By Tim Lister, Daria Tarasova-Markina (CNN) — Ukrainian forces are under growing pressure in the south of the country, where less well-equipped units are vastly outnumbered by Russian brigades that have taken hundreds of square kilometers of territory in recent weeks. The Russians have advanced across open countryside in several areas of the southern region
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By Martin Goillandeau, Laura Sharman, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Helen Regan, Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — New Year celebrations turned to tragedy in Switzerland on Thursday, as a fire tore through a bar packed with young people at an upscale Alpine ski resort, killing 40 and injuring about 119 others, in what was described by the Swiss
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By Laura Sharman, Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s prime minister has joined more than 50 of her fellow female legislators to push for more ladies’ toilets in parliament, saying recent increases in women’s representation have led to long queues for the bathroom. Just two cubicles currently serve 73 female members at Tokyo’s male-dominated House
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By Simone McCarthy, Rosa de Acosta, Joyce Jiang, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Welkin Lei has been doing some paper-napkin calculations in his spare time. As the 30-year-old from Beijing and his wife consider whether to have a second child, they face a question of resources. Caring for their three-year-old son requires hiring childcare while they’re
Continue Reading By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Did you know it takes 26 hours to ring in the New Year across 39 time zones all around the world? It’s already 2026 in China, India and Australia. See how people are celebrating. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.
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By Mauricio Torres, Gonzalo Zegarra, Germán Padinger, Jhasua Razo, CNN (CNN) — In a perpetually changing Latin America, there was only one certainty in the last 25 years: a socialist and oil-rich Venezuela and its constant confrontation with the United States. This year, tensions reached unprecedented levels following a US military buildup in the Caribbean,
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — On November 30, 2019, according to documents released by the Department of Justice, the lawyer Joe Nascimento, apparently representing an unnamed employee of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, sent an email to investigators. “Good morning,” Nascimento wrote. “Just wanted to check-in as” — and then the rest of
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James Frater, CNN Edinburgh, Scotland (CNN) — As “Auld Lang Syne” takes its annual spin around the globe on New Year’s Eve, its chorus belted out by revelers young and old, Edinburgh’s Poet Laureate Michael Pedersen says the song’s enduring power lies not in tradition alone, but in its uncanny ability to bind people together.
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Finland has detained a ship and its crew after a critical undersea telecommunication cable connecting the country to Estonia was damaged Wednesday, Finnish authorities said. Finnish police said in a statement that the vessel suspected of causing the damage was found with its anchor chain lowered into the sea
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Camilla has spoken publicly for the first time about how she had to “fight back” after being assaulted by a stranger on a train when she was a teenager. “When I was a teenager, I was attacked on a train,” Camilla told BBC Radio 4’s “Today”
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By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — When Greg Pryer served in the Marine Corps three decades ago and then worked as a New York City police officer who experienced the trauma of September 11, alcohol was his go-to coping mechanism. After retiring from the NYPD in 2015, his drinking habit only worsened, he said. Without
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN It’s been a whirlwind year, and we’re grateful you have read along with us. If it all feels like a blur, CNN’s Year in Review Quiz is a fun way to jog your memory. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day.
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By Helen Regan, Hira Humayun, Eugenia Yosef and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Several international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), face being barred from working in Gaza from Thursday for failing to comply with Israel’s new restrictions for aid groups operating in the devastated enclave. Israel said Tuesday it will suspend the operations
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By Elizabeth Hartfield, CNN (CNN) — Lone actors and smaller groups with a range of ideological motives pose the most significant threat to New Year’s Eve celebrations like the one in Times Square, according to a joint assessment from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The report, which was obtained by CNN, specifically
Continue Reading By Jordan D. Brown, Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! In pop culture, this was the year of rot, slop and rage. Whether it was a debate on Sydney Sweeney’s jeans or “Love Island” binges, everything felt like a huge deal. Check out the most memorable moments of 2025. Here’s what else
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CNN By Tim Lister, Daria Tarasova-Markina, and Mitchell McCluskey (CNN) — Russia has repeated claims that Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Monday targeting one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residences, with the military offering new comments on the alleged attack. The Russian defense ministry also published video of a soldier standing over some
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CNN By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of women lined up for a marathon on Iran’s resort island of Kish in early December wearing matching shirts and leggings with hair tied loosely behind their backs. In a country where ignoring dress codes could land you hefty fines and prison sentences, the runners turned their
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By Zoe Sottile, Andy Rose, Holmes Lybrand, Lauren Mascarenhas, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Some Minnesota families are in danger of losing child care after the US Department of Health and Human Services announced a freeze on child care payments to the state Tuesday amid a federal investigation into allegations of fraud, providers say. It’s
Continue Reading By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of women lined up for a marathon on Iran’s resort island of Kish in early December wearing matching shirts and leggings with hair tied loosely behind their backs. In a country where ignoring dress codes could land you hefty fines and prison sentences, the runners turned their focus
Continue Reading By Alexandra Banner, CNN The next presidential election is not until 2028, but speculation is already swirling about who might make a run for the Oval Office. Take a closer look at the names beginning to come into focus. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your
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