Russian police have detained more than 1,700 people at anti-war protests across dozens of cities as thousands took to the streets on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin sent troops to invade Ukraine.
Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden lauds "uniquely accomplished" Supreme Court candidate Ketanji Brown Jackson as he nominates her to be the first Black woman to serve on the court.
Romania's capital is buried in smoke from burned trash that comes from all over Europe. The dubious business is being investigated. Prosecutors and activists are sounding the alarm about organized crime structures.
President Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson thanked her former mentor, Justice Stephen Breyer, in her remarks from the White House.
People participate in the annual Lunar New Year parade in New York's Chinatown to support the Asian-American community amid widespread discrimination and violence against Asian Americans in the city.
The family's home in Kyiv is one of many civilian sites bombed by Russia over the last 24 hours, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reports Reuters.
'Cyrano' director Joe Wright on star Peter Dinklage, and Andy Garcia on his complicated new film 'Big Gold Brick.' David Daniel reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin calls on the Ukrainian army to overthrow the country's leadership which he describes as "a gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis". Addressing the Ukrainian military in a televised address, he urges them to "take power." "It seems that it will be easier for us to agree with you than this gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis," he says.
Igor Konashenkov, spokesperson for the Russian Defence Ministry, says that Russia conducted a landing operation near Hostomel airfield on the outskirts of Kyiv, blockading the Ukrainian capital from the west. According to Konashenkov "over 200 nationalists from Ukraine's special units were eliminated during the operation.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg opens an emergency summit by video conference on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Journalist Terrell Jermaine Starr is on the ground in Kyiv, Ukraine, speaking with CNN alongside a civilian who has taken up arms to defend the capital against Russian forces.
CNN's Jessica Schneider profiles Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's nominee to join the Supreme Court.
