By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand and Barbara Starr, CNN Ukrainian forces have so far managed to stave off Russian ground forces massed less than 20 miles north of the embattled capital Kyiv — but though they’ve defied US intelligence predictions that the city would likely fall within one to four days of a full-scale
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Airbnb is offering free short-term housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainians who have been displaced by the war with Russia, the company announced Monday. The stays will be funded by donations to the Airbnb.org Refugee Fund as well as with help from hosts on the platform. Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s cofounder
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou’s new defensive coordinator, along with a slew of assistants, met with the media on Monday morning, as spring camp continues for the team. The defensive staff saw a lot of changes in the offseason, as Baker, cornerbacks Al Pogue, and defensive line coach Kevin Peoples are all new to the staff.
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Maegan Vazquez and Jeremy Diamond, CNN When President Joe Biden began mulling the themes he wanted to strike during his State of the Union address, the President knew he would likely need to include Russia’s buildup of troops near Ukraine. But in those early drafting sessions late last year, he did not
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand and Barbara Starr, CNN Ukrainian forces have so far managed to stave off Russian ground forces massed less than 20 miles north of the embattled capital Kyiv — but though they’ve defied US intelligence predictions that the city would likely fall within one to four days of a full-scale
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By Laura He, CNN Business Switzerland, a major hub for storing wealth that is popular with Russian oligarchs, is breaking with its tradition of neutrality to sanction Russia. The Swiss government will adopt EU sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine and immediately freeze any assets belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail
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Columbia’s hallmark film festival, True/False, returns Thursday to downtown, and this year it will be back at familiar locations indoors.
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By Holly Yan, CNN Even some of the most ardent supporters of Covid-19 precautions are ditching mask mandates as health officials release new guidelines and hospitalizations plummet. Across the country, more governors are letting go of mask rules — including in states that have long held on to school mask mandates. California, Oregon and Washington
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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
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By Matias Grez, CNN FIFA and UEFA have suspended all Russian international and club teams from their competitions “until further notice,” the governing bodies announced in a joint statement on Monday. World football’s governing body, FIFA, and European football’s governing body, UEFA, said that both organizations’ presidents — Gianni Infantino and Aleksander Čeferin — “hope
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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
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TONIGHT A bright and warm day will gives temperatures a long way to go to drop below the freezing mark tonight. Clearing skies will drop us into the 30’s, but it’s looking doubtful that we’ll fall below 32. TUESDAY An even warmer day is in store for Tuesday, making it feel like meteorological spring has
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By Delyanne Barros for CNN Business The Great Resignation and the pandemic have left an indelible mark on America’s workforce. While many have left their jobs to care for family or retire early, others have reevaluated their financial lives or changed careers. All of this comes at a time of great economic turmoil. Rising inflation,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC17’s Nathalie Jones brought on Columbia Tribune Sports Editor Chris Kwiecinski in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Discovery on Monday confirmed that Chris Licht will become the new head of CNN when Discovery and WarnerMedia merge this spring. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said “we plan to appoint Chris Licht as the new Chairman and CEO of CNN Global, hopefully starting May 1.” The pending merger between Discovery
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By Mark Thompson and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Business Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to stem the flow of Western businesses fleeing the country over his decision to wage war on Ukraine. Capital controls designed to stop the exodus were announced by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, state news agencies TASS and RIA reported on
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MONDAY Bright skies will greet us out the door this morning. A few high clouds will join the mix this afternoon, filtering out a bit of the sunshine. Those won’t be enough to keep us out of the low 60’s this afternoon. TONIGHT We’ll clear out the clouds overnight with lows falling into the mid
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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
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By Luke McGee, CNN Five days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it seems things haven’t gone exactly to plan for Vladimir Putin so far. Western intelligence officials briefed repeatedly over the weekend that Russian forces have encountered “stiffer than expected” resistance from an outmanned and outgunned Ukrainian military. Russia has thus far failed to take
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Watch the full interview with the candidate here.
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