By Elliot Gotkine, CNN A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced an Israeli woman to death, after she was found guilty of possessing 500 grams of cocaine. The woman — named by Israeli media as 43-year-old Fidaa Kiwan — is appealing the sentence. In a statement, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said: “The case
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By Mark Morales and Brynn Gingras, CNN In the aftermath of a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, that left six people dead and injured at least 12, President Joe Biden used a Sunday submarine commissioning ceremony to reiterate his call for stronger gun regulations. Earlier in the day, New York Mayor Eric Adams went
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Facts The organization’s charter states that the signing parties will “seek to promote stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area,” and will “unite their efforts for collective defense and for the preservation of peace and security.” April
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the International Criminal Court (ICC), a court comprised of 123 states from around the world. Facts Although created by the Rome Statute, a treaty first brought before the United Nations, the ICC operates as an independent entity. The court is located in The Hague, Netherlands. The ICC is
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 2008 military conflict between Russia and Georgia. Facts The conflict centered on South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two “breakaway provinces” in Georgia. They are officially part of Georgia, but have separate governments unrecognized by most countries. Abkhazia and South Ossetia are supported by Russia. During the five-day conflict,
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By Jo Shelley and Olha Konovalova, CNN In a metro station in Kharkiv, a young woman holds up a toy car, a stuffed bear and a juice carton to a group of elementary school-age children. “These are objects we come across in our daily lives,” Julia Gorlenko, from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, explains.
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By Jennifer Henderson and Eric Levenson, CNN A shooting at a high school in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday morning left one person injured, authorities said. Multiple shots were fired inside Erie High School shortly after 9:20 a.m., Erie’s Public Schools said in a statement. One student was shot and is in stable condition, the school
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By Joseph Ataman, CNN At the start of 2022, France’s upcoming presidential election looked set to be one of the country’s most watched political races in decades. An incumbent president standing for election for only the second time in his life; a candidate twice convicted of inciting racist and religious hatred polling in second place;
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Another round of extreme weather will hit the South this week, with tornadoes, damaging winds and hail expected today from Louisiana to North Carolina. Once this storm system passes, meteorologists say we’re still not in the clear though. Peak season for tornadoes across the entire US began this week and will
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Another round of extreme weather will hit the South this week, with tornadoes, damaging winds and hail expected today from Louisiana to North Carolina. Once this storm system passes, meteorologists say we’re still not in the clear though. Peak season for tornadoes across the entire US began this week and will
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Another round of extreme weather will hit the South this week, with tornadoes, damaging winds and hail expected today from Louisiana to North Carolina. Once this storm system passes, meteorologists say we’re still not in the clear though. Peak season for tornadoes across the entire US began this week and will
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Another round of extreme weather will hit the South this week, with tornadoes, damaging winds and hail expected today from Louisiana to North Carolina. Once this storm system passes, meteorologists say we’re still not in the clear though. Peak season for tornadoes across the entire US began this week and will
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Another round of extreme weather will hit the South this week, with tornadoes, damaging winds and hail expected today from Louisiana to North Carolina. Once this storm system passes, meteorologists say we’re still not in the clear though. Peak season for tornadoes across the entire US began this week and will
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By Rob Frehse, CNN A dispute between two groups in the New York City borough of the Bronx led to Monday’s fatal shooting of 61-year-old Juana Esperanza Soriano De-Perdomo, authorities said on Friday. Soriano De-Perdomo was shot in the back while walking out of a store, officials said. “She was totally innocent, and an unintended
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By Rhea Mogul and Sophia Saifi, CNN Pakistan is in political turmoil as the South Asian country awaits a key court ruling that will decide whether embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan’s plan for an early election can go ahead. Khan called the election in a dramatic attempt to cling to power after the deputy speaker
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By Steve Almasy, Dakin Andone and Stella Chan, CNN Police have arrested a third suspect in connection to a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento, California, this weekend that left six people dead and a chaotic crime scene littered with more than 100 shell casings. The suspect was taken into custody for “being a prohibited person
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse, CNN A man who allegedly assaulted seven Asian women over about a three hour period in New York City in late February has been indicted on multiple hate crime charges, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Steven Zajonc, 28, is charged with six felony counts of third-degree assault as a hate
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By Laura Dolan and Matt Rivers, CNN It’s a normal school day for students at the Korosi Baptist High School in Budapest, Hungary — studying, presenting classwork, laughing with friends. Among them is 17-year-old Alla Renska, a tall girl with long blonde hair, carrying her hot pink backpack from class to class. But Renska is
Continue Reading By Laura Dolan and Matt Rivers, CNN It’s a normal school day for students at the Korosi Baptist High School in Budapest, Hungary — studying, presenting classwork, laughing with friends. Among them is 17-year-old Alla Renska, a tall girl with long blonde hair, carrying her hot pink backpack from class to class. But Renska is
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By Amir Vera, Amanda Musa and Christina Maxouris, CNN US Marshals in South Florida captured Dominic Taddeo on Monday, one week after the Rochester, New York, mob hitman escaped federal custody. Taddeo, 64, was apprehended without incident in Hialeah in Miami-Dade County around 11 a.m., according to a news release from the agency. In February,
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