Storm in Egypt kills 3, sends swarms of scorpions into people’s homes
By Mostafa Salem and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN A rare storm in Egypt has sparked flash floods that killed at least three people and washed swarms of…
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Tensions are rising on the Poland-Belarus border. Here’s what you need to know
CNN’s Matthew Chance has exclusive reporting from the Belarus-Poland border where the migrant crisis grows more severe by the…
Continue Reading EU slaps new sanctions on Belarus as NATO warns Russia over military buildup
By Ivana Kottasová, Sebastian Shukla, Antonia Mortensen, Zahra Ullah, Fred Pleitgen and Matthew Chance, CNN The European Union has said it will slap…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Personal Birth date: November 19, 1954 Birth place:…
Continue Reading Children caught up in Belarus-Poland border crisis face bitter nights without shelter
By Matthew Chance, Zahra Ullah and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The air in the Belarusian forest is thick with the smoke from scores of small fires. People…
Continue Reading Six killed during protests in Sudan as Al Jazeera bureau chief is arrested
By Yassir Abdallah, Bethlehem Feleke and Maija Ehlinger, CNN A sixth protester has died after marches against the military takeover that took place…
Continue Reading Iran earthquake kills at least one person
By Ramin Mostaghim and Hira Humanyun, CNN At least one person is reported to have died after a succession of earthquakes rocked southern Iran on…
Continue Reading Austria to impose Covid lockdown for the unvaccinated age 12 and older
By Lindsay Isaac and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Austria will implement lockdown measures for all those age 12 and older who are not fully vaccinated against…
Continue Reading Britain’s army chief warns risk of accidental war with Russia is greater than during Cold War
By Duarte Mendonca, CNN The risk of an accidental war breaking out between Russia and the West is greater than at any time during the Cold War,…
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CNN’s Matthew Chance gives an exclusive view of the situation in Bruzgi, Belarus, on the border with Poland where thousands of people are trapped and…
Continue Reading Russia has ‘nothing to do with’ Poland-Belarus border crisis, Putin insists
By Antonia Mortensen, Anna Chernova and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Saturday that Russia has “absolutely…
Continue Reading Austria announces Europe’s first nationwide vaccine mandate and reimposes lockdown as Covid-19 soars
Austria is days away from ordering millions of unvaccinated people to stay at home, its chancellor has said, in a rare move that underscores the…
Continue Reading Russia and Belarus hold military drills as migrant crisis on EU border grows
By Kara Fox, Anna Chernova, Katharina Krebs and Matthew Chance, CNN Russia and Belarus flexed their military might for a third time this week near…
Continue Reading Meghan’s privacy case went back to court. Here’s what you need to know
The Mail on Sunday has secured an early win in a lawsuit filed by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, over the British tabloid’s publication of a private…
Continue Reading Meghan’s privacy case went back to court. Here’s what you need to know
During Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997, people clapped and cheered so loud it sounded like hail on a tin roof. Don’t miss CNN’s new series “Diana”…
Continue Reading Meghan’s privacy case went back to court. Here’s what you need to know
By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN With the Duchess of Sussex’s photograph plastered across many UK newspapers this week, you’d…
Continue Reading Austria set to place millions of unvaccinated people in lockdown, as chancellor slams ‘shameful’ shot uptake
By Rob Picheta and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Austria is days away from ordering millions of unvaccinated people to stay at home, its chancellor has said,…
Continue Reading Tensions are rising on the Poland-Belarus border. Here’s what you need to know
CNN’s Matthew Chance gives an exclusive view of the situation in Bruzgi, Belarus, on the border with Poland where thousands of people are trapped and…
Continue Reading ‘We drank from puddles’: Migrants describe brutal journey through forests on Belarus-Poland border
Helicopter, water cannon and loudspeaker messages deployed on Belarus/Poland…
Continue Reading FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid leader who freed Nelson Mandela, dies at 85
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died at…
Continue Reading FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid leader who freed Nelson Mandela, dies at 85
Paul van Zyl, former executive secretary of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the University of Pretoria’s Sithembile Mbete…
Continue Reading Tensions are rising on the Poland-Belarus border. Here’s what you need to know
By Kara Fox, CNN Thousands of people have been stranded at the border between Poland and Belarus for months, trapped at the center of an intensifying…
Continue Reading ‘We drank from puddles’: Migrants describe brutal journey through forests on Belarus-Poland border
By Frederik Pleitgen, Claudia Otto and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN As the crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland escalates, harrowing stories are…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a quick look at the life of former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, FW de Klerk. Personal…
Continue Reading Berlin bans unvaccinated from entertainment venues, as Germany battles record-breaking Covid cases
Some parts of Europe are experiencing another surge of coronavirus cases due to a combination of factors including relaxation of…
Continue Reading Berlin bans unvaccinated from entertainment venues, as Germany battles record-breaking Covid cases
By Rob Picheta and Nadine Schmidt, CNN Germany’s capital Berlin will ban unvaccinated people from restaurants, bars, cinemas and other…
Continue Reading FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid leader who freed Nelson Mandela, dies at 85
By Rob Picheta, CNN FW de Klerk, the last leader of apartheid-era South Africa who shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela after working to…
Continue Reading Ukraine detains alleged head of illegal prison accused of torture, execution of inmates
By Katharina Krebs, CNN The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained the alleged head of an illegal prison who is accused of involvement in the…
Continue Reading Pregnant Yemeni journalist killed in car explosion
By Mostafa Salem, CNN A pregnant Yemeni journalist was killed in a car explosion in the coastal city of Aden Tuesday, Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalek…
Continue Reading Amnesty International accuses Tigrayan rebel fighters of gang raping women in Ethiopia
By Katie Polglase, Noon Salih and Zeena Saifi, CNN Fighters from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have been accused of gang rape and physical…
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