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Month: March 2022

Pentagon shores up its NATO defenses in Europe

By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Herb, CNN With continued worry that Russia’s bloody invasion of Ukraine could spill over into neighboring countries, the Pentagon is putting in place the military infrastructure needed to help run a war in Europe and meet President Joe Biden’s pledge to defend “every inch” of NATO territory, according

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Florida wildfire that has scorched over 34,000 acres endangers community previously hit by Hurricane Michael

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Firefighters on Wednesday welcomed much-needed rain as a wildfire burning in the Florida Panhandle is threatening areas that were battered by Hurricane Michael in 2018, officials said. The Bertha Swamp Road Fire swelled to more than 33,000 acres and was only 20% contained as of the evening, fire officials said. There

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ANÁLISIS | Biden culpa a Putin del aumento de precios de la gasolina, otro de los problemas de los demócratas

olivertapia (CNN) — El futuro político inmediato de Estados Unidos girará en torno a este punto crítico: si los conductores molestos por los precios récord de la gasolina culparán al presidente ruso Vladimir Putin o al presidente estadounidense Joe Biden. Un aumento asombroso en el elevado costo de cargar gasolina desde que Rusia invadió Ucrania

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Russian forces almost destroyed this Ukrainian artist’s work. Now it’s becoming a global symbol of peace

Oscar Holland, CNN Not only is Maria Prymachenko among the 20th century’s great self-taught artists, she is an icon of Ukrainian national identity. Her fantastical paintings, praised during her lifetime by the likes of Pablo Picasso, are now found in some of the country’s most important museums. Her work has also been featured on postage

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Basketball star Brittney Griner is the latest American to be detained in Russia as supporters work desperately to free them

By Travis Caldwell, CNN Brittney Griner, the star basketball player detained in Russia over alleged drug charges, has become the latest of several Americans who have yet to secure their freedom from a country increasingly isolated from the rest of the world. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought forth global condemnation from governments and peoples alike,

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Russia accused of ‘atrocity’ in alleged bombing of maternity and children’s hospital

By Jack Guy, Tim Lister and Olga Voitovych, CNN Russian forces bombed a maternity and children’s hospital in southern Ukraine, authorities there said Wednesday, an attack described by the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as an “atrocity.” The reported attack came despite Russia agreeing to a 12-hour pause in hostilities to allow refugees to evacuate a

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Exclusive: Skin whitening creams containing high levels of mercury continue to be sold on the world’s biggest e-commerce sites, new report finds

By Meera Senthilingam, CNN Skin whitening products containing high levels of mercury continue to be sold on the world’s biggest e-commerce platforms, including websites run by eBay, Amazon and Alibaba, a new report by the Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG) finds. The report, shared exclusively with CNN ahead of publishing, is the third by the

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ANÁLISIS | Estados Unidos podría estar haciendo una apuesta de alto riesgo con Venezuela. Putin es la razón

Alejandra Ramos (CNN) — El reciente viaje de dos funcionarios de alto rango de política exterior de Estados Unidos a Caracas, Venezuela, es una señal de cuánto podría estar cambiando el equilibrio geopolítico a raíz de la invasión de Ucrania por parte de Rusia. El director sénior del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional, Juan Gonzalez, y

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