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[ad_1] London CNN Business  —  The first images of banknotes featuring Britain’s King Charles III were unveiled on Tuesday by the Bank of England. Charles’ portrait will appear on English notes of £5, £10, £20 and £50. Meanwhile, the rest of the design will remain the same as the current …

[ad_1] A long-exposure photo shows a view of a road in Kyiv during a power outage on Monday. (Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Across Ukraine, power engineers are engaged in their daily battle to restore electricity to homes and public buildings after Russian missile and drone attacks — but they are also …

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attending a meeting in Minsk, Belarus, on December 19. (Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik/Pool/Reuters) At the end of a visit to Minsk, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia and Belarus are working closely to mitigate the effect of western sanctions against both countries. Speaking at …

[ad_1] London CNN  —  The UK’s controversial policy to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed lawful by the country’s High Court on Monday. A group of NGOs, asylum seekers and a civil service trade union had questioned the legality of the scheme, which would see asylum seekers deemed to …

[ad_1] Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  At least two people were hurt and key infrastructure has been damaged in a Russian drone assault on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the latest attempt by Moscow to ravage Ukraine’s power supplies. Explosions and air raid sirens were heard around the city early Monday, with …

[ad_1] CNN  —  President Joe Biden will announce Monday morning that former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III will serve as the US envoy to Northern Ireland, according to a source with knowledge. CNN reported last week that Kennedy would be named to the post, which was has been vacant since …

[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference on June 16. (Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP/Getty Images) Ukraine is criticizing FIFA for refusing to show a video message from President Volodymyr Zelensky in Qatar’s Lusail Stadium ahead of the World Cup final Sunday.  The video, which was recorded in English, was …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Lionel Messi’s wait for World Cup glory is finally over after Argentina beat France in a dramatic penalty shootout on Sunday. It was a final for the ages, with momentum swinging both ways throughout a pulsating 120 minutes before Gonzalo Montiel scored the winning penalty after the …

[ad_1] Volunteers train at a “Russian University of Special Forces” center in Chechnya, Russia, on December 14. (AFP/Getty Images) Moscow has begun a new campaign to encourage Russians to enlist in the armed forces and fight in Ukraine, despite the Kremlin having previously denied needing more recruits.  In an attempt …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Croatia beat Morocco 2-1 in the third-place playoff on Saturday as the African side’s historic 2022 World Cup ended in defeat. It took Croatia just seven minutes to open the scoring through a header from Joško Gvardiol, before Achraf Dari equalized two minutes later. In an open …