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CNN  —  Russia unleashed what is believed to have been the deadliest attack on Ukrainian civilians in months on Friday, killing at least 22 people in an early-morning missile strike on an apartment block in the city of Uman. The attack, which drew international condemnation, came around 4 a.m. local…

Denis Pushilin attends a meeting in Amvrosiivka, Donetsk region, on November 6, 2022. (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters) Water supply in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region is dangerously low, according to Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic. Many households get just two hours of water supply every three…

Berlin CNN  —  A German landlord has won the right to sunbathe naked in the courtyard of his Frankfurt building, in spite of complaints from his tenants. The landlord, who has not been named, resorted to taking legal action after a human resources company that rented premises in the building…

CNN  —  A mass of hot and dry air blowing north from Africa has led to “exceptionally high” temperatures that are more “typical of summer” this week in central and southern Spain, the national weather service AEMET reported. Temperatures this week are expected to be 15 to 20 degrees Celsius…

Rome CNN  —  Pope Francis will allow women to participate and vote for the first time at an upcoming meeting of Catholic bishops in October. The meeting, known as a synod, normally only allows bishops to vote. Pope Francis on Wednesday approved guidelines that will expand participation and voting to…

From left, Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelensky. (Getty Images) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping by phone for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “I had a long and meaningful phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. I believe that this call,…

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  Authorities in Sweden have retrieved the payload of a research rocket launched from the country’s Esrange Space Center that landed by error in neighboring Norway. After lifting off…

CNN  —  Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny said he faces a new “terrorist case,” in what could mean decades more in prison for the outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In comments posted on Twitter, Navalny said that despite his jail term he was accused of committing “terrorist…

CNN  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Moscow’s most important ally, in their first phone call since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “I had a long and meaningful phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. I believe that this call,…

CNN  —  German and British fighter jets intercepted three Russian aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the German Armed Forces said on Wednesday. Two Su-27 military aircraft and one Il-20 were “again flying without transponder signal,” the German Armed Forces tweeted. Since NATO countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania…

Russia may end its self-declared moratorium on the deployment of its ground-based intermediate and shorter-range missiles, according to Vladimir Ermakov, the Russian foreign ministry’s head of nuclear nonproliferation. Ermakov told state-owned media agency TASS in an interview on Tuesday that Russia will only continue to adhere to its moratorium depending…

Ukrainian officials say the Russian focus in the eastern Donetsk region has shifted slightly, but the city of Bakhmut and the ruined towns of Mariinka and Avdiivka remain the focus of Russian assaults. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Monday there had been 47 air strikes by Russian…

CNN  —  On a rainy Sunday afternoon, a handful of protesters gather outside an upscale Parisian apartment complex. “Freedom for political prisoners!” they chant. “Down with Putin! Putin is a war criminal!” Several hold signs: “He makes money off the war in Ukraine. His family lives in France,” or “Family…

CNN  —  Western diplomats slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for his country’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine during a face-to-face session hosted by Moscow’s top diplomat at the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Lavrov was in charge of the meeting, titled “Maintenance of international peace and security,” because Russia…

Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine CNN  —  Miles of empty fields where you might expect a build-up of armor. Tank tracks that emerge in the mud from nowhere, and lead there too. Distant artillery duels that locals say peak and ebb. The silence is beginning to be telling. Ukraine has made extraordinary efforts…