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Smoke billows over the town of Vasylkiv just outside Kyiv on February 27

Foreign students fleeing Ukraine say they face segregation, racism at border

March 1, 2022 2:46 AM CNN

By Stephanie Busari, Nimi Princewill, Shama Nasinde and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, foreign students attempting to leave the country say they are experiencing racist treatment by Ukrainian security forces and border officials. One African medical student told CNN that she and other foreigners were ordered off the public transit

The New York Police Department presented a reward flyer last week looking for the suspect in a subway attack.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a ‘brutal’ hammer attack at a New York subway station

March 1, 2022 1:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Mirna Alsharif, CNN A man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly hitting a woman over the head several times with a hammer before robbing her at a New York subway station, according to the Queens County District Attorney’s office. William Blount, 57, was arraigned Monday night in Queens Criminal Court, the DA’s

This school was destroyed as a result of a fight not far from Kharkiv's city center on February 28.

Strike hits TV tower in Kyiv as Russia ramps up assault on key Ukrainian cities

February 28, 2022 11:48 PM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, Tamara Qiblawi, Tara John and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN Russian forces fired rockets at a TV tower in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Tuesday, hours after Moscow warned of strikes on other facilities linked to Ukrainian security agencies. The rocket attack took out broadcasting hardware, raising fears that Moscow is attempting to

Some Ukrainian tourists were stuck at the Egyptian Red Sea resorts of Hurghada

Why Biden’s key Mideast allies aren’t condemning Russia’s Ukraine invasion

February 28, 2022 11:00 PM CNN

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The United Arab Emirates surprised its Western allies last week when it abstained on a US-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The move amounted to a declaration of neutrality from one of America’s closest Middle East allies in a war that has polarized the international community.

This picture shows Russian infantry mobility vehicles GAZ Tigr destroyed as a result of fight in Kharkiv

March 1, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

February 28, 2022 11:00 PM CNN Newsource

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Foreign students fleeing Ukraine say they face segregation, racism at border

February 28, 2022 9:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Stephanie Busari, Nimi Princewill, Shama Nasinde and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, foreign students attempting to leave the country say they are experiencing racist treatment by Ukrainian security forces and border officials. One African medical student told CNN that she and other foreigners were ordered off the public transit

William Anthony Spivey is accused of faking his own suicide.

A former North Carolina police chief accused of faking his suicide to avoid prosecution was found and arrested in South Carolina

February 28, 2022 9:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Jamiel Lynch, Tina Burnside and Taliah Miller, CNN An Ex-North Carolina police chief accused of faking his suicide was found and arrested in Horry County, South Carolina, the agency said on Facebook. Former Chadbourn Police Chief William Anthony Spivey was located near Loris, South Carolina, near the North Carolina border, on February 24, according

Law enforcement are seen near a church in the Arden area of Sacramento County on February 28.

Officials identify father who killed 3 of his kids and an adult before killing himself at a Sacramento church

February 28, 2022 9:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN The man who fatally shot three of his children and another adult at a Sacramento church Monday night before killing himself has been identified as 39-year-old David Mora Rojas, according to the Sacramento County Coroner’s office. His three daughters have been identified as 9-year-old Samarah Mora Gutierrez, 10-year-old Samantha Mora Gutierrez,

Katie Polgaise details how CNN verifies videos and images coming out of Ukraine.

How CNN geolocates and verifies social media footage from Ukraine

February 28, 2022 7:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN From TikTok videos of tanks in Belgorod to Telegram clips of strikes near Kyiv, social media footage has played a key role in the news coverage of Ukraine, revealing new attacks and military movements. But making sure the videos and images are real, accurate and correctly labeled is

Hundreds of unwanted statues of former president Chiang Kai-shek were moved to a park in Taoyuan city

Why a decades-old deadly crackdown on democracy is becoming more important for Taiwan today

February 28, 2022 7:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Eric Cheung, Gladys Tsai and Will Ripley, CNN As a young man, Fred Chin spent years imprisoned on a craggy island off Taiwan. Before he was sentenced, guards punched him, forced him to drink his own blood, and hung him upside down while they poured salty water into his mouth, he said. Malaysian-born Chin

How CNN geolocates and verifies social media footage from Ukraine

February 28, 2022 7:19 PM CNN Newsource

By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN From TikTok videos of tanks in Belgorod to Telegram clips of strikes near Kyiv, social media footage has played a key role in the news coverage of Ukraine, revealing new attacks and military movements. But making sure the videos and images are real, accurate and correctly labeled is

How CNN geolocates and verifies social media footage from Ukraine

February 28, 2022 7:19 PM CNN

By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN From TikTok videos of tanks in Belgorod to Telegram clips of strikes near Kyiv, social media footage has played a key role in the news coverage of Ukraine, revealing new attacks and military movements. But making sure the videos and images are real, accurate and correctly labeled is

Asian woman attacked last year in New York by man with rock has died, family says

February 28, 2022 7:15 PM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera and Liam Reilly, CNN The Asian woman who was attacked last year in Queens by a man with a rock died Monday, her family announced on a GoFundMe page dedicated to her. In November, GuiYing Ma, 61, was sweeping the sidewalk of an empty property in Jackson Heights when a man allegedly

A new analysis of the bones and teeth of 37 T. rex specimens suggests that the dinosaur might need to be regrouped into three separate species.

Tyrannosaurus rex may have been misunderstood

February 28, 2022 7:01 PM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Few dinosaurs exude the same mystique as Tyrannosaurus rex, but the tyrant lizard king that once roamed across North America might have been misunderstood. A new analysis of the bones and teeth of 37 T. rex specimens suggests that the dinosaur might need to be regrouped into three separate species —

One battle in Kharkiv shows how Ukraine is fighting back against the Russian invasion

February 28, 2022 4:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Paul P. Murphy, Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Tim Lister, Josh Pennington and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, is believed to have been one of the invading Russian military’s first strategic targets. Home to 1.4 million people, it is located less than 20 miles from the Russian border, in northeast Ukraine. It

Across Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, Russia’s strategy is hard to see

February 28, 2022 11:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Nick Paton Walsh and Barry Neild, CNN Battered by intense shelling, peppered with gunfire and then … everything goes quiet. Along Ukraine’s strategic Black Sea coast, Russian forces are playing a strange game, testing defenses, spilling blood and raising tensions but failing to drive home any significant gains. The small city of Mykolaiv, located

Across Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, Russia’s strategy is hard to see

February 28, 2022 11:56 AM CNN

By Nick Paton Walsh and Barry Neild, CNN Battered by intense shelling, peppered with gunfire and then … everything goes quiet. Along Ukraine’s strategic Black Sea coast, Russian forces are playing a strange game, testing defenses, spilling blood and raising tensions but failing to drive home any significant gains. The small city of Mykolaiv, located

The Ukrainian soldiers defending the tiny Snake Island in the Black Sea were thought to have been killed last week.

The defiant soldiers of Snake Island are actually ‘alive and well,’ says Ukraine’s navy

February 28, 2022 11:27 AM CNN

By Sebastian Shukla and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island — who were all feared dead after their defiant response to threats from a Russian warship — are actually “alive and well,” according to the Ukrainian Navy. All of the soldiers on the tiny island in the Black Sea were thought to

The defiant soldiers of Snake Island are actually ‘alive and well,’ says Ukraine’s navy

February 28, 2022 10:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Sebastian Shukla and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island — who were all feared dead after their defiant response to threats from a Russian warship — are actually “alive and well,” according to the Ukrainian Navy. All of the soldiers on the tiny island in the Black Sea were thought to

The Marshall Islands-flagged Turkish-owned Yasa Jupiter ship

How a 1936 treaty could force Turkey to take sides in the Ukraine war

February 28, 2022 10:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Isil Sariyuce and Arwa Damon, CNN Turkey has officially labeled Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a war and says it will restrict some warships from passing through key waterways, in a move that experts said could potentially hinder some of Moscow’s military activities in the region. On Thursday, Russian forces launched a land, sea