By Heather Butts Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — As Ukraine struggled through another day under attack, a wave of global anger with Russia spread across the world on Sunday, with anti-war protests occurring in numerous countries — including Russia. Across Europe and Canada, there has been nearly universal condemnation.
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By Tom Loewy Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — LySanias Broyles was 14 years old when he first made the journey from Kentucky to Iowa. “I’ll never forget it,” Broyles said one day before his 88th birthday. “I came across Centennial Bridge with my cousin. We started to come
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By Jack Guy, CNN Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing Ukraine as the Russian invasion continues, with the vast majority heading west to Poland, Romania and Slovakia as temperatures fall below zero Celsius. So far more than 500,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Eastern Europe, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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By Ivana Kottasová, Tamara Qiblawi, Tara John and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Russian forces fired rockets at a TV tower in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Tuesday, hours after Moscow warned of strikes on other facilities linked to Ukrainian security agencies. The rocket attack took out broadcasting hardware, raising fears that Moscow is attempting to
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By Peter Salter Click here for updates on this story NEBRASKA (Lincoln Journal Star) — All she wanted, at first, was her great-grandfather’s birth date. Nobody in Lilla Pearl Asmund’s family knew, and she’s been trying to teach her nieces and nephews more about their history. A few months ago at her kitchen counter in
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By TOM MURPHY and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press If there is no doctor in the house, Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to summon one. Amazon and telemedicine provider Teladoc Health are starting a voice-activated virtual care program that lets customers get medical help without picking up their phones. The service, for health issues that
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La Reserva del Ejercito de Estados Unidos en Puerto Rico informó este sábado que movilizó hacia Polonia 150 soldados de la unidad 432 de Transportación. Las autoridades militares explicaron en un comunicado de prensa que este grupo tenÃa programado movilizarse a ese paÃs y que habÃan llevado a cabo entrenamientos para
Continue Reading By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer By itself, being able to read smartphone home screens in Cherokee won’t be enough to safeguard the Indigenous language, endangered after a long history of erasure. But it might be a step toward immersing younger tribal citizens in the language spoken by a dwindling number of their elders. Cherokee
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have identified a woman who was found fatally stabbed inside a Des Moines apartment over the weekend. Police say in a news release Monday that 35-year-old Randi Light, of Des Moines, died after officers and medics found her unconscious and suffering from a stab wound early Saturday in a
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By Brian Fung, CNN Facebook’s parent Meta said Monday it has caught dozens of fake, pro-Russian accounts, groups and pages across its platforms trying to spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda as the war in Ukraine continues to rage. Meta’s takedown of the influence campaign also coincided with what company officials described as a separate, intensified push by
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Russian military assault on Ukraine went into its fifth day after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear forces put on increased alert, ratcheting up tensions yet further. There was a tense calm in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, but explosions and gunfire were heard in embattled cities in eastern
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza Londres/Moscú (CNN Business) — Rusia está luchando para evitar un colapso financiero este lunes, ya que su economÃa se vio afectada por una andanada de aplastantes sanciones occidentales impuestas durante el fin de semana en respuesta a la invasión de Ucrania. El presidente Vladimir Putin tenÃa programado sostener conversaciones de crisis con
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By Luke McGee, CNN Five days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it seems things haven’t gone exactly to plan for Vladimir Putin so far. Western intelligence officials briefed repeatedly over the weekend that Russian forces have encountered “stiffer than expected” resistance from an outmanned and outgunned Ukrainian military. Russia has thus far failed to take
Continue Reading By Luke McGee, CNN Five days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it seems things haven’t gone exactly to plan for Vladimir Putin so far. Western intelligence officials briefed repeatedly over the weekend that Russian forces have encountered “stiffer than expected” resistance from an outmanned and outgunned Ukrainian military. Russia has thus far failed to take
Continue Reading JENNINGS, Mo. (AP) — Police say a teen was shot and killed inside a suburban St. Louis business over the weekend. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis County police were called to a business in Jennings around 11 a.m. Saturday for a report of an alarm sounding. Arriving officers learned that a shooting
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business In less than a week, Russian assets have become practically untouchable for Western investors, who see no reason to expose themselves to a pariah economy that could be crushed by sanctions. Financial transactions also look increasingly difficult to execute and risk running afoul of regulators. “It’s very difficult to see
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La FiscalÃa General del estado de Michoacán informó que abrió una investigación por la muerte violenta de un grupo de personas ocurrida el domingo en la población de San José de Gracia. El Ministerio Público agregó que se enteró de lo ocurrido a través de las redes sociales. Acusan al expresidente
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By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska have broken ranks with the Kremlin and called for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Fridman, who was born in western Ukraine, wrote in a letter to staff that he wanted the “bloodshed to end.” “My parents are Ukrainian citizens and live
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — AOL founder Steve Case started to build the online services company nearly 40 years ago before the internet became a mainstream phenomenon. For nearly the past decade, he has focused on helping establish technology hubs far from Silicon Valley and other large cities such
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By George Ramsay, CNN An open letter from Ukrainian athletes is calling for Russia and Belarus to be banned from international sport, including the upcoming Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. The letter, addressed to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) |President Andrew Parsons, says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is
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