China’s exports plunge as global demand weakens, but trade with Russia hits record high | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — China reported a record trade surplus for 2022, as its key export sector delivered robust growth...
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Defiant Navalny has opposed Putin’s war in Ukraine from prison. His team fear for his safety | CNN
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Iranian chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears ostracism over her activism as she challenges Russian chief of game’s governing body | CNN
CNN — Three years after fleeing Iran, chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears being further ostracized after challenging the game’s governing...
Ukrainians mark somber Orthodox Christmas in Bakhmut as shelling goes on | CNN
Bakhmut, Ukraine CNN — The shelter was jammed with people on the eve of Orthodox Christmas. Some were trying to...
Germany and Norway will build a big hydrogen pipeline | CNN Business
London CNN — Germany just took a step closer to finding a long-term, greener replacement for Russian natural gas and...
Poland says Germany refused talks on World War II reparations | CNN
Reuters — Germany has rebuffed the latest push by Poland’s nationalist government for vast reparations over World War II, saying...
‘Uncharted territory’: January heat records smashed across Europe | CNN
CNN — The year has only just started but already Europe has broken an alarming number of weather records as...
‘It’s like a constant gamble:’ Ukrainian couple await birth of twins in wartime Kyiv | CNN
CNN — Kateryna and her husband Oleg endure what every citizen of Kyiv must – long blackouts, hours without any...
From the unwinding of zero-Covid to economic recovery: What to watch in China in 2023 | CNN
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Meet the dissident Russians living the ‘nightmare from which it is impossible to wake up’ | CNN
CNN — For Andrei Soldatov and his friends, February 24 marked the end of Russia as they knew it. In...
Oil and Turkish stocks were 2022 market winners. Russia funds and crypto tanked | CNN Business
New York CNN — Oil stocks skyrocketed in 2022, so it’s no surprise funds that track the energy sector were...
They were welcomed into British homes. Celebrating their first Christmas together, Ukrainians wonder if that hospitality will last | CNN
Henley-on-Thames, England CNN — Last year, Nataliia Doroshko, a 35-year-old lawyer, celebrated St. Nicholas Day with friends and family in...
Democracy has its flaws, but it has emerged from the pandemic in much ruder health than the alternative | CNN
CNN — For nearly half a decade, you could be forgiven for thinking just about everything in Western democracy seemed...
The year in sport: A fond farewell for some, a glimpse of the future for others | CNN
CNN — An athlete, former jockey AP McCoy said earlier this year, is the only person who dies twice, such...
NASA and Russia weigh options for astronaut return after spacecraft leak | CNN
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Russia and China unite for live-fire naval exercises in waters near Japan | CNN
Seoul, South Korea CNN — China and Russia will begin a weeklong joint live-fire naval exercise in the East China...
Soyuz spacecraft docked to International Space Station springs ‘fairly significant’ coolant leak | CNN
CNN — A planned spacewalk by the Russian space agency Roscosmos has been called off following the discovery of a...
5 key takeaways from Xi’s trip to Saudi Arabia | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in today’s Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside...
Japan, Britain and Italy plan sixth-generation fighter jet to rival world’s most-advanced warplanes | CNN
CNN — The United Kingdom, Japan and Italy announced Friday they are teaming up to build a sixth-generation fighter jet,...
Oil tankers are getting stuck in the Black Sea. That could become a problem | CNN Business
CNN — A bottleneck is building across an important trading route for oil, which if left unresolved could knock global...
