French workers can retire much younger than most. That’s about to change | CNN Business
London/Paris CNN — The French government is planning to raise the official retirement age by two years as part of...
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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...
Iraqis celebrate their comeback with soccer tournament after decades of isolation | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
Pope Francis leads funeral for predecessor Benedict XVI, a first in modern times | CNN
Rome CNN — Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor former Pope Benedict XVI Thursday, in a funeral attended by...
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...
France offers free condoms to young people and free emergency contraception to all women | CNN
CNN — Free condoms are now available to young people under the age of 26 at French pharmacies as part...
Former Pope Benedict XVI lies in state in St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of funeral | CNN
Rome CNN — The lying-in-state of former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday at the age of 95, began Monday...
From the unwinding of zero-Covid to economic recovery: What to watch in China in 2023 | 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...
‘We’re trapped’: Britons in homes with unsafe cladding see no way out as living costs soar | CNN
London CNN — In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a...
Kremlin expresses “extreme concern” over claim of Ukrainian missile downed in Belarus
Russian forces shelled the entire frontline of the Donetsk region on Thursday night into Friday morning, according to the head...
Here’s what could tip the global economy into recession in 2023 | CNN Business
London CNN — The global economy has endured a tough year, with decades-high inflation sapping post-lockdown spending and pushing central...
Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo | CNN
Protesting Serbs in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo erected new barricades on Tuesday, hours after Serbia...
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...
Police fire teargas to quell protesters at site of deadly Paris shooting | CNN
CNN — French police on Friday fired teargas amid clashes with agitated protesters outside a Kurdish community center in the...
UK wages next year will be at their lowest level since 2006, report says | CNN Business
London CNN — Brits hoping for a new-year salary bump to offset soaring food and energy costs may be disappointed....
