By Kareem Khadder and Ingrid Formanek, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A Jerusalem court acquitted an Israeli border police officer of “involuntary reckless manslaughter” in the fatal shooting of Eyad al-Hallaq, an unarmed Palestinian man. The unnamed police officer was charged in the fatal shooting of al-Hallaq that took place on May 30, 2020 in Jerusalem’s
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By Lianne Kolirin and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Three managers at a cheese factory in Kenya have been arrested after they allegedly made female staff strip off so they could check who was on their period. The incident took place after the unnamed individuals apparently discovered a used sanitary towel in a bin that
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Nigeria’s health authorities have confirmed an outbreak of the deadly diptheria disease in the capital Abuja, following the death of a four-year-old patient, the country’s infectious diseases agency said Thursday. Infections from the highly contagious bacterial disease which affects the throat and nose, and can cause breathing difficulties, have risen
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — At the once-bustling Utako Motor Park — an interstate motor hub connecting Nigeria’s capital Abuja to its 36 states – transporter Jume Hanwa took a rare daytime nap in the trunk of his empty vehicle. It was Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday typically celebrated with travel and
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By Salma Abdelaziz, Muhammad Darwish and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jenin, West Bank (CNN) — At the gates of Jenin’s government hospital on Wednesday, dozens of armed Palestinian militants and their families gathered to collect their dead, just hours after hundreds of Israeli soldiers withdrew from the city’s sprawling refugee camp. A foul stench filled the
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the terror attacks in Norway on July 22, 2011. Eight people died in a bombing in Oslo and another 69 people died on nearby Utoya island. This was the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II. The Perpetrator Anders Behring Breivik Pronounced: AHn-ders BRAY-vick Norwegian
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By Zahid Mahmood and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — At least 17 people have died from nitrate gas inhalation following a gas leak at an informal settlement camp in South Africa, according to state media. A disaster management agency official earlier said on Wednesday night that at least 24 people had died at the Angelo
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Buried with an elephant’s tusk, an ivory comb, a crystal dagger, an ostrich eggshell and a flint dagger inlaid with amber, the skeleton discovered in a tomb near Seville, Spain, in 2008 was clearly once someone important. Based on analysis of the pelvis bone, a specialist initially identified the
Continue ReadingBy Nadine Schmidt and Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Remnants of Munich’s main synagogue, which was demolished by the Nazis in June 1938, have resurfaced – much to the amazement of the city’s Jewish community. Construction workers in the southern German city made the discovery while working on the renovation of a weir on the
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By Alex Hardie, Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Sweden’s Prosecution Authority has charged climate activist Greta Thunberg with disobeying law enforcement after she allegedly refused to leave the scene of a climate protest in Malmö in June “The prosecutor has filed charges against a young woman who, on June 19 this
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By Alex Hardie, Max Foster and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A child has been killed after a car crashed into an elementary school in southwest London, injuring six other children and two adults, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Police also said that the driver of the vehicle, a woman in her 40s,
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CNN By Matthew Chance, Katharina Krebs and Mick Krever, CNN Minsk, Belarus (CNN) — Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is not in Belarus and it is unclear if his fighters will move to the country, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told CNN Thursday, raising new questions about the purported deal that ended Wagner’s armed rebellion last month.
Continue Reading By Matthew Chance, Katharina Krebs and Mick Krever, CNN Minsk, Belarus (CNN) — Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is not in Belarus and it is unclear if his fighters will move to the country, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told CNN Thursday, raising new questions about the purported deal that ended Wagner’s armed rebellion last month. Prigozhin
Continue Reading CNN By Salma Abdelaziz, Muhammad Darwish and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jenin, West Bank (CNN) — At the gates of Jenin’s government hospital on Wednesday, dozens of armed Palestinian militants and their families gathered to collect their dead, just hours after hundreds of Israeli soldiers withdrew from the city’s sprawling refugee camp. A foul stench filled
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By Sarah El Sirgany, Ben Wedeman and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — For three days, shells and mortars were “flying and whistling overhead, exploding around us,” Anton, a Russian soldier positioned south of Bakhmut, tells CNN. “We were jumping like rabbits under mortar rounds and bombs.” When it got quieter, he and fellow
Continue Reading CNN By Sarah El Sirgany, Ben Wedeman and Kostyantin Gak, CNN Eastern Ukraine (CNN) — For three days, shells and mortars were “flying and whistling overhead, exploding around us,” Anton, a Russian soldier positioned south of Bakhmut, tells CNN. “We were jumping like rabbits under mortar rounds and bombs.” When it got quieter, he and
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By Amir Tal, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Large crowds blocked Tel Aviv’s main highway, and roads in other Israeli cities, in response to the resignation of the city’s police chief. Ami Eshed announced his resignation from the police force late Wednesday after being sidelined by Israel’s far right national security minister, the outgoing police chief
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CNN By Erin Burnett, Yon Pomrenze, Mick Krever and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been “slowed down” by entrenched Russian defenses, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an exclusive interview broadcast on Wednesday, adding that he wished that Western weapons deliveries had allowed it to begin “much earlier.” Speaking with CNN’s Erin
Continue Reading By Erin Burnett, Yon Pomrenze, Mick Krever and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been “slowed down” by entrenched Russian defenses, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an exclusive interview broadcast on Wednesday, adding that he wished that Western weapons deliveries had allowed it to begin “much earlier.” Speaking with CNN’s Erin Burnett
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Senegalese opposition leader Idrissa Seck has described President Macky Sall’s decision to stand down after two terms as “a victory for the Senegalese people.” In a televised address late Monday, Sall dispelled rumors that he planned to run again for office next year, a move considered unconstitutional by his
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