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Ukrainian servicemen fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launch system towards Russian troops near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Ukraine's Donetsk region on June 8.

Zelensky refuses to cede Donbas, says doing so would give Putin ‘springboard’ for future offensives

By Victoria Butenko and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Tuesday not to give eastern Ukrainian land to Russia, saying that abandoning the Donbas region would open the door for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “start a third war” in Ukraine. Zelensky’s warning comes ahead of Putin’s meeting with US

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is seen at a press conference on June 10. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned Israel about potentially listing the country’s armed forces in an upcoming UN report on sexual violence

Israel says UN chief warned it could be listed in upcoming sexual violence report

By Lauren Izso and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned Israel about potentially listing the country’s armed forces in an upcoming UN report on sexual violence, according to the spokesperson for Israel’s mission to the UN. “I am putting Israeli armed and security forces on notice for potential listing

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Bullet holes were seen Saturday in windows at the Centers for Disease Control Global Headquarters

Gunman in CDC shooting fired nearly 500 shots after breaking into his father’s gun safe. Here’s what we know

By Chris Youd, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Ryan Young, Jason Morris, Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The gunman who opened fire Friday at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into his father’s safe to get the five firearms recovered at the scene, state investigators said Tuesday, as some CDC workers seeking answers

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Wife of South Korea’s jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol arrested over corruption allegations

Story by Associated Press Seoul, South Korea (AP) — The wife of South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested as investigators seek to charge her over various suspected crimes, including bribery, stock manipulation and meddling in the selection of a candidate. In granting a special prosecutor’s request for an arrest warrant

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Ukrainian firefighters respond to a blaze after a Russian drone strike in the town of Bilozerske in Donetsk on August 10.

Russian troops pierce Ukraine’s patchy defenses in Donetsk, days before Trump-Putin summit

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Christian Edwards, Nick Paton Walsh, Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Small groups of Russian troops have pierced parts of Ukraine’s defenses in its eastern Donetsk region, according to local officials, as Russia appears to be making an 11th-hour dash to snatch as much territory as possible ahead of the planned

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Willy Chavarria

Adidas and designer Willy Chavarria apologize to Mexican Indigenous community for ‘appropriated’ shoe

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The sportswear firm Adidas and Mexican-American designer Willy Chavarría have apologized after a Mexican state accused them of cultural appropriation over the design of a new shoe. The “Oaxaca Slip-On,” billed as a collaboration between Chavarría and Adidas Originals, featured a woven leather surface, open heel and thick rubber

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Mars Exploration Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the exploration of Mars. The United States, Soviet Union and China are the only three countries to land a spacecraft on Mars. Facts There have been nine successful US Mars landings: Viking 1 and Viking 2 (both 1976), Pathfinder (1997), Spirit and Opportunity (both 2004), Phoenix

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