By The Associated Press UEFA has called an emergency meeting of its top decision-making body to discuss moving the Champion League final out of Russia after Moscow attacked Ukraine. The British government has been leading calls for the showpiece game to no longer be played in St. Petersburg on May 28. The Ukrainian Premier League
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv La ONU dice que es hora de “aprender a vivir con el fuego”. La UEFA y la FIFA ‘supervisan la situación’ a la luz de la escalada de la crisis Rusia-Ucrania. Los incendios de Argentina, de cerca. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Rusia invade
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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has agreed to further beef up its land, sea and air forces on its eastern flank near Ukraine and Russia after President Vladimir Putin ordered a military offensive in Ukraine. NATO ambassadors said in a statement after emergency talks Thursday that “we are deploying additional defensive
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders are reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with raw outrage and vows of unprecedented sanctions that shroud a sense of powerlessness to defend Ukraine militarily without running the risk of a wider war in Europe. The European Union and the U.S. are
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By Tim Lister, Tara John and Paul P. Murphy, CNN Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, sending troops into the ex-Soviet nation from three fronts and firing missiles on several locations near the capital, Kyiv, in a broad attack that has drawn deep condemnation from world leaders. At dawn, troops and armor crossed
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Tara John and Paul P. Murphy, CNN Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, sending troops into the ex-Soviet nation from three fronts and firing missiles on several locations near the capital, Kyiv, in a broad attack that has drawn deep condemnation from world leaders. At dawn, troops and armor crossed
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled harsh new sanctions on Russia meant to punish the country for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, calling out Russian President Vladimir Putin for his aggression even as he acknowledged it would take time for the new measures to alter Putin’s behavior. “Putin is the aggressor.
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Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Imagine a 5.5 kilometer garden path (3.51 miles), about twice the length of New York’s High Line, sprawling up the twisted façades of two towers, one of which rises more than 300 meters into the sky. That’s what will greet visitors to STH BNK by Beulah — a new dual-tower “greenscraper”
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Ukrainian Premier League has suspended operations after Russia attacked Ukraine. In a brief statement, the league says the suspension is due to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to impose martial law. It did not give any planned date to resume. The International Paralympic Committee says it is in talks with sports
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Just what a vulnerable world economy didn’t need — a conflict that accelerates inflation, rattles markets and portends trouble for everyone from European consumers to indebted Chinese developers and families in Africa that are enduring soaring food prices. Russia’s attack on Ukraine and
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Justo cuando los diplomáticos en una reunión de última hora del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas abogaban por la paz, el fuego ruso comenzó a llover sobre Ucrania. Rusia ataca Ucrania: última hora y reacciones ANÁLISIS | Por qué el temido ataque de Putin a Ucrania sacudirá a Estados Unidos
Continue ReadingBy Jay Croft, Haley Brink and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A winter storm that brought heavy snow and ice to parts of the Northeast on Friday is beginning to move out of the region this evening. The storm caused rough road conditions, prompted school closures and resulted in hundreds of flight cancellations. Three million people from
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By Mark Thompson and Chris Liakos, CNN Business Russian stocks crashed and the ruble hit a record low against the dollar on Thursday after Russian troops launched an attack on Ukraine. The invasion is likely to trigger a new wave of “full scale” sanctions aimed at President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle and Russia’s oil-dependent economy.
Continue Reading By Mark Thompson and Chris Liakos, CNN Business Russian stocks crashed by more than 40% and the ruble hit a record low against the dollar on Thursday. The Moscow market rout was triggered by news that Russian troops had launched an attack on Ukraine, a move that is likely to trigger a new wave of
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By Amy Simonson, CNN After hundreds of Catholic baptisms performed in Michigan between 1986 and 1999 were deemed invalid because of the language used during the ritual, the Archdiocese of Detroit is still trying to remedy the situation. The case mirrors a recent predicament for the Catholic Church in Arizona, where it was discovered that
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By Sophia Saifi, Azaz Syed and Rhea Mogul, CNN A Pakistan man has been found guilty of murdering the daughter of a distinguished diplomat in a brutal beheading case that sparked renewed calls for better protection of domestic violence victims. An Islamabad judge sentenced Zahir Jaffer to death Thursday for killing Noor Mukadam, 27, last
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is planning the “strongest, the harshest package” of sanctions it has ever considered at an emergency summit as the Russian military attacked Ukraine. World leaders reacted with outrage Thursday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that “the target is
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN Climate advocates are sounding the alarm ahead of Biden’s Tuesday State of the Union speech amid what they see as slow action on the climate crisis. Now that President Joe Biden’s signature climate bill is effectively dead, and with little momentum in Congress to revive it, these groups are applying pressure
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By Jeremy Herb, Donald Judd and Phil Mattingly, CNN US President Joe Biden condemned Russia’s “unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces” in a statement Wednesday evening following explosions in Ukraine. The US and allies are planning on Thursday to trigger the “full scale” of the sanctions that have been discussed over the last
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China has repeated calls for talks to resolve the crisis in Ukraine while refusing to criticize Russia’s attack and accusing the U.S. and its allies of worsening the situation. I a move that could help reduce the impact of Western sanctions against Moscow, China also approved
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