Month: May 2023

By Nic Robertson, AnneClaire Stapleton, and David Von Blohn, CNN Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — As their country fights to repel Russia’s forces, Ukrainian women are taking on roles and responsibilities previously unavailable to them, often in challenging and dangerous circumstances. Thousands of Ukrainian men left their jobs to join the military and defend the country

By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates has invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to attend the United Nations’ COP28 Climate Summit, which will take place from November 30 in Dubai. The UAE embassy in Damascus said in a post on Twitter on Sunday that Assad had received an invitation

By Josh Pennington, Sandi Sidhu, Jennifer Hansler, Haley Britzky and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — A retired US Army Special Forces soldier has been identified as the American citizen killed by Russian artillery in the embattled city of Bakhmut this week, according to a close friend and the founder of a non-profit group working in

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese stand-up comedian has canceled all his performances after a joke he made with a loose reference to the country’s military prompted anger from authorities and an official investigation into the company that represents him. The controversy underscores the delicate line comedians must tread in highly

By Rhea Mogul, Teele Rebane, Salai TZ and Jen Deaton, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of people are feared to have died after a powerful cyclone hit Myanmar on Sunday, with rescue groups warning of “a large scale loss of life” following one of the strongest storms to ever hit the country. Cyclone Mocha barreled into

By Tatiana Arias, Tara Subramaniam and Irene Nasser CNN (CNN) — Authorities in New Zealand have arrested a suspect in relation to a fire at a hostel that killed at least six people on Tuesday. The man has been charged with two counts of arson, but police say they have not ruled out “further, more

By Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s legislature passed a bill Tuesday that granted same-sex couples the right to jointly adopt a child neither of them are related to, clearing one of the final hurdles in achieving full marriage equality. Taiwan in 2019 became the first jurisdiction in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage

By Josh Pennington, Tim Lister, Kostan Nechyporenko, Olga Voitovych, Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — One after another, bright flashes pierced through Kyiv’s night skies early on Tuesday morning, as Russia launched an “exceptional” aerial assault against the Ukrainian capital. Most Kyiv residents would have had no way of knowing for

By Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey has become a national sensation after cooking nonstop for 100 hours, in an attempt to set a world record. The chef, known on social media as Hilda Baci, started cooking on Thursday and continued until Monday – creating more than 55 recipes and over