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In Africa, Russia is swapping a ruthless paramilitary for a replica it can control. What’s Putin’s game plan?

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Wagner, a feared Russian mercenary group that is notorious for staging a failed mutiny against Moscow and accused of committing serious abuses against civilians in Africa, is being replaced on the continent by another Russian paramilitary. Its successor, experts say, is the Kremlin-controlled Africa Corps. For years,

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People take shelter inside the Nghe An Provincial Gymnasium in Vinh city

Deadly Tropical Storm Kajiki causes heavy flooding in Vietnam after making landfall as typhoon

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Tropical Storm Kajiki proved deadly in Vietnam after it made landfall as a powerful typhoon on Monday, unleashing dangerous winds and prompting authorities to evacuate tens of thousands of residents as it surged through the country’s central provinces. Three people were killed across three provinces and 13 others were

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Charles Kushner testifies during a hearing on their nomination in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington

France summons US ambassador over letter accusing government of not confronting antisemitism

By Mitchell McCluskey and Pierre Bairin, CNN (CNN) — France’s Foreign Ministry summoned the US ambassador to the country, Charles Kushner, on Sunday after he authored a letter accusing the French government of a “lack of sufficient action” in confronting antisemitism. France strongly rejected the “unacceptable” allegations in Kushner’s letter, which the ministry said “fall

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Release of audio recording interrupts Menendez hearing as brothers’ parole is denied

By Alaa Elassar, Matthew J. Friedman, CNN (CNN) — The unexpected release of audio from Erik Menendez’s tightly controlled parole hearing last week nearly derailed Friday’s proceedings for his brother, Lyle, and infuriated his family members – who raised questions about the recording’s impact on the outcome and how it was released. The tumultuous session

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This note is the only letter Halyna and Vasyl Khyliuk received from their son Dmytro since his detention more than two years ago.

‘Mum, don’t cry. I’ll be home soon.’ Ukrainian journalist secretly held by Russia for three years is released

By Ivana Kottasová, Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian journalist who was held incommunicado by Russia for more than three years has been released on Sunday as part of the latest prisoner exchange between Moscow and Kyiv. For more than three years, Dmytro Khilyuk, 50, was one of the thousands of Ukrainian civilians detained

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Five years after a tragic DC 911 misfire, America’s emergency dispatch systems are still overwhelmed and underfunded

By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Billie Shepperd was planning her daughter Sheila’s 60th birthday party in June 2020 when the phone rang. She had been imagining family members traveling from Washington, DC, to celebrate at the beach with crab legs and potato salad, when she picked up to hear Maria Shepperd, her granddaughter and

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