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(CNN) — A massive Russian attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure left more than 600,000 people without power early Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, hours after warning his country had received no advance notice from Kyiv’s partners of a previous deadly round of strikes.

(CNN) — President Donald Trump claimed early Wednesday that “massive oil, gas and mineral exploitation is getting ready to begin” in Greenland, without providing further detail about the operation. “There are experts that are saying that the amount of easily available oil is far greater than that of almost any land, anywhere in the world,” he wrote on Truth Social just after midnight.

Bangkok/Hong Kong (CNN) — Southeast Asia’s multi-purpose app Grab will work with OpenAI to boost the AI skills of its drivers, sellers and other providers in Thailand, the Singapore-based company announced on Wednesday. The joint program plans to train 3,000 Grab gig workers across Thailand to tap into new sources of income through a series of practical AI workshops. Participants will also receive three months of free ChatGPT Plus access. “Giving accessibility is just one thing.

(CNN) — The president of the European Central Bank played down speculation about intervention in France’s ballooning budget crisis on Wednesday. Asked whether there are plans for the ECB to step in, Christine Lagarde said the solution to the precarious financial state of the European Union’s second-largest economy would be domestic.

(CNN) — The Trump administration must allow CNN, MS NOW, and Politico to access the White House while their lawsuit over the president’s press ban plays out, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. US District Judge Tim Kelly said that President Donald Trump’s press ban likely violated the First Amendment, expanding upon his previous legal rationale for ordering that the three outlets be allowed access to the White House.

(CNN) — It started with a stream of bubbles rising to the surface of the Baltic Sea. Seven months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, explosions burst through two Nord Stream gas pipelines – Russia’s controversial gas highway into Europe – in the waters between Sweden and Poland. Investigators from several countries raced to determine who was responsible and fingers were immediately pointed at Russia.

(CNN) — One Republican tried to put distance between herself and President Donald Trump on trade and the Iran war. Another focused her criticism on Trump’s diesel deal with Russia. And a third tried to turn one of the GOP’s biggest political liabilities against their Democratic rival.

(CNN) — As President Donald Trump and his administration have ratcheted up pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries, citing harm to American consumers, they have remained silent on recent Russian strikes on US businesses in Ukraine. Russia has escalated its attacks on facilities tied to American corporations – and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine writ large – over the past several months.

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