(CNN)An avalanche in the Dolomite Alps of Italy killed a 23-year-old man, the Alpine Rescue team of the Guardia di Finanza confirmed Saturday. The victim — an expert skier — was skiing with his brothers on the peak above the Giussani refuge when the avalanche broke off in the area of Tofana di Rozes, dragging

The development makes Peskov the latest of a number of senior Russian political figures to contract Covid-19, raising concerns about its spread throughout the Kremlin. Putin himself has largely been working from a residence in the Moscow region via videoconferencing, with only a few in-person meetings. Peskov told the TASS news agency later on Tuesday

Milan, Italy (CNN)Plot 87 occupies a barren corner of Milan’s austere main cemetery. Here, the soil has been freshly turned to make new graves, 120 in all, the morning we visited. Another body was to be buried that afternoon. A simple, white plastic cross marks each grave. Taped to each cross is a piece of

(CNN)Hungary has banned people from legally changing gender, in a move rights groups said could lead to further intolerance and discrimination against the LGBTQ community in the country. The parliament voted Tuesday to stop transgender and intersex people from changing their gender on identity documents. Lawmakers voted — with 134 votes in favor, 56 votes

Moscow (CNN)Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan provided President Vladimir Putin with his first real test as a national leader in 1999, when militants in Chechnya crossed the border and launched a war that forged his image as a man of action. More than two decades later, the remote mountainous region presents the Russian President with

(CNN)Russia hit a grim Covid-19 milestone this week: According to Johns Hopkins University, the country now ranks second in the world for confirmed coronavirus cases. The Russian capital has been hardest hit. Of Russia’s total of 272,043 confirmed cases, around half — 138,969 — are in Moscow, according to the country’s coronavirus headquarters. But the

Moscow (CNN)Dozens of babies born to Ukrainian surrogate mothers are trapped in lockdown and unable to join their adoptive parents abroad as the country’s borders remain closed, a prominent Ukrainian lawmaker said Thursday. Lyudmila Denisova, the Ukrainian parliament’s human rights ombudsman, said in a briefing on Thursday that she is working with the country’s Foreign

Londra (CNN) Sei persone su dieci LGBTI in Europa evitano di tenersi per mano in pubblico per paura della discriminazione, secondo un importante sondaggio dell'UE che mette a nudo le disuguaglianze quotidiane affrontate da persone lesbiche, gay, bisessuali, transessuali e intersessuali e la mancanza di progressi compiuti nel perseguirla. Lo studio, che ha intervistato 140,

Di Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Aggiornato 1418 GMT (2218 HKT) Maggio 01, 2020 Chatta con noi in Facebook Messenger. Scopri cosa sta succedendo nel mondo mentre si svolge. Stiamo pubblicando saggi personali dello staff globale della CNN mentre vivono e copri la storia di Covid – 14. Jomana Karadsheh è una corrispondente internazionale con sede a

(CNN) Un incendio in un ospedale per curare le vittime di coronavirus ha causato la morte di cinque pazienti e ha costretto l'evacuazione di 150 persone nella città russa di San Pietroburgo martedì, testando ulteriormente la risposta del governo russo alla Covid – 19 una pandemia in mezzo a una crescente crisi che ha raggiunto