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A Russian general was killed Friday in a car bombing outside of Moscow, according to Russia’s top criminal investigation agency.The Investigative Committee said that Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, was killed by an explosive device placed in his car in Balashikha.The explosive device was rigged with shrapnel, Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said. The perpetrator of the blast is unclear, but the Kremlin appears to be blaming Ukraine. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova described Moskalik’s killing as a “terror attack.”The attack comes as…

CNN  —  The Magic Circle has readmitted a female magician expelled for tricking her way into the previously all-male institution by disguising herself as a man. “We’re proud to welcome back magician Sophie Lloyd to The Magic Circle,” said the London-based magic society in an Instagram post Thursday. “Over 30 years ago, Sophie took extraordinary steps to pursue her passion — disguising herself as ‘Raymond Lloyd’ to join our then all-male society,” reads the post. “Though she passed her exam and earned her place, she was expelled when her true identity was revealed – on the very day we finally…

CNN  —  When American teenager Kerri Cunningham was dragged by her parents to Europe in the summer of 1993, she was less than impressed. Dragged might sound like dramatic wording, but that’s how 14-year-old Kerri saw it at the time. Kerri reacted to the vacation plans “from the teenage point of view of ‘Oh, it’s taking away from my summer break, and I want to hang out with my friends.’” Leaving her beachside hometown in the Hamptons, in New York, was the last thing she wanted. “I was dreading the trip,” Kerri tells CNN Travel today. Looking back today, Kerri…

CNN  —  Some US allies are highly alarmed by the framework the Trump administration is pushing to end the Ukraine war and Europeans are bracing for the outcome of another round of high-level talks between the US and Russia, multiple diplomatic sources told CNN. The administration’s framework, presented in Paris last week, proposes significant sacrifices from Kyiv, including US recognition of Crimea as Russian territory and Ukraine ceding large swaths of territory to Russia, according to an official familiar. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday called “to freeze the territorial lines at some level close to where they are today.”…

Britain could gain £400 billion ($533 billion) from artificial intelligence-driven economic growth if it trained its workforce, Google has said, after pilot programs in the country showed that workers could save more than 120 hours a year by using AI in administrative tasks. Simple steps, such as giving workers permission to use AI and a few hours of training to get them started, could help double the adoption of the new technology and in turn boost economic growth, Google said in a report on its pilot programs, published Friday. The US tech giant, which developed the Gemini AI chatbot, said…

Top State Department official Michael Anton will lead the US technical team working to negotiate a new Iran nuclear deal, according to State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce. Anton, the State Department’s head of policy planning, will head the team of roughly 12 working level experts from various agencies of the US government, a source familiar told CNN. Bruce would not go into details about how Anton was chosen for the role or who else is on the technical team. The technical talks are expected to be held Saturday in Oman. This team will discuss more granular details about a path…

CNN  —  Vatican officials are asking visitors not to take selfies with the late Pope Francis as he lies in state inside St. Peter’s Basilica, telling them to put their phones away as they passed by the coffin. Almost 130,000 people have paid their respects to the pontiff, many queuing for hours to glimpse him lying in an open coffin, the Vatican said in a statement. And while many bowed their heads in reflection and prayer, others held their mobile phones aloft, trying to take photos of Francis at rest, CNN footage filmed on Wednesday inside the basilica showed. Videos…

CNN  —  President Donald Trump said high tariffs could be here to stay and he’d declare “total victory” if import taxes were as high as 50% a year from now, according to an interview with Time released Friday. Trump has placed historic tariffs on a wide variety of imports, including a 10% tariff on virtually everything coming into the United States. He has also imposed 25% tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos and many items from Mexico and Canada. But by far the most significant trade action is a tariff of at least 145% on most Chinese goods imported to the…

Editor’s Note: The podcast CNN 5 Good Things shares the bright side of life from all over the globe. You can listen to episodes here. CNN  —  When she was 3 weeks old, the left side of Addison McArthur’s heart stopped functioning, and she was put on the top of British Columbia’s transplant waiting list. Now, the Vancouver native just celebrated her 14th birthday in the middle of National Donate Life Month, which aims to raise awareness about organ, eye and tissue donation. As Addison tells the story, the doctors said to her parents she’s “probably the sickest baby in…

CNN  —  A senior Russian general has died in a car bombing in the Russian city of Balashikha on Friday, according to authorities, with news of the blast breaking just before US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Witkoff was received by Putin at the Kremlin early on Friday afternoon, the Russian state news agency Tass reported, saying the US envoy has also met with senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev. This is Witkoff’s fourth trip to Russia since Trump came back into the office in January, and the second one this…