was arrested Wednesday on charges of spying…
Continue ReadingDelivery driver charged with the murder of a 7-year-old in Texas faces 3 unrelated sexual assault charges dating back to 2013
By Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker, CNN The new sexual assault charges filed against the delivery driver suspected of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old…
Continue Reading65% of Antarctica’s plants and animals could disappear, scientists say. Its iconic penguins are most at risk
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN It was only a matter of time before human-caused climate change and pollution reached even the most isolated continent on the…
Continue ReadingBear fatally shot after it escaped and attacked staff member at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
By Michelle Watson, CNN A bear at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in Florida was shot and killed after it escaped and attacked a staff member…
Continue ReadingBear fatally shot after it escaped and attacked staff member at Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
WJXT, JACKSONVILLE ZOO, CNN By Michelle Watson, CNN A bear at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in Florida was shot and killed after it escaped and…
Continue ReadingZelensky thrusts frontline city and a symbol of Ukraine’s resistance onto the world stage in US visit
By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Bakhmut rests in the gentle rolling hillocks of the Donbas, a countryside feature that is rare in the Ukrainian steppe.…
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