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The United States imposed a large tranche of sanctions on more than 100 people and entities around the world for their ties to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Wednesday’s sanctions are the latest action meant to diminish Moscow’s abilities in its war in Ukraine and punish those who are supporting it,…

CNN  —  Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been experiencing severe stomach issues in prison, and members of his team fear that he may have been poisoned again. Navalny lost eight kilograms over the past 15 days in his isolated prison cell, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said in a…

CNN  —  Vladimir Putin is poised to sign a law making it tougher for Russians to dodge military conscription, a move that has stoked fears that the Russian president will order another wave of mobilization for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The bill would allow for the electronic delivery of military…

See the world’s deepest fish Scientists captured the unknown snailfish species at a depth of more than 27,000 feet, as part of an expedition in trenches off Japan. Source link

Two videos have emerged on social media in the past week which purport to show beheadings of Ukrainian soldiers. The videos appear to be of separate events – one of them may have been filmed very recently, while the other, from the amount of foliage seen on the ground, looks…

CNN  —  Two videos have emerged on social media in the past week which purport to show beheaded Ukrainian soldiers. The videos appear to be of separate events – one of them may have been filmed very recently, while the other, from the amount of foliage seen on the ground,…

CNN  —  The Shiveluch volcano erupted early Tuesday morning in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka region, spewing ash up to 20 kilometers above sea level, according to the local branch of the Russia Academy of Sciences (RAS) Geophysical Survey. Seismic activity was first reported around 12:54 a.m. local time on Tuesday…

CNN  —  The Italian Coast Guard was on Tuesday escorting two boats carrying 1,200 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, as part of a major operation in a region that has seen migrant arrivals spike in the past year. Emergency workers were racing to rescue a barge with 400 migrants onboard,…

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman listens to lawmaker’ statements during a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing about at the government’s policy towards China in “the era of strategic competition” at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 9, 2023. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Reuters) US State Department Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has…

CNN  —  At least four people were killed and several others injured in an avalanche that struck the French Alps over the weekend. Emergency workers were deployed after the incident at the Armancette glacier near Mont Blanc in southeast France, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted on Sunday. Rescue work is…

Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland CNN  —  Lauren and Emily Blewitt may have been in preschool at the time, but they were old enough to know that then-Vice President Joe Biden had committed a serious breach of mealtime etiquette. “He was just eating our chips!” Lauren, 10, says – a mixture…

Oksana Markarova speaks during a rally in Washington, on March 27. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Seven-year-old Karolina plays the piano at the Ukraine House cultural center in the United States capital, poking at keys, swinging her sneakers underneath. She could be any child playing the piano — except the legs swinging below…

Paris CNN  —  Between four and 10 people are believed to be trapped under rubble in the southern French port city of Marseilles after a building collapsed early on Sunday, according to French authorities. A “violent explosion” at around 12:30am local time is believed to be the cause of the…

CNN  —  Residents in the German city of Hamburg have been warned of heavy smoke and possible toxins in the air after a major fire broke out at a warehouse. Video circulating on social media shows the warehouse engulfed in flames early Sunday morning, with smoke billowing into the sky.…

Smoke billows during shelling on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar on April 7. (Oleksandr Klymenko/Reuters) The blasts in the eastern Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar echo between buildings every minute or two, a CNN team reports. Artillery, grad rockets and mortar fire were all audible in the town at different…