Turkey’s earthquake caused $34 billion in damage. It could cost Erdogan the election | CNN
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London police officer who killed Sarah Everard sentenced for indecent exposure | CNN
London CNN — Wayne Couzens, the former London police officer who abducted, raped and murdered 33-year-old Sarah Everard in 2021,...
Greek prime minister apologizes over train collision amid public fury | CNN
CNN — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologized for one of the country’s worst train crashes in years, saying...
China to increase defense spending 7.2%, sets economic growth target of ‘around 5%’ for 2023 | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — China has set an official economic growth target of “around 5%” for 2023, as it seeks...
Wave of suspected poison attacks on schoolgirls sparks protests in Iran | CNN
Worried parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that...
Sub-Saharan African countries repatriating citizens from Tunisia after ‘shocking’ statements from country’s president | CNN
CNN — Several sub-Saharan countries, including Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea and Gabon, are helping their citizens return from Tunisia following...
Holy oil to anoint King Charles III on his coronation, has been consecrated in Jerusalem | CNN
London CNN — The sacred oil that will be used to anoint King Charles III at his coronation May 6,...
Europe will start charging for entry in 2024 | CNN
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Colombia plans to send 70 ‘cocaine hippos’ to India and Mexico, governor says | CNN
CNN — Colombia plans to fly dozens of its “cocaine hippos” – the descendents of drug trafficker Pablo Escobar’s private...
King Charles’ meeting with EU chief is being criticized. Here’s why | CNN
A version of this story appeared in the March 3 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you...
Chinese city claims to have destroyed 1 billion pieces of personal data collected for Covid control | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — A Chinese city says it has destroyed a billion pieces of personal data collected during the...
US agency assessment backing Covid lab leak theory raises more questions than answers — and backlash from China | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you...
US adds Chinese genetics firms to trade blacklist over surveillance allegations | CNN Business
Atlanta/Hong Kong CNN — The United States on Thursday added two subsidiaries of Chinese genetics company BGI to a trade...
Death toll from rail disaster rises to 57 as anger boils in Greece | CNN
CNN — Anger in Greece over poor railway safety grew on Thursday as the death toll from one of the...
This CNN Hero traveled 5,500 miles to deliver care to Turkey’s earthquake survivors | CNN
CNN — At home in Anchorage, Alaska, nurse Teresa Gray was playing a board game with her children when she...
Peter Obi vows to challenge Nigerian election result: ‘We won and we will prove it’ | CNN
Abuja, Nigeria CNN — Nigeria’s third-placed presidential candidate, Peter Obi, strongly rejected the results and vowed to contest them in...
The devil’s in the details in Europe’s troubling inflation data | CNN Business
London CNN — Inflation in Europe fell again in February, though not as sharply as expected, and national data showed...
Putin ally Lukashenko and Chinese leader Xi Jinping vow to deepen defense ties | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko – a close ally of Vladimir Putin...
Tesla to build next plant in Mexico | CNN Business
New York CNN — Tesla’s next vehicle assembly plant will be in Mexico near Monterrey, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday....
Grand test for Indian diplomacy as American, Chinese and Russian ministers meet in Delhi | CNN
New Delhi CNN — Foreign ministers from the world’s biggest economies have convened in New Delhi, setting the stage for...
