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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 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…

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

January 17, 2023 9:05 AM 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…

Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested in a private clinic in Palermo.

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 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…

Members of the Scottish Family Party protest alongside supporters of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill outside the Scottish Parliament

UK government blocks Scotland’s new gender recognition law

January 16, 2023 10:52 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 10:07 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…

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to film director Fyodor Bondarchuk while visiting the Lenfilm film production studio in June 2016 in Saint Petersburg.

‘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 2:21 AM CNN

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

A woman looks at a picture of former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada on her mobile phone

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…

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

January 15, 2023 9:00 PM CNN Newsource

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

‘The closer I got, the more it looked like hell’: Dnipro reels from deadly Russian missile strike

January 15, 2023 8:07 PM CNN Newsource

By Tim Lister, Fred Pleitgen and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN In Dnipro, there is grief, exhaustion and anger. Early on Saturday afternoon, as families…

Russian missile strike on apartment building in Dnipro kills 29 people, Ukraine officials say

January 15, 2023 4:52 AM CNN

By Denis Lapin, Olga Voitovych, Tim Lister, Hannah Ritchie and Mariya Knight, CNN The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment block…

Former Moscow-linked Church claims religious persecution as security raids heat up

January 14, 2023 9:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Scott McLean, Svitlana Vlasova and Matthias Somm, CNN The vertically shot video published last November shows no weapons, battlefield atrocities…

Russian missile strike on apartment building in Dnipro kills 40 people, Ukraine officials say

January 14, 2023 12:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Denis Lapin, Olga Voitovych, Tim Lister, Hannah Ritchie and Mariya Knight, CNN The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment block…

A Polish Leopard 2 pictured during an international military exercise in Germany in 2022.

Europe gears up to send Western tanks to Ukraine

January 13, 2023 10:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Luke McGee, Saskya Vandoorne, Sebastian Shukla and Lindsay Isaac, CNN The Western alliance’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

Thousands of people have taken to the streets since Mahsa Amini's death in September

UK condemns Iran’s execution of dual British-Iranian citizen Alireza Akbari

January 13, 2023 9:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Sahar Akbarzai, Artemis Moshtaghian and Niamh Kennedy, CNN A dual British-Iranian citizen was hanged by Iran on charges of espionage and…

Police prepare to enter buildings to remove activists in the condemned village of Lützerath on January 12.

Germany plans to destroy this village for a coal mine. Thousands are gathering to stop it

January 13, 2023 9:37 PM CNN Newsource

By Laura Paddison, CNN It’s a stark image in 2023: Police in riot gear flooding a village, pulling people out of houses and tearing down…

Greece drops some espionage charges against aid workers who rescued migrants from the sea

January 13, 2023 6:52 PM CNN Newsource

By Alex Hardie and Niamh Kennedy, CNN A Greek court dropped espionage charges against a group of aid workers who rescued migrants from the sea, in a…

A fresh ostrich egg displayed next to the fragments of the ostrich egg discovered.

Ostrich eggs up to 7,500 years old found next to ancient fire pit in Israel

January 13, 2023 8:24 AM CNN

By Issy Ronald, CNN A well-known riddle compares an egg to treasure, asking: A box without hinges, key or a lid, yet inside golden treasure is hid.…

Worshipers attend a mass inside the Church of the Baptism of Lord Jesus Christ in Jordan Valley

Why an Arab nation has opted to teach the Holocaust in its schools

January 13, 2023 6:37 AM CNN Newsource

By Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN The United Arab Emirates will soon become the first Arab nation to teach the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust in its schools,…

Russia claims on Friday that its forces have taken Soledar after weeks of fierce fighting. Smoke here rises after shelling in Soledar on Wednesday.

Russia claims its forces have taken Soledar after weeks of fierce fighting

January 13, 2023 5:07 AM CNN

By Sebastian Shukla and Mick Krever, CNN Russia said Friday its forces have taken the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine following weeks of fierce…

Ukrainian doctors remove unexploded grenade from injured soldier’s chest

January 13, 2023 4:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Sebastian Shukla and Hafsa Khalil, CNN An injured Ukrainian soldier had an unexploded grenade successfully removed from his chest earlier this…

Russia claims its forces have taken Soledar after weeks of fierce fighting

January 13, 2023 3:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Sebastian Shukla, Mick Krever and Katharina Krebs, CNN Russia said Friday its forces had taken the small town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine…

A photograph taken in June of 2022 shows the IK-6 penal colony to which Alexey Navalny was transferred near the village of Melekhovo

Defiant Navalny has opposed Putin’s war in Ukraine from prison. His team fear for his safety

January 13, 2023 1:45 AM CNN

By Nic Robertson, CNN Surviving President Vladimir Putin’s poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician…

Ostrich eggs up to 7,500 years old found next to ancient fire pit in Israel

January 13, 2023 12:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Issy Ronald, CNN A well-known riddle compares an egg to treasure, asking: A box without hinges, key or a lid, yet inside golden treasure is hid.…

Defiant Navalny has opposed Putin’s war in Ukraine from prison. His team fear for his safety

January 12, 2023 1:18 PM CNN

By Nic Robertson, CNN Surviving President Vladimir Putin’s poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician…

Defiant Navalny has opposed Putin’s war in Ukraine from prison. His team fear for his safety

January 12, 2023 1:18 PM CNN

By Nic Robertson, CNN Surviving President Vladimir Putin’s poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician…

Defiant Navalny has opposed Putin’s war in Ukraine from prison. His team fear for his safety

January 12, 2023 1:18 PM CNN Newsource

By Nic Robertson, CNN Surviving President Vladimir Putin’s poisoners was just a warm-up, not a warning, for Russian opposition politician…

Garland appoints special counsel to take over Biden classified documents investigation

January 12, 2023 10:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak, Evan Perez and Phil Mattingly, CNN CNN — Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to take over the…

Striking new images reveal beauty of forgotten, and largest, amber fossil of a flower

January 12, 2023 8:35 AM CNN Newsource

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,…

Azerbaijani demonstrators stage a protest

‘Potatoes are a luxury’: Vital supplies dwindle as ‘eco-activists’ blockade a breakaway region guarded by Russia

January 12, 2023 1:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN In the village of Tegh, Armenia, stationary vehicles clog the mountainous route to a border crossing where a mysterious…

A woman in Ethiopia is pictured here carrying water after the armed conflict in the Tigray region knocked out infrastructure.

Russian forces have committed ‘a litany of violations’ in Ukraine, says rights group

January 11, 2023 7:00 PM CNN Newsource

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…

Dual British-Iranian citizen sentenced to death for spying for UK

January 11, 2023 2:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Adam Pourahmadi, Hira Humayun and Zahid Mahmood, CNN Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been…

Brutality of prehistoric life revealed by Europe’s bog bodies

January 11, 2023 11:31 AM CNN Newsource

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…

Soledar holds more symbolic than strategic importance for Russia.

Why Russia is so intent on capturing the town of Soledar

January 11, 2023 6:40 AM CNN Newsource

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…

Protesters with a noose around their necks during a demonstration in The Hague on December 21. The protest called on the Dutch House of Representatives to close the Iranian embassy and to expel its diplomats.

Executions aren’t new in Iran, but this time they’re different

January 11, 2023 6:28 AM CNN Newsource

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN The Islamic Republic of Iran has long ranked among the world’s top executioners. But with…

Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak

January 11, 2023 4:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Jack Guy, Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN Ugandan authorities have officially declared the end of a recent Ebola outbreak after 42…

Ex-King Constantine II of Greece dies at 82

January 11, 2023 3:42 AM CNN Newsource

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…

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin (third left) and Paris Police Prefect Laurent Nunez (second left) arrive at Gare du Nord

At least six injured in attack at central Paris railway station

January 10, 2023 11:56 PM CNN Newsource

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…

German-Irish volunteer Sean Binder (left) and Syrian refugee Sarah Mardini

They saved refugees stranded at sea. Now they’re on trial

January 10, 2023 2:05 PM CNN Newsource

By Niamh Kennedy A trial of 24 rescue workers has begun in Greece, prompting criticism from human rights groups and the European Parliament, which…

The Vatican has agreed to open a new investigation into the disappearance of a teenage girl in the 1980s

Vatican opens new investigation into 1983 disappearance of employee’s daughter

January 10, 2023 4:51 AM CNN Newsource

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…

Iran sentences daughter of former president to five years in prison

January 10, 2023 3:28 AM CNN Newsource

By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison, her lawyer said…

Prince Harry's book "Spare" is seen in a Barcelona bookstore on January 5 before its official release date.

The key takeaways from Prince Harry’s explosive memoir

January 9, 2023 2:20 PM CNN

By Angus Watson, Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Lauren Kent and Mick Krever, CNN Britain’s Prince Harry has launched a series of incendiary…

The key takeaways from Prince Harry’s explosive memoir

January 9, 2023 2:20 PM CNN

By Angus Watson, Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Lauren Kent and Mick Krever, CNN Britain’s Prince Harry has launched a series of incendiary…

The key takeaways from Prince Harry’s explosive memoir

January 9, 2023 2:20 PM CNN Newsource

By Angus Watson, Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Lauren Kent and Mick Krever, CNN Britain’s Prince Harry has launched a series of incendiary…

A woman waves a Palestinian flag from her window during clashes with Israeli police in February of 2022.

Israel’s Ben Gvir orders police to take down Palestinian flags, testing limits of his authority

January 9, 2023 1:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Elliott Gotkine, CNN Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s new hard-right national security minister, has ordered police to remove any Palestinian flag…

Ukrainians mark somber Orthodox Christmas in Bakhmut as shelling goes on

January 9, 2023 11:14 AM 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 trying…

Ukrainians mark somber Orthodox Christmas in Bakhmut as shelling goes on

January 9, 2023 11:14 AM CNN Newsource

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…

A woman stands at the site of a missile strike that occurred during the night

Kyiv dismisses Russia’s claim hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers killed in Kramatorsk attack

January 8, 2023 6:56 PM CNN Newsource

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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