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[ad_1] CNN  —  Hopes rose on Friday for a potential prisoner exchange between the US and Russia that could free two detained Americans, after a top Russian official said he foresaw the swap talks one day becoming “a concrete agreement.” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that Russia hoped …

[ad_1] CNN  —  American basketball star Brittney Griner has been transferred to a penal colony in Yavas, in the western Russian region of Mordovia, her lawyers said Thursday, ending days of speculation over her whereabouts. Her lawyers, Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, thanked everyone who has reached out in support. …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Two of the four University of Idaho students who were killed on Sunday were last seen alive ordering at a late-night food truck in Moscow, Idaho, at about 1:41 a.m., the food truck’s live Twitch stream shows. In the video, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves order $10 …

[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN  —  When world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, issued a joint statement condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine, a familiar sentence stood out from the 1,186-page document. “Today’s era must not be of war,” it said, echoing what Indian Prime Minister Narendra …

[ad_1] CNN  —  More questions than answers continue to plague the Moscow, Idaho, community after the fatal stabbing of four University of Idaho students – and police said they cannot assure the community is safe. Moscow Police Chief James Fry gave an update Wednesday, saying two additional roommates were in …

[ad_1] Bali, Indonesia CNN  —  The leaders of Poland and NATO said the missile that killed two people in Polish territory on Tuesday was likely fired by Ukrainian forces defending their country against a barrage of Russian strikes, and that the incident appeared to be an accident. The blast occurred …

[ad_1] Bali, Indonesia CNN  —  Russia’s international isolation grew Wednesday, as world leaders sought to gain unanimous support in condemning its war in Ukraine that has killed thousands of people and roiled the global economy. At the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, scrutiny fell on China and India …

[ad_1] Bali, Indonesia CNN  —  President Joe Biden capped off a consequential week of meetings with his foreign counterparts abroad – in which discussions centered on Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, climate change’s existential threat to the Earth and a pandemic that has unleashed food, energy and economic crises across …

[ad_1] Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  Russia has launched its biggest wave of missile attacks on Ukrainian cities in more than a month, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky proposed a peace plan in front of world leaders at the G20 summit in Indonesia. Air raid sirens sounded out across Ukraine …

[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion …