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Rome, Italy CNN — A group of climate activists in Italy have poured what they described as “a charcoal-based black liquid” into the water of Rome’s famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) – to “sound the alarm about the black future that awaits humanity.” “Our future…
CNN — Dutch police arrested 154 football supporters in Amsterdam on Saturday due to the singing of antisemitic chants, a police statement said. According to the statement, the football fans were warned several times to stop singing as they made their way to the Johan Cruijff Arena on the subway.…
CNN — The head of the Wagner private military company says his men will begin withdrawing from Bakhmut this week, because dwindling ammunition supplies and mounting losses mean there is “nothing left to grind the meat with.” On his official Telegram channel on Saturday, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin blamed the…
CNN — An acclaimed theater director and playwright have been arrested in Russia and accused of “justifying terrorism” for their play about Russian women being recruited online to marry Islamic State fighters in Syria. Yevgenia Berkovich was arrested on Friday alongside the play’s author, Svetlana Petriychuk, after investigators alleged that…
CNN — A Russian military blogger has been injured and his driver killed after their car was blown up, Russian state media reported, the latest attack on a pro-war figure. Zakhar Prilepin was hospitalized with a leg injury in the blast in the Nizhny Novgorod region, about 250 miles east…
A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) of the Ukrainian army fires close to the frontline in the northern Kherson region on November 5, 2022. Hannibal Hanschke/EPA/Shutterstock/FILE Russia has been thwarting US-made mobile rocket systems in Ukraine more frequently in recent months, using electronic jammers to throw off its GPS…
CNN — Ukraine says it has for the first time used a US-made Patriot air defense system to intercept a Russian hypersonic missile. Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, said on Telegram Saturday: “Yes, we have intercepted the ‘unmatched’ Kinzhal,’” adding the word “Patriot” and an emoji of…
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal family, what they are up to in public and what’s happening behind palace walls. London CNN — Britain was waking up Saturday to a once-in-a-generation royal event: the coronation of King…
The service is conducted by The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan Procession of Faith Leaders Procession of the Commonwealth Realms The choir proceeds to places in Quire. Members of foreign Royal Families arrive at the Great West Door…
CNN — The Church of England has changed the wording of its invitation to the public to pledge allegiance to King Charles during his coronation, following a public backlash. The Archbishop of Canterbury will now give people the option of saying just “God save King Charles” rather than making the…
CNN — Britons are more likely to say their views of the monarchy have worsened than improved over the past decade, according to a CNN poll, suggesting that King Charles III is facing serious challenges on the eve of his coronation, when he will be officially crowned head of an…
Belgrade, Ukraine CNN — Serbians are reeling and demanding answers after two mass shootings in less than 48 hours left multiple people dead, with widespread calls for tough action to prevent any further repeat of such tragedies. Gun ownership is high in Serbia, but the sort of mass shootings seen…
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine CNN — The noise is perhaps too loud to be part of a masterplan of deception. In just the past 48 hours, the Kremlin made a stark admission its seat of power in the heart of Moscow, was attacked by what it claimed were Ukrainian drones in a…
CNN — Standing in front of the bodies of dozens of what he claims are his fighters killed in Russia’s war with Ukraine, the head of the private military company Wagner on Thursday unleashed an expletive-laden challenge to Russia’s military leadership, blaming their deaths on a lack of support from…
A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the Zaporizhzhia region, on March 29. (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters) Russia has dismissed claims that it deployed military equipment and explosives at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. On Wednesday, Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate accused Russia of placing weapons, explosives and military equipment in one of…
CNN — The United States rejected “ludicrous” accusations from Russia that it was behind an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin as Moscow’s deputy foreign minister warned the two powers are on the precipice of an “open-armed conflict.” Relations between the US and Russia are at their lowest point since…
CNN — At least eight people have been killed and 13 wounded in a shooting in the Serbian village of Dubona, the country’s Interior Ministry spokesperson told CNN. The shooter remains at large, and a warrant has been issued for a 21-year-old male suspect. The police have cordoned off the…
CNN — The tight ring of security that surrounds the seat of the Russian presidency was punctured in dramatic fashion by what appeared to be two attempted drone strikes in the early hours of Wednesday morning. But until the Kremlin chose to publicize the incident around 12 hours later, social…
CNN — Eight people have died in the city of Brno, the Czech Republic, after a large fire broke out early on Thursday in an area frequented by homeless people, Czech police said. A spokesperson said the fire started overnight at a site of 12 interconnected mobile cabins near a…
CNN — At first glance, it looks like a sci-fi movie. What appear to be two drones, streaking across the night sky in Moscow, head straight for the Kremlin, on target to hit the historic Senate Palace, the official residence of Vladimir Putin. Suddenly, just as one passes the Russian…
CNN — Ukrainian air defenses withstood Russia’s most intense air attack on Kyiv since the start of the year overnight into Thursday, the capital region’s military chief said. The barrage came after Moscow accused Ukraine of attempting to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone strike at the Kremlin…
For days now, the blasts have echoed the condition each country’s military is in. Ukraine is apparently striking at fuel depots in Russian-occupied areas and inside Russia itself — seemingly precise attacks but ones to which Kyiv is making no overt claim. Russia has been lashing out at what often seem to…
CNN — Numerous waves of showers and thunderstorms will move across the United Kingdom over the next several days, leaving those celebrating King Charles III’s coronation to dodge the rain over the weekend of festivities. King Charles will be officially crowned during an ornate and deeply religious ceremony in London…
CNN — A 13-year-old boy opened fire on his classmates at a school in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Wednesday, rocking the Balkan country. The shooting left at least eight children dead, along with a security guard. While Serbia is awash with guns, mass shootings like these are rare. Here’s…
Dnipro, Ukraine CNN — For days now, the blasts have echoed the condition each country’s military is in. Ukraine is apparently striking at fuel depots in Russian-occupied areas and inside Russia itself – seemingly precise attacks but ones to which Kyiv is making no overt claim. Russia has been lashing…
CNN — Moscow alleged Wednesday Ukraine flew two drones toward the Kremlin overnight in what it claimed was an attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin. The Russian president was not in the building at the time, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. The Kremlin said the attack was foiled and the…
The father of one of the pupils at a Serbian school where a student opened fire early Wednesday said the suspect “started shooting randomly.” Milan Milosevic said his daughter was in the class where the gun was fired, Reuters reported. “She managed to escape. (The boy) … first shot the…
CNN — A boy was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly opening fire in an elementary school in the Serbian capital Belgrade, authorities said. Five children were wounded in the incident, CNN affiliate N1 reported, before a seventh-grade student – typically aged 12 or 13 – was placed under arrest. The…
CNN — European police carried out raids in multiple European countries on early Wednesday, as part of a probe into the Calabrian Mafia, according to the Belgian federal prosecutor. “This morning, a large-scale European operation took place in several countries. It concerns a case opened by the Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s…
Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 28. (Stringer/AP) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had no conversations with the White House after a trove of classified US intelligence documents were posted on social media, he told The Washington Post Monday. In an interview with the Post, Zelensky said he learned…
