CNN — Russia’s Defense Ministry says its troops are preparing to withdraw from a large part of the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson, in a move that’s humiliating but also – after the developments of recent weeks – unsurprising. The plan would give up thousands of square kilometers (including some of Ukraine’s best farmland) that […]
CNN — Russia has ordered a retreat from the key city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, a dramatic strategic setback for Moscow in the face of Ukrainian advances in the region. Russian troops will withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River across the Kherson region, Russian state media reported Wednesday. Defense Minister Sergey […]
CNN — US women’s basketball star Brittney Griner is being transferred to a Russian penal colony, where conditions are often tough and have drawn concern from international watchdogs. Russia’s infamous penal colonies are unlike conventional incarceration in the West. Here’s what you need to know. Griner’s attorneys said they didn’t immediately know exactly where her […]
Ukraine CNN — One of the most senior Russian-appointed officials in occupied Ukrainian territory has been killed, Russian state news agencies reported Wednesday. The Russian-appointed deputy head of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, Kirill Stremousov, died in a road accident, the press secretary of the head of the region said, according to Russian news […]
CNN — Norway’s Princess Märtha Louise is withdrawing from official royal duties in order to concentrate on the alternative medicine business she runs with her fiancé, American spiritual guru Durek Verrett. The 51-year-old princess, who is fourth in line to the Norwegian throne, “will not be representing the Royal House at the present time,” according […]
Rome Reuters — A strong earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck off Italy’s Adriatic coast early on Wednesday, but caused no serious damage or injuries, according to initial reports. The quake happened shortly after 7 a.m. (1 a.m. ET), and was felt as far away as Rome on the other side of the country, and in […]
CNN — US women’s basketball star Brittney Griner is in the process of being moved to a Russian penal colony where she is due to serve the remainder of a nine-year drug smuggling sentence that was upheld in late October. Griner “is now on her way to a penal colony,” her attorneys said in a […]
Ukrainian forces fire a howitzer round toward Russian positions in the Donetsk Oblast on Tuesday. (Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters) Amid fierce fighting in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the “situation is complicated along the entire front line.” In his daily video address, Zelensky said “fierce positional battles continue in some […]
CNN — French authorities have opened an investigation into one of highest-ranking members of France’s Catholic Church, who admitted to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl when he was a parish priest, more than three decades ago. French Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, 78, made the stunning admission in a written statement which was read by the President […]
Editor’s Note: Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris in 2015. CNN — Here is a look at the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and wounded 494. The attackers, armed with assault rifles and explosives, targeted six locations across the city. ISIS claimed responsibility for the […]
