Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko derides reports of abuse as ‘fake and fantasy’
CNN Exclusive by Matthew Chance and Zahra Ullah, CNN Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has refused to apologize for the widespread human…
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko derides reports of abuse as ‘fake and fantasy’
Exclusive by Matthew Chance and Zahra Ullah, CNN Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has refused to apologize for the widespread human rights…
Continue Reading UK police officer who murdered Sarah Everard gets life in prison with no chance of parole
CNN By Hannah Ritchie and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A British police officer has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the abduction, rape…
Continue Reading 96-year-old woman who fled Nazi war crimes trial is found
By CNN’s Nadine Schmidt and Alex Carey A 96-year-old German woman who fled on Thursday before standing trial on charges of aiding and abetting…
Continue Reading UK police officer who murdered Sarah Everard gets life in prison with no chance of parole
By Hannah Ritchie and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A British police officer has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the abduction, rape and…
Continue Reading Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of illegal campaign financing, receives 1-year sentence
By Xiaofei Xu and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison for illegal campaign…
Continue Reading Tunisia’s president appoints woman as prime minister in first for Arab world
By Mostafa Salem, CNN Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Najla Bouden Romdhan as the first female prime minister in Tunisia and the Arab…
Continue Reading Dutch police arrest and release former far-right party member amid reports of possible plan to attack Prime Minister
By Manveena Suri, CNN Police in the Netherlands have arrested and released a former member of a far-right political party after Prime Minister Mark…
Continue Reading WHO employees took part in Congo sex abuses in Ebola crisis, report says
Story by Reuters More than 80 aid workers including some employed by the World Health Organization (WHO) were involved in incidents of sexual abuse…
Continue Reading Explosion and fire with ‘no natural explanation’ injures 16 in Sweden, as police hunt for clues
By Hannah Ritchie, CNN Sixteen people have been injured — including four critically — after an explosion led to a large fire in an…
Continue Reading Public urination at Glastonbury Festival leaves traces of cocaine and MDMA in river, posing threat to rare eels
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Public urination at Glastonbury Festival led to illegal drugs entering a river running through the famous Somerset site in…
Continue Reading Russia reports its worst single-day Covid-19 death toll since start of pandemic
By Anna Chernova, CNN Russia reported its highest Covid-19 death toll in a single day on Tuesday with 852 coronavirus-related deaths recorded in the…
Continue Reading Man charged with London teacher Sabina Nessa’s murder
By Lindsay Isaacs, Ivana Kottasová and Kara Fox, CNN A 36-year-old man has been charged with the murder of school teacher Sabina Nessa in southeast…
Continue Reading Five key takeaways from Germany’s historic election
By Tara John, Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the largest…
Continue Reading Meet Olaf Scholz, the man set to replace Angela Merkel as Germany’s next chancellor
CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has some big shoes to fill. The German Finance Minister will be sworn in as German chancellor next month,…
Continue Reading French President Emmanuel Macron hit by egg thrown from crowd in Lyon
By Simone Bouvier and Tara John, CNN French President Emmanuel Macron was hit by an egg while taking part in a food event in Lyon on Monday. The egg…
Continue Reading Meet Olaf Scholz, the man set to replace Angela Merkel as Germany’s next chancellor
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Olaf Scholz has some big shoes to fill. The German Finance Minister will be sworn in as German chancellor next month,…
Continue Reading Lava from the La Palma volcano is approaching the Atlantic Ocean, as coastal areas are locked down
By Al Goodman and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Residents along the eastern shore of Spain’s La Palma island were ordered into lockdown Monday as lava…
Continue Reading San Marino votes overwhelmingly to end abortion ban
By Caitlin Hu and Sharif Paget, CNN The tiny landlocked republic of San Marino voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to legalize abortion under certain…
Continue Reading Germany’s Social Democratic Party wins most seats in federal elections, preliminary official results show
CNN By Frederik Pleitgen, Salma Abdelaziz, Nadine Schmidt, Stephanie Halasz and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Germany’s left-leaning Social Democratic…
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