Category Archives: World News
Queen falls ill, cancels travel plans
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Dec 21, 2016
Sources: Russia tests anti-satellite weapon
By Jim Sciutto, Ryan Browne and Barbara Starr CNN Russia has recently tested what is believed to be an anti-satellite weapon, US sources with knowledge of the test told CNN. The US tracked the weapon ...
Dec 21, 2016
‘Everybody just started running’
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Dec 20, 2016
Obama: I told Putin to cut it out on hacking
President Obama says he confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the hacking of the 2016 presidential election. [van id=”politics/2016/12/16/obama-putin-cut-it-out-russia-hack-sot.c...
Dec 20, 2016
Berlin Christmas market: 12 dead, 48 hospitalized in truck crash
By Darran Simon, Ralph Ellis and Frederik Pleitgen CNN A tractor trailer barreled into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin on Monday night, killing 12 people and injuring 48 others. Witnesses said sh...
Dec 19, 2016
Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey Shot Down in Cold Blood
A Russian official says the country’s ambassador to Turkey has died after being shot by a gunman in Ankara. A foreign ministry spokeswoman made the announcement in a live televised statement. Ru...
Dec 19, 2016
McCain: Russian interference could ‘destroy democracy’
Sen. John McCain tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that Russian election-related hacks threaten to “destroy democracy.”[van id=”politics/2016/12/18/sotu-mccain-interference.cnn”]
Dec 19, 2016
How long will Trump’s Russian honeymoon last?
By Nic RobertsonCNNIn the 25 years since the fall of the Soviet Union, the US-Russia relationship has waxed and waned.With incoming US president-elect Donald Trump vowing to once again reset diplomati...
Dec 19, 2016
China Warship Seizes American Underwater Drone
Tensions in the South China Sea just got amped up after a Chinese warship seized an underwater drone being used by an American oceanographic vessel. The incident took place Thursday near Subic Bay off...
Dec 16, 2016
China installs weapons on contested South China Sea islands, report says
By Katie Hunt CNN New satellite imagery indicates that China has installed weapon systems on all seven artificial islands it has built in the contested waters of the South China Sea, a move that’...
Dec 15, 2016