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Analysis by Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Russia’s failures on the battlefield in Ukraine could turn into a win for North Korea. That’s the view of analysts who say a possible meeting between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin could lead to Pyongyang getting its hands on the sort of weapons two

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is struggling. A new CNN poll shows that Biden is facing a number of serious issues beyond the usual low approval ratings and concerns about his age. Biden is even losing the enthusiasm of his own party, with an astounding 67% of Democratic voters saying that

CNN Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is struggling. A new CNN poll shows that Biden is facing a number of serious issues beyond the usual low approval ratings and concerns about his age. Biden is even losing the enthusiasm of his own party, with an astounding 67% of Democratic voters saying

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — What’s the biggest problem with the US economy right now? The vibes are off. By almost any objective measure, Americans are doing much better economically than they were nearly three years ago, when President Joe Biden took office. Still, a majority — 58% — say Biden’s

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The alarm bells are ringing for Democrats who look at a new CNN Poll out Wednesday. Some key lines from CNN’s report by Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta: “…nearly half of registered voters (46%) say that any Republican presidential nominee would be a better choice than Biden

Opinion by Jeff Yang (CNN) — When they arrived in America in the late 1960s, my immigrant Taiwanese parents followed a two-pronged strategy in their quest to rapidly assimilate themselves into the culture of their new home country: They took regular long subway rides uptown to cheer for the New York Yankees, and they bought a box of

Opinion by Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — I spent nine years in the NFL. I was knocked unconscious several times. One time, I didn’t remember what happened until I saw it on film the next day. I came away with a titanium plate and four screws in my neck. On many days, I wake up feeling

Opinion by Rose Rubin Rivera (CNN) — Covid-19 has changed me. No, I’m not suffering the effects of long Covid. In fact, I’m among a shrinking minority of Americans who hasn’t, as far as I know, contracted any of the alphanumeric soup variants associated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. By the end of last year, 3 in

CNN By Kyle Feldscher, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden’s defenders downplayed worries over his age and poor poll numbers on Thursday as the president faced a fresh wave of concern related to his ability to serve a second term. A CNN poll released Thursday morning showed the president’s

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN (CNN) — US stocks typically see their worst performance of the year in September, but there are signs the market could avoid a steep downturn this time around. This month has been the worst for stocks on average since 1928, according to Yardeni Research. That’s partly because, much like August,

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — The devastating verdict voters deliver on President Joe Biden in a new CNN poll is especially stark ahead of the most unprecedented election in modern times. Fourteen months before his fate is decided, Biden’s unpopularity may be brewing the only possible conditions in which a disgraced and anti-democratic

Opinion by Peter Bergen and Joel Rayburn (CNN) — There isn’t much of anything that the polarized politicians of Washington, DC agree on, but there is a large degree of bipartisan consensus around one big, supposed threat: China. The purportedly rising nation with a plausible plan to replace the US as the dominant superpower. The Biden administration’s 2022 National Security

CNN Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — From the moment Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine seemed inevitable, Europe knew it would soon have to ask itself some very complicated questions.  High among those was whether the continent could wean itself off the Russian gas it had thirstily guzzled for decades – and avoid being at the mercy of President Vladimir Putin should

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un may each have something the other wants – a dangerous combination as far as the US is concerned. A meeting that may be in the works between the Russian and North Korean autocrats could have an impact on the war in Ukraine,

Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — From the moment Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine seemed inevitable, Europe knew it would soon have to ask itself some very complicated questions.  High among those was whether the continent could wean itself off the Russian gas it had thirstily guzzled for decades – and avoid being at the mercy of President Vladimir Putin should he

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It’s not every day you hear top officials at the Pentagon publicly accuse a US senator of aiding communist states and enemies of the US. But that’s where we’ve arrived in today’s story of modern Washington; an old-time custom is being used to grind the machinery of

Analysis by Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — Birmingham — the biggest British city after London — is in dire financial straits. The city’s council is one of a growing number of local government authorities in the United Kingdom making, or considering, painful spending cuts as a result of insufficient funds. Birmingham’s effective bankruptcy is

Analysis by Nicole Goodkind, CNN New York (CNN) — China is in trouble. The world’s second-largest economy is grappling with growing financial distress, which means big problems for the nation’s nearly $3 trillion shadow banking industry. Chinese households are spending less, factory production is falling and businesses are investing more slowly than last year. Youth

Opinion by Jon Lewis (CNN) — On Tuesday, US District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced Proud Boys former chairman Enrique Tarrio to 22 years in prison, after last week handing down terms of 17 years, 15 years and 18 years, respectively, to Proud Boys leaders Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Ethan Nordean. The convictions of four of the group’s senior members on seditious conspiracy

Opinion by Jill Filipovic (CNN) — One of the 10 principles of Burning Man, the festival of art and creativity (and, increasingly, influencers, celebrities, and monied tech entrepreneurs) out in the Nevada desert is “radical self-reliance”: “Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on their inner resources.” That principle was certainly tested