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NATO allies put forces on standby as tensions rise over Ukraine crisis

January 24, 2022 4:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN NATO announced on Monday that some member countries are putting forces on standby and sending additional ships and fighter…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange allowed to seek appeal against extradition to the US

January 24, 2022 3:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Iddiols, Claudia Rebaza and Tara John, CNN Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has won permission to try and appeal against a decision to allow…

Pope Benedict XVI admits being at meeting about abuser priest when he ran Munich archdiocese

January 24, 2022 3:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Hada Messia and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Pope Benedict XVI admitted Monday that he was at a meeting in 1980 at which an abusive priest was discussed,…

Chinese officials punished for covering up true scale of deadly floods

January 24, 2022 12:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Dozens of Chinese officials have been punished over their response to devastating floods that killed…

US, UAE intercept Houthi ballistic missiles over Abu Dhabi

January 23, 2022 10:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Becky Anderson, Sarah El Sirgany, Helen Regan, Mostafa Salem and Barbara Starr, CNN The US military joined with the United Arab Emirates on Monday…

Dozens of Chinese warplanes fly near Taiwan after US-Japan show of naval might

January 23, 2022 6:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Eric Cheung and Brad Lendon, CNN China sent 39 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Sunday, Taiwan’s…

A stowaway was found alive aboard a plane wheel in Amsterdam after flying more than 11 hours

January 23, 2022 12:52 PM CNN Newsource

By Aliza Kassim Khalidi and Alaa Elassar, CNN Dutch authorities discovered a stowaway hiding in the nose wheel of a cargo plane when it landed at…

A stowaway was found alive aboard a plane wheel in Amsterdam after flying more than 11 hours

January 23, 2022 12:49 PM CNN Newsource

By Aliza Kassim Khalidi and Alaa Elassar, CNN Dutch authorities discovered a stowaway hiding in the nose wheel of a cargo plane when it landed at…

UK Royal Navy seizes more than $20 million worth of drugs in Gulf of Oman

January 23, 2022 9:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Duarte Mendonca, CNN The British Royal Navy has seized more than a ton of illicit drugs worth almost £15 million ($20.3 million) in the Gulf of…

At least 16 killed, several injured in nightclub fire in Cameroon’s capital

January 23, 2022 8:39 AM CNN Newsource

By Nimi Princewill and Schams Elwazer, CNN At least 16 people were killed after a fire tore through a nightclub in Cameroon’s capital city…

Jacinda Ardern in self-isolation as Covid cases rise in New Zealand

January 23, 2022 5:14 AM CNN

CNN By Akanksha Sharma, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern has entered self-isolation until Tuesday after being deemed a close…

German navy chief resigns after suggesting Putin ‘deserved respect’

January 23, 2022 3:33 AM CNN

German Parliament member Norbert Röttgen issues a stark warning about escalating tensions between Russia and…

German navy chief resigns after suggesting Putin ‘deserved respect’

January 23, 2022 3:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, Philip Wang and AJ Davis, CNN The chief of German navy has resigned after suggesting that Crimea would “never come…

Turkish journalist detained after ‘insulting’ President Erdogan in a TV interview

January 23, 2022 2:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Hande Atay Alam and Isil Sariyuce, CNN A Turkish journalist has been sent to prison for “insulting” the nation’s President Recep…

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels wedding plans due to Omicron surge

January 22, 2022 7:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Philip Wang, CNN New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday revealed she has canceled her wedding as the country continues to…

A 75-year-old French adventurer has died attempting solo row across the Atlantic ocean

January 22, 2022 5:44 PM CNN Newsource

By George Engels, CNN Jean-Jacques Savin, a 75-year-old French adventurer, has died while attempting to row across the Atlantic single-handedly,…

UK foreign office says Kremlin is planning to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine

January 22, 2022 4:35 PM CNN

CNN’s Jim Acosta talks to Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) about a report from the British government that…

Stunning find discovered hiding in the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’

January 22, 2022 10:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The ocean depths are as mysterious as the infinite abyss of space beyond our planet. Every time we dive beneath the waves,…

Girl survives heavy snowstorm by hugging a dog, Russian state TV reports

January 22, 2022 7:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Darya Tarasova and Eleanor Pickston, CNN A 10-year-old girl survived a night in a heavy snowstorm in Russia by hugging a dog, according to Russian…

NATO allies put forces on standby as tensions rise over Ukraine crisis

January 22, 2022 6:31 AM CNN

CNN’s Bianca Nobilo takes a look at the origin of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, and its role in the Russia-Ukraine…

UK foreign office says Kremlin is planning to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine

January 22, 2022 6:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Joshua Berlinger and Nic Robertson, CNN The UK foreign office said in a Saturday statement it has information that the Russian government is…

Omicron has changed the shape of the pandemic. Will it end it for good?

January 22, 2022 4:21 AM CNN

As Omicron cases decline in South Africa, CNN’s David McKenzie reports on the Covid-19 variant’s effect on the…

Omicron has changed the shape of the pandemic. Will it end it for good?

January 22, 2022 4:21 AM CNN

At a press conference, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said that some nurses don’t want to get the Covid-19 vaccines because they are trying to get…

Omicron has changed the shape of the pandemic. Will it end it for good?

January 22, 2022 4:21 AM CNN

Like many families right now, the Connell’s are doing their best to protect themselves from the Omicron surge. Here’s how they’ve decided to…

Saudi-led coalition denies targeting Yemeni detention center after airstrikes kill dozens

January 22, 2022 2:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Kareem Khadder, Celine Alkhaldi and Mostafa Salem, CNN The coalition led by Saudi Arabia fighting in Yemen denied that it deliberately targeted a…

Omicron has changed the shape of the pandemic. Will it end it for good?

January 22, 2022 12:25 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta, CNN The world feared the worst when a worrying new coronavirus variant emerged in late November and ripped through South Africa at a…

Debris from Russian missile test nearly strikes a Chinese satellite

January 21, 2022 5:22 PM CNN Newsource

By Kristin Fisher, CNN A piece of debris created by Russia’s recent anti-satellite test came within striking distance of a Chinese satellite…

Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk and peace activist, dies at 95

January 21, 2022 5:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Philip Wang, CNN Thich Nhat Hanh, a prominent Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist and leading voice in opposition to the Vietnam War, has…

Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk and peace activist, dies at 95

January 21, 2022 5:19 PM CNN

CNN By Philip Wang, CNN Thich Nhat Hanh, a prominent Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist and leading voice in opposition to the Vietnam War, has…

Deadly ISIS prison break attempt fuels fears of the group’s resurgence

January 21, 2022 2:58 PM CNN Newsource

By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Joshua Berlinger, CNN At least seven fighters from the US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces were killed when ISIS attempted to…