Former Wagner commander describes brutality and incompetence on the frontline | CNN
Oslo, Norway CNN — A former Wagner mercenary says the brutality he witnessed in Ukraine ultimately pushed him to defect,...
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Blinken visit reaches new urgency as Israeli, Palestinian tensions boil | 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...
The world looks on as Erdogan jockeys for a third decade of power in Turkey | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
Zambian student who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine laid to rest | CNN
CNN — The Zambian student who died in battle in Ukraine was buried Wednesday in a private ceremony in his...
Biden administration raised concerns with Beijing over Chinese companies’ non-lethal aid in Russian war effort | CNN Politics
CNN — The Biden administration has recently raised concerns with China about evidence it has suggesting that Chinese companies have...
Russian intelligence agents believed to have directed White supremacists to carry out bombing campaign in Spain, US officials say | CNN Politics
CNN — US officials believe that Russian intelligence officers directed a Russian White supremacist group to carry out a letter-bombing...
Why Germany is struggling to stomach the idea of sending tanks to Ukraine | CNN
CNN — The past 12 months has forced European leaders to seriously rethink their approach to national security. If Russia’s...
Russia’s war in Ukraine sparked a historic food crisis. It’s not over | CNN Business
London CNN — Grain is once again leaving Ukrainian ports. The price of fertilizer is falling sharply. Billions of dollars...
Former Moscow-linked Church claims religious persecution as security raids heat up | CNN
CNN — The vertically shot video published last November shows no weapons, battlefield atrocities or even soldiers. But the sound...
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva cleared by RUSADA, WADA to review doping decision and consider appeal | CNN
CNN — The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) found figure skater Kamila Valieva violated anti-doping rules but bore no “fault or...
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...
Defiant Navalny has opposed Putin’s war in Ukraine from prison. His team fear for his safety | CNN
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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...
‘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
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...
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...
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...
NASA and Russia weigh options for astronaut return after spacecraft leak | CNN
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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...
