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Why Israel won’t stop fighting despite the mounting losses

Ivana Kottasová, CNN — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 05:27:01 +0000

(CNN) — Nine Israeli soldiers were killed in a single attack in northern Gaza on Tuesday, an incident that was among the deadliest for Israeli forces since the beginning of their ground operation on October 27. The news sent shockwaves through Israel, where many are still grieving from the October 7 terror attack by Hamas.

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What we know about rape and sexual violence inflicted by Hamas during its terror attack on Israel

Ivana Kottasová, CNN — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:37:09 +0000

Editor’s note: The following story includes graphic material. Audience discretion is advised. (CNN) — Simchat Greyman had to pause several times when describing the evidence of sexual violence he saw when recovering bodies of victims of the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel. One body was so severely brutalized that he and his colleagues

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Milan Kundera, reclusive literary giant and author of ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being,’ dies

Ivana Kottasová, CNN — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 06:25:34 +0000

(CNN) — Milan Kundera, the Czech writer who became one of the 20th century’s most influential novelists but spent much of his life in seclusion, rarely engaging with the public, died in Paris on Tuesday, according to the Moravian Library in Brno. He was 94. “Milan Kundera, a Czech-French author who is among the world’s

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Billionaire explorer and a prominent Pakistani father and son duo are on board the missing sub

Ivana Kottasová, CNN — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 08:30:06 +0000

(CNN) — A billionaire father and son duo, a wealthy explorer and a diver with decades of experience exploring the Titanic are among the five people on board the submersible that has disappeared en route to view the world’s most famous shipwreck. Authorities said the small vessel – roughly the size of a minivan –

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Kyiv marks one year of war with anxiety and a rallying cry from Zelensky

Ivana Kottasová, CNN — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 10:37:00 +0000

(CNN)— One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine believing he’d take Kyiv within days, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky struck a defiant note, insisting that he was “certain” his country would win the war. Responding to a question from CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at a press conference in the capital city, Zelensky said:

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UK government greenlights first new coal mine in three decades

Ivana Kottasová, CNN — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 20:19:59 +0000

(CNN) — The UK has greenlit a controversial plan to open the country’s first new coal mine in three decades, a little more than a year after the nation tried to convince the world to ditch coal at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. Michael Gove, the UK housing and communities secretary, on Wednesday approved

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King Charles III vows to serve ‘with loyalty, respect, and love’ in first address as monarch

Ivana Kottasová, CNN — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 01:17:17 +0000

(CNN)— On the first full day of his reign, King Charles III demonstrated his seriousness in dedicating the rest of his life to public service. Despite losing his mother Queen Elizabeth II the day before, the King leapt into his new duties; he personally greeted many dozens of members of the public, held an audience with

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First UK flight sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda to go ahead after appeal fails

Ivana Kottasová, CNN — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 02:46:16 +0000

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Boris Johnson is facing a make-or-break moment with report due into Partygate’ scandal

Ivana Kottasová, CNN — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:06:23 +0000

(CNN) — It could be a crucial week for Boris Johnson in his battle to stay in power. The British Prime Minister has been under pressure for weeks over alleged summer garden parties and Christmas gatherings held in Downing Street when the rest of the country was under strict Covid-19 lockdowns. A report into the

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World’s largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica

Ivana Kottasová, CNN — Thu, 20 May 2021 11:36:30 +0000

(CNN) — The world’s largest iceberg has calved from Antarctica over the past few days, a giant floating piece of ice close to 80 times the size of Manhattan. The iceberg broke off the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Wednesday. The iceberg is shaped

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