Wembley Stadium, London CNN — The sight of Ukrainian flags flying along Wembley Way – the road approaching the iconic Wembley Stadium – took on extra significance Sunday as Ukraine faced England in its Euro 2024 qualifier. While the horrors of war continue to cast a shadow over its country, here was the Ukrainian men’s … Read more
CNN — Russia’s private military group Wagner has taken “full control” of the AZOM metallurgical plant in the north of the city of Bakhmut, according to video posted by Russian state media and verified by CNN. “Wagner has full control of the territory of AZOM, the Artemivsk [Bakhmut] non-ferrous metal processing plant,” a correspondent for … Read more
CNN — Bayern Munich announced Friday it has fired club manager Julian Nagelsmann and will appoint Thomas Tuchel to the post, effective immediately. The leadership change comes as the team dropped in the Bundesliga league, while reports of Nagelsmann losing support from players also emerged. Nagelsmann was in his second season at the helm of … Read more
CNN — The US has conducted an airstrike in Syria against what it said were Iranian-affiliated facilities after a suspected Iranian drone struck a facility housing US personnel in the country, killing an American contractor and wounding five US service members. The deadly exchange comes at an unusually sensitive time in US-Iranian relations, with the … Read more
CNN — When EU lawmakers voted to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the bloc by 2035, it was a landmark victory for climate. In February, the European Parliament approved the law. All that was needed was a rubber stamp from the bloc’s political leaders. Then Germany changed its mind. In a … Read more
London CNN — A nationwide strike in France to protest a rise in the retirement age drew more than a million people onto the streets on Thursday before ending in violent clashes with police in Paris and other cities. The protest followed a strike of a similar magnitude in January and days of smaller walkouts … Read more
Kherson, Ukraine CNN — A boom of artillery fire shook the ground as Olena opened the gate to the Kherson Children’s Home. She barely flinched. Russian positions are just across the Dnipro River and Kherson, a city in southern Ukraine, is under regular attack. Like many Ukrainians during this war, Olena prefers not to share … Read more
CNN — King Charles’s state visit to France has been postponed amid planned protests over the French government’s controversial pension reforms. Both France’s Élysée Palace and Buckingham Palace confirmed the trip had been shelved on Friday morning. The British monarch and Queen Consort were supposed to visit the country from Sunday through Wednesday, and they … Read more
Paris CNN — More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday with protests turning violent in some areas as demonstrators voiced their fury at proposed pension reforms. Clashes between groups of protesters and police broke out after workers staged a national strike throughout Thursday, with flare-ups in Paris and regional … Read more
CNN — Israeli opposition politicians on Thursday condemned a new law that would limit the ways a sitting prime minister can be declared unfit for office, and is largely seen by critics as a way to protect Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing an ongoing corruption trial. Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli also said the protest … Read more