By Inke Kappeler, CNN A German citizen who worked for the country’s foreign intelligence service was arrested Wednesday on charges of spying for Russia, according to the office of the German Federal Prosecutor General. “The defendant is urgently suspected of treason,” a news release by the German Prosecutor General said of the defendant, named Carsten
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Emma Tucker, CNN The new sexual assault charges filed against the delivery driver suspected of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Athena Strand in Texas earlier this month date back to three separate incidents in 2013, charging documents show. An investigation by the Fort Worth Police Department determined Tanner Lynn Horner allegedly sexually
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez, CNN It was only a matter of time before human-caused climate change and pollution reached even the most isolated continent on the planet. As global temperature rises, Antarctica’s pristine landscape is already changing, and new research shows most of the region’s plant and animal species — including its iconic penguins — are
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN A bear at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in Florida was shot and killed after it escaped and attacked a staff member Wednesday, the zoo said in an email to CNN. The attack occurred about 5:10 p.m. when the North American black bear “escaped the exhibit and engaged with a zookeeper
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN A bear at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in Florida was shot and killed after it escaped and attacked a staff member Wednesday, the zoo said in an email to CNN. The attack occurred about 5:10 p.m. when the North American black bear “escaped the exhibit and engaged with a zookeeper
Continue Reading By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Bakhmut rests in the gentle rolling hillocks of the Donbas, a countryside feature that is rare in the Ukrainian steppe. During the past 10 months of Russia’s war on the country, the city has risen to infamy for being regularly referred to as the most contested and kinetic part of the
Continue Reading By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Bakhmut rests in the gentle rolling hillocks of the Donbas, a countryside feature that is rare in the Ukrainian steppe. During the past 10 months of Russia’s war on the country, the city has risen to infamy for being regularly referred to as the most contested and kinetic part of the
Continue Reading By Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN Schoolchildren raise money for socks, mothers buy winter clothes and sleeping bags, community groups collect donations for body armor. Russian citizens are crowdfunding to equip soldiers deployed to Ukraine as winter closes in on the battlefield. Troops have complained they are short of basic equipment — and the
Continue Reading By Jack Guy, Svitlana Vlasova and Olga Voitovych, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s speech at the US Capitol on Wednesday, where he expressed gratitude for US support, was a historic moment, and one which resonated with people in his home country. CNN spoke to members of the public in Ukraine to gauge their reaction to
Continue Reading By Lauren del Valle, CNN The man accused of shooting passengers at random on a Brooklyn subway in April intends to plead guilty to terrorism charges, according to court documents. In a letter to the court Wednesday, court-appointed attorneys for the defendant, Frank James, indicated that “he wishes to schedule a guilty plea to the
Continue Reading By Amanda Musa and Tavleen Tarrant, CNN Two suspended Washington, DC, officers have been found guilty on charges related to the death of a 20-year-old man during a 2020 police pursuit, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a news release Wednesday. Suspended Metropolitan Police Department Officer Terence Sutton, 38, was
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Arizona agreed to remove shipping containers placed as a makeshift wall along its shared border with Mexico as part of an ongoing lawsuit, according to a Wednesday court filing. In August, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey — a Republican and critic the Biden administration’s border policies — issued an executive order telling
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Arizona agreed to remove shipping containers placed as a makeshift wall along its shared border with Mexico as part of an ongoing lawsuit, according to a Wednesday court filing. In August, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey — a Republican and critic the Biden administration’s border policies– issued an executive order telling the
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Arizona agreed to remove shipping containers placed as a makeshift wall along its shared border with Mexico as part of an ongoing lawsuit, according to a Wednesday court filing. In August, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey — a Republican and critic the Biden administration’s border policies — issued an executive order telling
Continue Reading By Anna Chernova, Niamh Kennedy, Haley Britzky and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Kyiv and its Western allies are “set for a long confrontation with Russia” following President Volodymyr Zelensky’s momentous visit to Washington, Moscow said as the war in Ukraine approaches 10 months. Russia’s foreign ministry condemned what it called the “monstrous crimes” of the
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN The International Space Station got its second solar power boost in a month as two NASA astronauts carried out a spacewalk to install a new solar panel. The event comes after a piece of wayward space garbage interfered with plans to carry out the spacewalk Wednesday. NASA was
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Severe winter weather is threatening holiday travel on some of the busiest days of the year, but there are ways you can avoid a fiasco if you have a trip coming up. Arrive at airports early, pack light and consider rerouting your itinerary if your flights are in the path of
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Severe winter weather is threatening holiday travel on some of the busiest days of the year, but there are ways you can avoid a fiasco if you have a trip coming up. Arrive at airports early, pack light and consider rerouting your itinerary if your flights are in the path of
Continue Reading By Ehsan Popalzai, Sahar Akbarzai and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered all local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stop their female employees from coming to work, according to a letter by the Ministry of Economy sent to all licensed NGOs. Non-compliance will result in revoking the licenses of said
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung, CNN For weeks, the 21-year-old student had been studying hard for the final exams of her first year of university. She was almost done, with just two tests left, when she heard the news: the Taliban government was suspending university education for all female students in Afghanistan. “I did not stop and
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