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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a meeting of the Nordic heads of government in Turku

Kremlin criticizes move by Ukraine’s allies to lift ban on firing long-range missiles at Russia

By Jessie Yeung and Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — The Kremlin has slammed a “dangerous” decision by Ukraine’s allies to lift the ban on Kyiv firing long-range missiles into Russia after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said there were no longer any range restrictions on Western-supplied weapons. Speaking after days of Russia bombarding the Ukrainian capital

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Russia is unleashing aerial terror against Ukrainian civilians to make it seem like it is winning, experts say

By Ivana Kottasová and Kostya Gak, CNN (CNN) — Third-grader Stanislav Martynyuk looks extremely proud in his school photograph. Hands folded on his desk; his eyes framed with spectacles that make him look like a serious – and adorable – 8-year-old scholar. It was this image of Stanislav – alongside similar snaps of his sister

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D-Day Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at D-Day. Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, to fight Nazi Germany in World War II. Facts The largest amphibious (land and water) invasion in history. The code name for the invasion was Operation Overlord. General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the operation, and

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A person is taken away on a stretcher following a car collision in Liverpool on Monday.

Dozens injured after car plows into crowd celebrating Liverpool soccer triumph. Police arrest man, rule out terrorism

By Eve Brennan, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Helen Regan, CNN London (CNN) — Dozens of people, including four children, were injured when a driver plowed a car into a parade celebrating Liverpool Football Club’s latest Premier League win on Monday evening. A 53-year-old white British man, believed to be the driver, was arrested at the scene

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‘Every time, I was sure this was the end’: Former IDF hostage in Gaza says one of her biggest fears was Israeli strikes

From CNN’s Lauren Izso and Manveena Suri (CNN) — An Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier released during a ceasefire-hostage deal has said one of her biggest fears during captivity were strikes carried out by Israel. Na’ama Levy, one of five IDF female soldiers released in January, made the comments during a weekly rally at Tel

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Venezuela held an election for an oil-rich region. The main problem is it belongs to another country

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelans on Sunday for the first time elected a governor and other lawmakers for Essequibo, an oil-rich region that Venezuela has laid claim to even though it is widely recognized as being part of neighboring Guyana. Essequibo’s 125,000 inhabitants, who account for more than 15% of the English-speaking country’s

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Key cartel member with $1 million US bounty on his head is killed, says Mexican government

Story by CNN en Español (CNN) — Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benítez, identified by the United States government as a key member of the “Los Chapitos” criminal organization, died during an operation aimed at capturing him in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the country’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar García Harfuch said Saturday. The

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We’re ‘poker chips’: International Harvard students describe fear after Trump administration moves to revoke their enrollment

By Lauren Kent, Aria Chen, Billy Stockwell and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — International Harvard students say they are experiencing “pure panic” amid the Trump administration’s move to bar foreign enrollment, as students from around the world told CNN they are coming to grips with the possibility of revoked visas, suspended research and being blocked

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