‘We’re the one connection’: The postal workers risking their lives to get pensions to Ukraine’s elderly | CNN

Siversk, Ukraine CNN  —  Every few minutes the ground shakes as blasts echo through the battered…

US imposes sanctions on Iranian officials connected to drone program | CNN Politics

Washington CNN  —  The US Treasury on Friday imposed sanctions on officials tied to an Iranian…

Opinion: With Russia’s fading power in Ukraine, a second catastrophe looms | CNN

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Kyiv dismisses Putin’s call for 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine as ‘hypocrisy’ | CNN

CNN  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his defense minister to implement a temporary ceasefire…

Germany and Norway will build a big hydrogen pipeline | CNN Business

London CNN  —  Germany just took a step closer to finding a long-term, greener replacement for…

Poland says Germany refused talks on World War II reparations | CNN

Reuters  —  Germany has rebuffed the latest push by Poland’s nationalist government for vast reparations over…

‘It’s like a constant gamble:’ Ukrainian couple await birth of twins in wartime Kyiv | CNN

CNN  —  Kateryna and her husband Oleg endure what every citizen of Kyiv must – long…

Video: Retired general responds to Ukraine strike on hundreds of Russian troops | CNN

Maj. Gen. James “Spider” Marks (Ret.) discusses an apparent Ukrainian strike in a Russian-occupied area in…

Ukraine claims hundreds of Russian troops killed in strike; Moscow says 63 died | CNN

CNN  —  An apparent Ukrainian strike in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine appears to have killed a large…

Four things to watch out for in the Middle East in 2023 | CNN

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