Chinese climbers stuck on cliff for more than an hour due to overcrowding (www.cnn.com)
Russia pounds Ukraine with biggest airstrikes in weeks (www.cnn.com)
Russia carried out a “massive” missile attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight into Wednesday, according to local authorities, in the biggest aerial onslaught by Russian forces for weeks....
A high-stakes report looms from the Biden administration on whether Israel violated international law (www.cnn.com)
Federal judge indefinitely postpones Trump classified documents trial | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Federal judge blasts threat by Alabama to prosecute groups aiding out-of-state abortions | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Newly unsealed grand jury testimony from Trump’s valet helps explain FBI’s desire to search Mar-a-Lago | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Hope Hicks’ testimony was a nightmare for Trump (www.cnn.com)
It’s a cliché to say that electricity surged through a courtroom — but it did when Hope Hicks took the stand Friday morning for her testimony in the election interference trial of former President Donald Trump....
China’s Xi is visiting Europe for the first time in five years – his goodwill tour will be an uphill struggle (www.cnn.com)
When Xi Jinping arrived in Italy for a state visit in 2019, he was given a lavish welcome, with private tours of Roman landmarks and a dinner serenaded by opera singer Andrea Bocelli, topped with a crowning flourish – Italy’s decision to join Xi’s signature Belt and Road infrastructure initiative....
Young Democrats face Gaza blowback as they try to mobilize students for Biden (www.cnn.com)
Trump Media’s accounting firm charged with ‘massive fraud’ | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Saudi women’s rights activist sentenced to 11 years in jail, rights groups say (www.cnn.com)
Human rights groups are calling for the release of a Saudi woman, who they say has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for supporting women’s rights and for the way she dressed....
Trump Media: Donald Trump just got another $1.8 billion worth of stock | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Biden unveils $3 billion for nationwide lead pipe replacement (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden announced Thursday $3 billion toward identifying and replacing the nation’s unsafe lead pipes, a long-sought move to improve public health and clean drinking water that will be paid for by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law....
Russian forces are operating at same base as US troops in Niger (www.cnn.com)
Russian and US troops have been operating out of the same military base in Niger for at least several weeks, a US defense official and another source familiar with the matter told CNN, putting the two militaries in close proximity to each other at a time of heightened tensions over the war in Ukraine and as the country’s...
Israeli airstrike on Rafah refugee camp in Gaza kills boy, 4, and his sister, 2 (www.cnn.com)
An Israeli airstrike on Al-Shaboura refugee camp in southern Gaza’s Rafah city late Tuesday killed two young children and injured several other people, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza and the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah....