(CNN)Secretly shot video tells the story of an alleged spy ring at work in Bulgaria's capital. A woman in a white jacket arrives at the Russian embassy in Sofia; she is seen in animated conversation with someone unidentified. Inside a government office, a surveillance camera catches a man counting money at his desk, apparently the reward for his espionage. And in an intercepted phone call, the alleged leader of the group is heard telling an accomplice how his father cried when Stalin died. Then they talk money.The recordings, made by Bulgarian investigators, were released on Friday as...…(CNN)Secretly shot video tells the story of an alleged spy ring at work in Bulgaria's capital. A woman in a white jacket arrives at the Russian embassy in Sofia; she is seen in animated conversation with someone unidentified. Inside a government office, a surveillance camera catches a man counting money at his desk, apparently the reward for his espionage. And in an intercepted phone call, the alleged leader of the group is heard telling an accomplice how his father cried when Stalin died. Then they talk money.The recordings, made by Bulgarian investigators, were released on Friday as...WW…

By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Secretly shot video tells the story of an alleged spy ring at work in Bulgaria’s capital.A woman in a white jacket arrives at the Russian embassy in Sofia; she is seen in animated conversation with someone unidentified. Inside a government office, a surveillance camera catches a man counting money at his desk, apparently the reward for his espionage. And in an intercepted phone call, the alleged leader of the group is heard telling an accomplice how his father cried when Stalin died. Then they talk money.The recordings, made by Bulgarian...…By and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Secretly shot video tells the story of an alleged spy ring at work in Bulgaria’s capital.A woman in a white jacket arrives at the Russian embassy in Sofia; she is seen in animated conversation with someone unidentified. Inside a government office, a surveillance camera catches a man counting money at his desk, apparently the reward for his espionage. And in an intercepted phone call, the alleged leader of the group is heard telling an accomplice how his father cried when Stalin died. Then they talk money.The recordings, made by Bulgarian...WW…

Nina dos Santos, Antonia Mortensen and Susanne Gargiulo, CNN • Published 13th February 2021Up next(CNN) — Denmark's business leaders want their country to blaze a trail with Covid passports.Related contentDenmark hopes to have a vaccine passport scheme in place by summer.Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty ImagesRelated contentIBM's Digital Health Pass app creates an online vaccine credential that can be stored in a mobile wallet.IBMRelated contentBusiness officials say a Covid passport could allow Denmark to have a "summer of joy."MICHAEL DROST-HANSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty...…Nina dos Santos, Antonia Mortensen and Susanne Gargiulo, CNN • Published 13th February 2021Up next(CNN) — Denmark's business leaders want their country to blaze a trail with Covid passports.Related contentDenmark hopes to have a vaccine passport scheme in place by summer.Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty ImagesRelated contentIBM's Digital Health Pass app creates an online vaccine credential that can be stored in a mobile wallet.IBMRelated contentBusiness officials say a Covid passport could allow Denmark to have a "summer of joy."MICHAEL DROST-HANSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty...WW…

London (CNN Business)A cataclysmic blast in Beirut, Lebanon's capital, is poised to send an economy already deep in crisis hurtling toward a dangerous unknown.On Tuesday, a massive explosion at the city's port left and 5,000 injured. The number of deaths is expected to climb as search-and-rescue efforts continue.The blast, which also leveled huge swaths of Beirut and displaced 300,000 people, couldn't come at a worse moment.In the past year, a breakdown in the country's banking system and skyrocketing inflation had triggered mass protests. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the World...…London (CNN Business)A cataclysmic blast in Beirut, Lebanon's capital, is poised to send an economy already deep in crisis hurtling toward a dangerous unknown.On Tuesday, a massive explosion at the city's port left and 5,000 injured. The number of deaths is expected to climb as search-and-rescue efforts continue.The blast, which also leveled huge swaths of Beirut and displaced 300,000 people, couldn't come at a worse moment.In the past year, a breakdown in the country's banking system and skyrocketing inflation had triggered mass protests. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, the World...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — When Republican lawmakers this weeka plan to subpoena a former Ukrainian official in their investigations into the energy firm that hired former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, they said it was to allow more time for senators to receive additional briefings.But a Ukrainian magazine editor has told CNN that the target of the subpoena, Andrii Telizhenko, once offered him money to lobby US senators on behalf of pro-Russian media outlets.A former Ukrainian diplomat, Telizhenko is an ally of Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and has been an...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — When Republican lawmakers this weeka plan to subpoena a former Ukrainian official in their investigations into the energy firm that hired former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, they said it was to allow more time for senators to receive additional briefings.But a Ukrainian magazine editor has told CNN that the target of the subpoena, Andrii Telizhenko, once offered him money to lobby US senators on behalf of pro-Russian media outlets.A former Ukrainian diplomat, Telizhenko is an ally of Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and has been an...WW…