Drone footage shows how Russians destroyed one Ukrainian town in savage battle
Drone footage shows the destruction and fighting in the eastern Ukrainian town of Popasna in the Luhansk region. The drone video was originally…
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Colleges where acceptance rates have decreased the most since 2001
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Experts rank the best US presidents of all time
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Continue Reading ‘The world has not forgotten us’: Nigeria’s Buhari thankful for UN chief’s visit amid war in Ukraine
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his visit to the country,…
Continue Reading Russia intensifies attacks on railways, taking aim at Ukraine’s lifeline to the outside world
By Ivana Kottasová, Petro Zadorozhnyy and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN The smell of burnt wire and rubber still lingered in the air around the railway…
Continue Reading Drone footage shows how Russians destroyed one Ukrainian town in savage battle
By Tim Lister and Paul P. Murphy, CNN A 22-minute video shot by a surveillance drone over the Ukrainian town of Popasna has illustrated the stunning…
Continue Reading Is Lavrov’s Hitler remark the last straw for Israel?
By Hadas Gold, CNN In the months since Russia invaded Ukraine, Israel has tried to maintain a delicate diplomatic balancing act. While Israel has…
Continue Reading Pope Francis warns pro-war Russian patriarch not to be ‘Putin’s altar boy’
By Delia Gallagher, CNN Pope Francis warned the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, not to become “Putin’s altar…
Continue Reading May 4, 2022: Russia-Ukraine news
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By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the waters off its east coast on Wednesday, Japan and South Korea have…
Continue Reading Evacuees from Mariupol’s Azovstal plant have finally arrived safely in Zaporizhzhia
Mariupol mayor describes evacuation process as very difficult, says Russians are “creating obstacles.” Chris Nguyen…
Continue Reading In Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east, Putin’s war is tearing families apart
An eastern Ukrainian woman describes the moment a Russian rocket destroyed her home in Rubizhne, injuring her and killing her brother. CNN’s Sam…
Continue Reading In Bucha, Ukrainian families mourn the war’s youngest victims as investigators probe war crimes
By Sara Sidner, Sandi Sidhu, Oleksandra Titorova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Deep in a pine forest in Ukraine’s Bucha district, a bumpy dirt…
Continue Reading US woman tracks down rightful owners of long-lost photo album in war-torn Ukrainian city
CNN’s Sara Sidner reports on the children victimized by Russian attacks in Bucha and speaks with a grandmother who says a Russian sniper killed her…
Continue Reading In Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east, Putin’s war is tearing families apart
By Mick Krever and Olha Konovalova, CNN The warm spring air is coming to eastern Ukraine. The roads are lined with red tulips, and people are…
Continue Reading Evacuees from Mariupol’s Azovstal plant have finally arrived safely in Zaporizhzhia
By Maryna Marukhnych, Natalie Gallón, Nick Paton Walsh, Tim Lister, Denis Lapin and Julia Presniakova, CNN Civilians evacuated from the besieged…
Continue Reading Why May 9 is a big day for Russia, and what a declaration of war would mean
By Jack Guy and Anna Chernova, CNN Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, and since then President Vladimir Putin has insisted that his troops are…
Continue Reading The marine creature ancient Americans ate billions of that’s now a delicacy
By Katie Hunt, CNN Ancient humans ate copious quantities of oysters — shucking billions of shells over thousands of years in a way that did not…
Continue Reading Victims of ambushed train are being used as human shields by kidnappers, Nigeria president says
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Dozens of passengers kidnapped during a train attack in northern Nigeria in late March are being used as human shields by…
Continue Reading Scrapping Roe v. Wade makes the US an outlier in the West. Here’s how it compares on abortion rights
By Rob Picheta, CNN The US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday has reverberated around the world, setting the country…
Continue Reading Scrapping Roe v. Wade would make the US an outlier in the West. Here’s how it compares on abortion rights
CNN legal analyst Joan Biskupic breaks down what appears to be a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito that would strike down Roe v.…
Continue Reading Stunning ‘galactic ballet’ captured in new telescope image
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Think of this as one very long last dance. Two galaxies located 60 million light-years from Earth have been in the process…
Continue Reading ‘What is going on in Shanghai’: Horror as elderly man taken to morgue in body bag — while still alive
CNN By Jessie Yeung, CNN An elderly Shanghai resident was mistakenly declared dead and taken to a morgue in a body bag, in the latest sign of…
Continue Reading Ukrainians trapped in Azovstal steel plant consider desperate measures as Russians close in
A Ukrainian family sharing graphic video of their young loved ones after an attack that killed one child and injured…
Continue Reading ‘What is going on in Shanghai’: Horror as elderly man taken to morgue in body bag — while still alive
By Jessie Yeung, CNN An elderly Shanghai resident was mistakenly declared dead and taken to a morgue in a body bag, in the latest sign of dysfunction…
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Inside the biggest wave of salary increases since 2008
Salaries are rising higher than at any time since 2008, but are the increases keeping with inflation? Kazoo compiled a list of facts and statistics…
Continue Reading Countries with the most—and least—digital freedom
Beyond Identity compiled data from Freedom House’s 2021 Freedom on the Net report to rank the countries with the most and least digital…
Continue Reading Where is the best place to watch the Eta Aquariids meteor shower
By Angie Orellana Hernandez and Ashley Strickland, CNN While the moon’s brightness may have obscured April Lyrid’s meteor shower,…
Continue Reading Ukrainians trapped in Azovstal steel plant consider desperate measures as Russians close in
By Erin Burnett, Sahar Akbarzai and Rhea Mogul, CNN As Russian forces close in on the Azovstal steel plant, the Ukrainian civilians and resistance…
Continue Reading Japan and Thailand agree new defense deal
Story by Reuters The leaders of Japan and Thailand announced a new defense agreement on Monday as well as plans to upgrade their economic relations,…
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