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CNN By Ivana Kottasová, Nathan Hodge and Uliana Pavlova, CNN President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia was sending some troops back to base after completing drills and that while he is open to further negotiations on the Ukraine crisis, Moscow’s security demands were an “unconditional priority.” Russia’s claims about troop movements were met with

By Tim Lister, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Paul P. Murphy, CNN The build-up of Russian forces close to the Ukrainian border continues apace, with everything from submarines and amphibious landing ships in the Black Sea to short-range ballistic missiles, tanks and howitzers around Ukraine’s northeastern edges. CNN has geolocated and authenticated social media videos of these

By Ashley Strickland, CNN African elephants have drastically dwindled as targets of the illegal ivory trade, but the DNA contained within their tusks is pointing to the very criminal networks that poached them. Researchers used genetic testing on ivory shipments seized by law enforcement and were able to trace the international crime ring shipping the

By Jomana Karadsheh and Eoin McSweeney, CNN The speed of the shifts in the Middle East’s geopolitical scene is enough to give even the most seasoned regional observers whiplash Longtime foes Iran and Saudi Arabia are talking, the UAE is trying to mend ties with Iran, and Qatar was welcomed back into the Gulf Cooperation

By Max Foster and Hannah Ryan, CNN Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for Covid-19, Clarence House said on Monday, four days after her husband Prince Charles was revealed to have contracted the virus. “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating. We continue to follow government

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN A mezzanine floor collapsed at a bar in east London on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people injured. The London Air Ambulance Service (LAS) responded to reports at 4:44 p.m. local time that an area of the building had given way at the Two More Years bar and restaurant

By Tara John, CNN Corpses strewn through wrecked buildings in the aftermath of an apparently deadly explosion. Distraught mourners, grieving for lost loved ones. And amid the smoldering ruins, evidence of Western military equipment. In a world all too familiar with graphic images of one disaster after another, it’s easy to imagine the grim footage.

By Xiaofei Xu and Lauren Kent, CNN Protesters in a so-called “Freedom Convoy” made it past police checkpoints in central Paris on Saturday, with demonstrators completely blocking traffic in the French capital before they were met with tear gas fired by officers. The rallies against France’s Covid-19 vaccine pass follow Canada’s “Freedom Convoy,” which has

By Rob Picheta, Henrik Pettersson and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Russia has amassed more than 130,000 troops near Ukraine’s border in recent weeks, according to US estimates, raising fears from Western and Ukrainian intelligence officials that an invasion could be imminent. As frantic diplomatic efforts are made to avert war, Russia announced Tuesday that some of

By Elle Pickston, CNN A 12-year-old boy has died after the car he was driving collided with a truck in County Limerick, Ireland, early Friday morning, CNN affiliate Virgin Media News reported. The boy was the sole occupant of the car and died after a collision with the truck just before 2 a.m. local time

By Nimi Princewill, CNN African countries are on course to control the coronavirus and its emerging variants this year, the World Health Organization’s regional head for the continent has said. African countries have faced a number of challenges since the first outbreak of the Covid-19 virus in February 2020, including the impact of lockdowns on

By Allegra Goodwin, CNN The President of North Macedonia walked an 11-year-old girl with Down syndrome to school after he heard she was being bullied. President Stevo Pendarovski held Embla Ademi’s hand as he walked her to her elementary school in the city of Gostivar on Monday. Embla has experienced bullying at school due as

By Tara John, Joseph Ataman, Xiaofei Xu and Anna Chernova, CNN There’s socially distanced, and then there’s French President Emmanuel Macron sitting on the opposite end of an enormous table during talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Monday. There is now insight as to why: The French leader declined the

By Tim Lister and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN New satellite images released by a US-based technology company appear to show continuing Russian military buildup in Crimea, western Russia and Belarus, as pressure continues to mount on Ukraine from three directions, underscoring fears that the Kremlin is planning an incursion into Ukrainian territory. In Crimea, a large