June 15, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
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Continue Reading Alexey Navalny transferred to maximum-security prison
By Anna Chernova and Karen Smith, CNN Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been transferred from the penal colony where he was serving his term to a higher security prison facility. The jailed politician was relocated to a maximum-security prison in Melekhovo in the Vladimir Region, according to Russia’s state media outlet TASS citing Sergey
Continue Reading Trevor Reed files petition against Russia with UN, asking his detention be declared unlawful, he tells CNN
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Trevor Reed, the American veteran who spent nearly three years in a Russian prison, has filed a petition with the United Nations declaring Russia violated international law with his detention and poor treatment, he told CNN Tuesday. “This petition is to hold Russia accountable for wrongful imprisonment, mistreatment and violations of
Continue Reading Ukraine war ‘perhaps in some way either provoked or not prevented,’ says Pope Francis
By Hada Messia and Radina Gigova, CNN Pope Francis has said that the war in Ukraine “was perhaps in some way either provoked or not prevented” in remarks published by Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday. “What we are seeing is the brutality and ferocity with which this war is waged by the troops, generally
Continue Reading A hostel that housed Rwanda genocide survivors prepares to take in people deported by the UK
By Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Hope Hostel is not a 5-star hotel. But it isn’t a dump, either. The renovated 50-room facility in Kigali’s Kagugu neighborhood has a new coat of paint, fresh bedding, a lot of new security cameras and a changed mission. After hosting student survivors of the 1994 genocide for
Continue Reading A hostel that housed Rwanda genocide survivors prepares to take in people deported by the UK
By Larry Madowo and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Hope Hostel is not a 5-star hotel. But it isn’t a dump, either. The renovated 50-room facility in Kigali’s Kagugu neighborhood has a new coat of paint, fresh bedding, a lot of new security cameras and a changed mission. After hosting student survivors of the 1994 genocide for
Continue Reading June 14, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
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Continue Reading June 13, 2022 Russia-Ukraine war news
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Continue Reading Study finds German Catholic priests sexually abused over 600 victims
By Inke Kappeler and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN At least 610 children were documented as having been sexually abused by Catholic priests between 1945 and 2020 in the diocese of the west German city of Münster, according to a study released Monday. The new report from the University of Münster found nearly 200 members of the
Continue Reading As Russian attacks continue to pound Ukraine, volunteers are rebuilding Kyiv’s suburbs
By Salma Abdelaziz, CNN Men in hard hats enter a child’s bedroom decorated with pink wallpaper that features two bejeweled elephants, a little one and big one. The workers quickly shovel mounds of rubble off the beige carpet and into wheelbarrows, then dump it down a makeshift chute. They leave only a dusty pile of
Continue Reading Ukrainians find Russian priest ready to help them rebuild their shattered lives
By Zahra Ullah and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Viktoria Shishkina clutches her husband’s hand as she recounts what they lost in Ukraine and all the horrors they now carry with them. Four months ago, they were preparing for the birth of their first child. Now, they sit in an unassuming apartment turned hostel in the center
Continue Reading French parliamentary elections overshadowed by low turnout
By Xiaofei Xu, CNN Just weeks after his own re-election, French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance Ensemble risks losing its absolute majority in parliament, after early results in Sunday’s legislative elections showed it neck and neck with leftist coalition New Ecologic and Social People’s Union (NUPES). Based on 90 percent of the total votes counted
Continue Reading Paramedic from Utah bought a one-way ticket to Ukraine when Russia invaded. Now she’s helping to keep other foreign fighters alive
By Natalie Gallón, Nick Paton Walsh and Brice Laine, CNN Driving down bumpy, dirt roads, local police escort us into a wooded area where they say a unit of foreign fighters is based. It’s a village like so many in this part of Ukraine — homes destroyed and visible signs of shelling. The distant rumble
Continue Reading Paramedic from Utah bought a one-way ticket to Ukraine when Russia invaded. Now she’s helping to keep other foreign fighters alive
By Natalie Gallón, Nick Paton Walsh and Brice Laine, CNN Driving down bumpy, dirt roads, local police escort us into a wooded area where they say a unit of foreign fighters is based. It’s a village like so many in this part of Ukraine — homes destroyed and visible signs of shelling. The distant rumble
Continue Reading Russians are on the verge of capturing key Ukrainian city. In neighboring Bakhmut those with nowhere else to go brace for their arrival
By Ben Wedeman, CNN At first glance Bakhmut doesn’t look like a city at war. As we drove into the city in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on a warm sunny morning, men in orange vests tend to the roses. The tall trees shading the streets are thick with leaves. Traffic is light because
Continue Reading Russians are on the verge of capturing key Ukrainian city. In neighboring Bakhmut those with nowhere else to go brace for their arrival
By Ben Wedeman, CNN At first glance Bakhmut doesn’t look like a city at war. As we drove into the city in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on a warm sunny morning, men in orange vests tend to the roses. The tall trees shading the streets are thick with leaves. Traffic is light because
Continue Reading Iran is closer than ever to a nuclear weapon as Biden runs out of options
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Long-running tensions over Iran’s nuclear capabilities may have reached a point of no return this week, thrusting the Middle East into uncharted waters. Tehran has ramped up uranium enrichment at a pace not seen since the 2015 signing of a landmark deal, which saw Iran curb uranium enrichment in exchange for
Continue Reading Iran is closer than ever to a nuclear weapon as Biden runs out of options
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Long-running tensions over Iran’s nuclear capabilities may have reached a point of no return this week, thrusting the Middle East into uncharted waters. Tehran has ramped up uranium enrichment at a pace not seen since the 2015 signing of a landmark deal, which saw Iran curb uranium enrichment in exchange for
Continue Reading Seven killed in helicopter crash in Italy’s Monte Cusna
By Sharon Braithwaite, CNN The bodies of seven people were found on Saturday, two days after a helicopter crashed in northern Italy. Five bodies were initially found, according to the National Alpine Cliff and Cave Rescue Corps (CNSAS), but the bodies of two others on board were found later on Saturday. “The helicopter, which had
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