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Month: April 2022

Drug overdose deaths in the US tick up again to another record high, according to CDC data

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The unprecedented rise in drug overdose deaths in the United States continues, reaching another record high, according to new provisional data published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC estimates that 106,854 people died due to drug overdose in the 12-month period ending November 2021. Annual

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Austria’s Chancellor met with Putin to ‘confront’ him with atrocities he saw in Ukraine

By Becky Anderson, Adam Pourahmadi and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he went to Moscow to “look in President Putin’s eyes and confront him with what I saw” in Ukraine, he told CNN Wednesday. Nehammer said he raised alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine during a “tough” and unfriendly meeting Monday with Vladimir

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