By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back against concerns from US and NATO officials that his military would need significant training before receiving advanced weapons from other countries, telling CNN his forces need weapons quickly — and can learn to use them just as fast. “I’ve heard these tall tales that we
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The fate of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol is hanging on an unknown number of defenders making their last stand at an iron and steel plant. An ultimatum given by the Russian Defense Ministry to the last remaining Ukrainian troops still fighting in the port city has come and gone. The
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen, Michael Conte and Barbara Starr, CNN The US believes that Russia is learning from its failures in the north of Ukraine, where they did not have the proper capabilities to sustain military operations, and applying those lessons to their new focus in the east and the south of the country, according to
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit a harbor in New Hampshire on Tuesday to highlight how billions of dollars from the bipartisan infrastructure law are being spent on rebuilding the nation’s ports and waterways, a White House spokesperson tells CNN. Biden will travel to Portsmouth Harbor and is expected to
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Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN A Ukraine-based humanitarian kitchen linked to celebrity chef José Andrés has been destroyed by a Russian missile in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, according to the charity that runs it. One of the restaurant partners of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) was struck on Saturday, according to the nonprofit kitchen’s CEO Nate
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The fate of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol is hanging on an unknown number of defenders making their last stand at an iron and steel plant. An ultimatum given by the Russian Defense Ministry to the last remaining Ukrainian troops still fighting in the port city has come and gone. The
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Samira Jafari is at home now resting from a surgery that saved a life — not her own, but her colleague’s. The deputy managing editor of CNN’s investigations unit answered the request for employees to be tested to find a donor for Senior UN Correspondent Richard Roth, who needed a kidney
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Tesla is in a highly competitive electric car market. It has no chief operating officer. And CEO Elon Musk was already busy juggling leadership roles at SpaceX, The Boring Company and Neuralink before he launched an unsolicited takeover offer for Twitter. That’s a lot of distractions. And it
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business Oil prices fell sharply Monday as Covid lockdowns in China stoked concerns that the country’s zero-Covid strategy will sap energy demand in the world’s second-largest economy. US oil dropped 5.6% to a two-week low of $96.33 a barrel Monday morning, while Brent, the world benchmark, fell 4.9% to $101.43 a
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday welcomed thousands of guests to the South Lawn of the White House for the Easter Egg Roll, an annual holiday tradition that had been canceled for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. “This year we’re finally getting together
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist After four weeks of severe weather in the South, it was a sure sign we were well into spring. Then suddenly, Mother Nature had other plans… It looks like this week we will briefly take a pause from spring to return to winter for some, as a rare, late-season nor’easter
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Marvel fans are finally worthy — the studio just released the first teaser for its highly anticipated summer flick, “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Starring Chris Hemsworth as the titular god, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and Tessa Thompson as the heroic Valkyrie, the particulars of the
Continue Reading Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN A Ukraine-based humanitarian kitchen linked to celebrity chef José Andrés has been destroyed by a Russian missile in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, according to the charity that runs it. One of the restaurant partners of the World Central Kitchen (WCK) was struck on Saturday, according to the nonprofit kitchen’s CEO Nate
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By Marianne Garvey Billie Eilish wrapped up her second weekend of headline Coachella sets with performances of “NDA,” “Therefore I Am,” and “you should see me in a crown.” The singer was jumping around the stage so much at one point she fell. “Ow,” she told the crowd. “You guys, I seriously ate s—. Seriously.
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By Liam Reilly, CNN The City of Philadelphia was sued Saturday by a group of business owners and residents alleging its upcoming mask mandate is illegal, court documents show. Philadelphia is the first major US city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate, which went into effect last week, with enforcement beginning today. The new mandate
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jennifer Aniston says she has long suffered from sleep problems. The 53-year-old star told People magazine that it’s been an issue for her for decades. “I think it started somewhere in my 30s or even earlier, but you just don’t start to notice the effects of a lack of sleep
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN At least 10 mass shootings across the US this weekend left eight people dead and dozens injured, disrupting gatherings including an Easter celebration and a massive house party. The shootings add to the year’s increasing toll of mass shootings in the United States, which stands at 144, according to the Gun
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Richard Roth, CNN’s senior UN correspondent, the last remaining original employee of CNN, is recovering after a successful kidney transplant earlier this week. In a note to colleagues on Friday,
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By Liam Reilly, CNN After a month stuck in Chesapeake Bay, the container ship Ever Forward is back on the move, the US Coast Guard announced in a news release. With the removal of hundreds of containers, the Ever Forward was freed on Sunday around 7 a.m. ET by two pulling barges and six tugboats.
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Two Russian cosmonauts went on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Monday to activate a new robotic arm. Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev began their nearly seven-hour spacewalk at 11:01 a.m. ET and it ended at 5:37 p.m. ET, lasting for six hours and 37 minutes. It
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