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Orthodox Church of Ukraine to allow Christmas on December 25 as rift with Moscow deepens

By Jack Guy and Olga Voitovych, CNN A branch of Ukraine’s Orthodox church has announced that it will allow its churches to celebrate Christmas on December 25, rather than January 7, as is traditional in Orthodox congregations. The announcement by the Kyiv-headquartered Orthodox Church of Ukraine widens the rift between the Russian Orthodox Church and

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Russian forces step up raids on civilians in occupied Kherson as potential battle for city looms

By Olga Voitovych and Mick Krever, CNN Russian forces have stepped up their scrutiny of civilians in occupied areas of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, detaining locals to root out partisan resistance, according to the Ukrainian military. In the occupied city of Kherson, Russian troops are now largely wearing civilian clothing and living in civilian housing

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Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to admit to US election interference

By Uliana Pavlova, CNN Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Kremlin-linked oligarch known as “Vladimir Putin’s chef,” appeared to admit to Russian interference in US elections in a Telegram post on Monday. Prigozhin said that Russia has interfered, is interfering and will continue to interfere in the US democratic process, in response to a journalist’s question about Russia

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A New York City neighborhood has scored a legal victory in its decade-long fight to protect a community garden

By Alaa Elassar, CNN Emmanuelle Chiche remembers the first time she stumbled upon Elizabeth Street Garden, a charming green space hidden between rows of concrete buildings in lower Manhattan. It wasn’t like any other garden in the city, she remembers thinking. It transported her back to France, her home country, with its dozens of beautifully

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Billionaires emit a million times more greenhouse gases than the average person, study finds

By Sophie Tanno, CNN A billionaire emits a million times more greenhouse gases than the average person, a study has found. The report published by the British-founded charity Oxfam Monday based its findings on detailed analysis of the investments of 125 of the world’s richest billionaires. It found that, contrary to average people, the wealthiest

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North Korea blames ‘reckless military hysteria’ of US and allies for missile tests

By Yoonjung Seo and Hilary Whiteman, CNN North Korean state media has released images purporting to show last week’s missile launches with a warning that the so-called “reckless military hysteria” of the United States and its allies is moving the Korean peninsula towards “unstable confrontation.” But it made no mention of the suspected failed launch

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Within an hour, 3 separate shootings left 1 dead and 5 injured in Boston. Police are investigating whether the shootings are connected

By Tina Burnside, CNN One person is dead and five others were wounded in three separate shootings reported within an hour across Boston neighborhoods Sunday night, prompting authorities to investigate whether the incidents are connected, police said. Boston police responded to the first shooting in the Mattapan neighborhood at 9:10 p.m. after receiving a radio

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