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Tensions between Ukraine and Russia are rippling into the sports world as Ukraine's sports minister said its athletes should stay away from their Russian rivals at the Winter Olympics. CNN's Selina Wang speaks to Lydia Gunko, Ukraine's first female bobsledder, about what the conflict means for her and other athletes.

The number of people found frozen to death in a small Turkish town near the border with Greece has risen to 19, officials said Thursday, a week after a rare winter storm blanketed both countries in snow.

A week ago, the White House claimed Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "imminent." But it hasn't happened yet, and the clock is ticking.

The smell of jet fuel fills the air as an F/A-18 Super Hornet prepares for take-off. Its engines are idle and it's already unbearably loud on the flight deck of the USS Harry S Truman.

When China's leader Xi Jinping opens the Beijing Olympics on Friday he will be flanked by leaders who are unlikely to quell the chorus of concerns the Games are bolstering an authoritarian regime.

A Belgian Olympian has been released from isolation in Beijing, following an emotional plea for help about her treatment ahead of the Winter Games.

Afghanistan's public universities opened on Wednesday with female students allowed back on campus for the first time since the Taliban took over the country last year.

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Donald Trump is still waging his hopeless fight to win the last White House race. But his possible heir apparent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, already seems to be trying to triumph in the next one.

Amid tensions with Russia, CNN goes on board one of the US Navy's flagship aircraft carriers while it conducts military drills with other NATO partners in the Mediterranean.

With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics fast approaching, the world's first self-driving high-speed train is already in action, transporting athletes and officials between the two main cities hosting the games on the historic Beijing-Zhangjiakou intercity railway.

New Zealand has announced it will begin reopening to the world, signaling an end to nearly two years of tough border rules that have separated families and shut out almost all foreigners.

Four men have been arrested for allegedly being part of a drug trafficking organization that sold deadly fentanyl-laced heroin to actor and producer Michael K. Williams, according to a press release from the United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York.

The Cleveland Browns on Wednesday denied claims made by former head coach Hue Jackson that he was rewarded monetarily for losing games in order to get a higher pick in the NFL Draft.

What's the difference between flying on a small plane versus a large one, besides the price?

President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 US troops to Poland, Germany and Romania to bolster NATO countries in Eastern Europe.

• US troops to deploy to Eastern Europe amid Ukraine crisis

A mammoth storm dropping significant snowfall Wednesday threatens to paralyze parts of the Midwest and South with ice, snow, dangerously cold temperatures and power outages for days.

Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, a Democrat who is a member of the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack, accused former President Donald Trump of tampering with witnesses by floating the possibility of pardoning those who took part in the insurrection.

San Francisco is formally apologizing to its Chinese residents for discriminatory actions taken during the city's storied history.

Three hostile drones were intercepted over the United Arab Emirates at dawn on Wednesday, the country's defense ministry said.

After years of Facebook's business experiencing seemingly unstoppable growth fueled by the strength of its advertising business, the company posted a rare profit decline Wednesday.

CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said Wednesday that he is resigning, effective immediately.

An intelligence panel investigating the cause of a spate of mysterious incidents that have struck dozens of US officials across the globe has said that some of the episodes could "plausibly" have been caused by "pulsed electromagnetic energy" emitted by an external source, according to an executive summary of the panel's findings released Wednesday.

A German teenager says he found a vulnerability in an app installed in some Teslas, which allowed him the ability to unlock doors, flash headlights and blast music. The hack highlights the relative lack of oversight in apps that some drivers can download to their cars.

Two people with leukemia achieved remission over a decade after being infused with CAR-T cells, immune cells that had been modified in a lab, according to a new study. The findings suggest that this approach could be a long-term therapy for leukemia -- and some researchers describe it as a possible cure.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on the National Security Council and emerged as a star witness against then-President Donald Trump during the 2019 Ukraine impeachment, is suing Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and former Trump White House staffers, alleging they conspired against him.

President Joe Biden has formally approved additional US military deployments to Eastern Europe, with US troops deploying soon to Poland, Germany and Romania.

President of CNN Worldwide Jeff Zucker has resigned Wednesday for not disclosing a personal relationship with another CNN employee. CNN's Brian Stelter reports.

When Dean Heller served in the Senate, he was known, primarily, as a pragmatic moderate -- a fitting political profile for someone representing a swing state like Nevada.

A member of the House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump is tampering with witnesses by vowing to pardon those involved in the riots if reelected in 2024.

President Joe Biden has formally approved additional US military deployments to eastern Europe, and the Pentagon is expected to announce Wednesday morning that the troops will deploy "in the coming days," US officials told CNN.

The press conference that followed Russian President Vladimir Putin's five-hour meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban Tuesday was long on rhetoric but short on new facts: The Kremlin leader aired many of his longstanding grievances, but declined to point the way to an exit from the tense international standoff over Ukraine.

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a proposal to designate natural gas and nuclear power "sustainable" sources of energy, after more than a year of delays and horse-trading between member states.

I can't think of a more fitting start to this story than to point out it's the same one I wrote last year, with some dates changed to reflect two years into the pandemic instead of one.

Eagle-eyed viewers watching the 2022 Beijing Games will once again notice a now familiar acronym -- ROC, which stands for the Russian Olympic Committee.

The restaurant industry will likely never return to its pre-pandemic state, according to the National Restaurant Association.

The Duchess of Cambridge has become the official patron of English rugby, a role previously held by her brother-in-law, Prince Harry.

When a trailer for the new Hulu series "Pam & Tommy" dropped in November, screenshots of Lily James' mesmerizing transformation into the "Baywatch" icon Pamela Anderson immediately went viral.

• See striking difference between Russia and Ukraine militaries

This year, Black History Month commemorations will unfold alongside efforts in numerous states to ban the teaching of its content. Efforts that purport to bar the teaching of "Critical Race Theory" have evolved into a full-scale assault, with Republican lawmakers unleashing attacks on Black History under the guise of protecting White children from "discomfort."

ABC News suspended "The View" host Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks on Tuesday night, one day after she drew significant criticism for falsely declaring that the Holocaust was "not about race."

Scottish football club Raith Rovers is facing outrage from fans and from within its own organization for signing striker David Goodwillie, who in 2017 was ruled in a civil case to have raped a woman along with a former teammate.

As storms buffet the UK, footage has emerged of a pilot pulling off a particularly challenging landing -- but not before the plane appeared to nearly topple over and scrape its tail on the runway.

When Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes leaders from around the world for the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on Friday, it will be his first time meeting foreign counterparts face-to-face in more than 400 days. And at the top of his guest list is Russia's Vladimir Putin.

One word can describe how Americans are feeling about the way things are going: bad. That's the finding of a new Gallup poll out Wednesday that measures the state of the nation, and it's what a lot of other data tells us as well.