Month: June 2023

By Joseph Ataman, Niamh Kennedy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — Six people remain in a critical condition and one person is missing after a gas explosion in central Paris on Wednesday, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN on Thursday. Some 50 people were injured in the incident, although the Paris prosecutor’s office, which

By Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s Supreme Court has on Thursday dismissed an appeal by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny against restrictions imposed on access to writing materials in prison, according to Russian independent news site Mediazona. Navalny, who attended the hearing via video link, had been challenging the restrictions imposed on access

By Anna Chernova, Sophie Tanno and Jo Shelley, CNN (CNN) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lost his appeal against the extension of pre-trial detention in Moscow on Thursday on spying charges, which he denies. Gershkovich’s detention, at the notorious Lefortovo prison in Moscow, was extended last month to August 30. He faces up

By Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Police in South Korea say they have requested an arrest warrant for a woman accused of killing two of her newborns and keeping their bodies in her freezer for years. An official with the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police told CNN the woman, in her 30s, had

By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Daria Markina Tarasova CNN Kyiv (CNN) — The 34-foot vessel speeds along Ukraine’s Dnipro River at maximum velocity, before its captain shouts: “Hold!” It does a snap turn and then smoothly moves on, in a seamless motion, barely slowing down. With little armor, the US-donated Dauntless Sea

By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — At least 31 people are dead and seven injured in the Chinese city of Yinchuan, in northwest Ningxia region, after a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant Wednesday night, according to state media. The explosion was caused by a leak of a liquified gas tank inside

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Momentum appears to be building to revive negotiations around Iran’s growing nuclear program. Talks between Iran and the European Union on Wednesday focused on key sticking points, including nuclear enrichment levels and Iranian cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, one diplomatic source briefed on the matter told CNN.