Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

White House National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent allegation that “Western intelligence services” are involved in “terrorist attacks” carried out within Russia, saying Wednesday that the United States does not “enable or encourage Ukrainians to strike outside of Ukraine.” CNN previously reported…

Ukrainian President Zelensky begins visit to neighboring Poland | CNN

CNN  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has crossed the border into Poland and begun an official visit to one of Kyiv’s closest allies. Zelensky is expected at the Presidential Palace at 11:00 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET) and the Ukrainian and Polish leaders are set to deliver a joint…

‘The New Big 5’: Wildlife photography book turns the lens on animals at risk | CNN

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action. CNN  —  Originally a…

One killed and 30 injured in train accident near The Hague | CNN

CNN  —  At least one person was killed and 30 injured, many seriously, when a passenger train carrying about 50 people derailed in the Netherlands early Tuesday after hitting construction equipment on the track, Dutch emergency services said. Rescue teams were seen ferrying away the injured in pre-dawn darkness at…

Videos show moments leading up to explosion in Russian cafe | CNN

CNN  —  Newly published videos show the moments leading up to an explosion that killed Russian ultranationalist military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a St. Petersburg cafe on Sunday. Tatarsky died when a blast tore through the cafe where he was appearing as a guest of a pro-war group. Russian state…

Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukraine has received the first tranche of $2.7 billion from a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program, Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko said in a tweet Monday.   The IMF, which regularly makes emergency loans to countries in crisis, on Friday approved a new four-year extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility…

Video shows moment of deadly explosion at cafe in Russia | CNN

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A new approach to a Covid-19 nasal vaccine shows early promise | CNN

CNN  —  Scientists in Germany say they’ve been able to make a nasal vaccine that can shut down a Covid-19 infection in the nose and throat, where the virus gets its first foothold in the body. In experiments in hamsters, two doses of the vaccine – which is made with…