By Christian Edwards, CNN Farmers in central and eastern Europe protested this week against the impact of cheap Ukrainian grain imports, which have undercut domestic prices and hit the sales of local producers. Protesters blocked traffic and border checkpoints with tractors along the border between Romania and Bulgaria, in an effort to prevent Ukrainian trucks
Continue Reading By Amir Tal, Irene Nasser, Sharon Braithwaite and Christian Edwards, CNN An Italian tourist was killed and seven people wounded in a car-ramming attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday evening. Israeli police said a vehicle was driven onto the bike path of the Tel Aviv boardwalk, hitting pedestrians before it overturned
Continue Reading By Amir Tal, Irene Nasser, Sharon Braithwaite and Christian Edwards, CNN An Italian tourist was killed and seven people wounded in a car-ramming attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday evening. Israeli police said a vehicle was driven onto the bike path of the Tel Aviv boardwalk, hitting pedestrians before it overturned
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova, Zahid Mahmood and Sophie Tanno, CNN Russian authorities arrested a Chinese LGBTQ blogger Wednesday for allegedly violating a law that bans so-called same-sex “propaganda,” according to Adel Khaydarshin, a lawyer representing the blogger and his partner. Chinese national Haoyang Xu was found guilty during a hearing Thursday, Khaydarshin said. He’s being held
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova, Allegra Goodwin, Radina Gigova and Tara John, CNN Russian investigators have formally charged Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with espionage, Russian state media reported Friday, adding he denied the accusations. “The FSB investigation charged Gershkovich with espionage in the interests of his country. He categorically denied all accusations and stated that
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Israel said it struck targets belonging to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Lebanon and Gaza early Friday, hours after dozens of rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into Israeli territory, which the Israeli military blamed on Palestinian militants. The number of rockets fired from Lebanon was the highest since
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Israel said it struck targets belonging to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Lebanon and Gaza early Friday, hours after dozens of rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into Israeli territory, which the Israeli military blamed on Palestinian militants. The number of rockets fired from Lebanon was the highest since
Continue Reading By David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz and Maria Avdeeva, CNN The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen Bashynsky. Affectionately known as the Mriya, or “Dream,” the leviathan plane was the pride of Ukraine and of 38-year-old Bashynsky, one of its pilots. This is the first time Bashynsky has come back
Continue Reading By David McKenzie, Ghazi Balkiz and Maria Avdeeva, CNN The sheared nose cone of the Antonov An-225 cargo plane towers over Yevhen Bashynsky. Affectionately known as the Mriya, or “Dream,” the leviathan plane was the pride of Ukraine and of 38-year-old Bashynsky, one of its pilots. This is the first time Bashynsky has come back
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, CNN A Spanish TV actress has sparked controversy after using a surrogate to fulfill what she says was the final wish of her dead son: to have a child. Ana Obregón announced the birth in a cover story for Hola! magazine published earlier in April, detailing how she used sperm samples from
Continue Reading By Richard Allen Greene, Hadas Gold, Mostafa Salem, Tamara Qiblawi and Mia Alberti, CNN Separate attacks in the West Bank and Tel Aviv killed three people on Friday after Israel struck Palestinian militant targets in southern Lebanon and Gaza, concluding three days of rising tensions in the region following police raids on the al-Aqsa mosque
Continue Reading By Allegra Goodwin, CNN Representatives of several Western countries walked out of a United Nations meeting in protest on Wednesday as Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights Maria Lvova-Belova was speaking, accusing her of spreading “disinformation” about the war in Ukraine. Lvova-Belova appeared virtually at the informal meeting of the UN Security Council in New York,
Continue Reading By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Valentina Di Donato, Alex Hardie and Rob Picheta, CNN Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister and leader of the Forza Italia party, has been diagnosed with leukemia, it was confirmed on Thursday. The San Raffaele Hospital in Milan said in a statement that the 86-year-old politician’s cancer is not acute,
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN The killing of Russian military journalist Vladlen Tatarsky has set off angry demands among politicians and commentators in Russia for the return of the death penalty, and for a merciless crackdown on dissent through greater use of terrorism and treason charges. Tatarsky was killed when an improvised device
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Israeli police stormed the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, one of Islam’s holiest sites, for the second time on Wednesday, hours after they first raided the compound and arrested hundreds of Palestinians despite condemnations from the Arab and Muslim world. The clashes, which took place as al-Aqsa
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Radina Gigova, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Poland for his first formal visit to one of Kyiv’s closest allies since Russia’s invasion started in February 2022. Zelensky was awarded Poland’s highest honor, the Order of the White Eagle, during a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw. The
Continue Reading By Abeer Salman, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Israeli police stormed the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, one of Islam’s holiest sites, for the second time on Wednesday, hours after they first raided the compound and arrested hundreds of Palestinians despite condemnations from the Arab and Muslim world. The clashes, which took place as al-Aqsa
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Tara John, CNN Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was able to meet with his lawyers, the paper said in a statement Tuesday, adding that the journalist who has been detained in Russia since last week was in good health. “Evan’s lawyers were able to meet with him in prison today.
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Tara John, CNN Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was able to meet with his lawyers, the paper said in a statement Tuesday, adding that the journalist who has been detained in Russia since last week was in good health. “Evan’s lawyers were able to meet with him in prison today.
Continue Reading By Nadine Schmidt, CNN A Syrian who arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2015 has won a mayoral election in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg. Ryyan Alshebl, who left his hometown of As Suwayda in Syria eight years ago, ran as an independent in the municipality of Ostelsheim. He won 55.41% of the
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