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By Laura Sharman, Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s prime minister has joined more than 50 of her fellow female legislators to push for more ladies’ toilets in parliament, saying recent increases in women’s representation have led to long queues for the bathroom. Just two cubicles currently serve 73 female members at Tokyo’s male-dominated House

By Simone McCarthy, Rosa de Acosta, Joyce Jiang, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Welkin Lei has been doing some paper-napkin calculations in his spare time. As the 30-year-old from Beijing and his wife consider whether to have a second child, they face a question of resources. Caring for their three-year-old son requires hiring childcare while they’re

By Mauricio Torres, Gonzalo Zegarra, Germán Padinger, Jhasua Razo, CNN (CNN) — In a perpetually changing Latin America, there was only one certainty in the last 25 years: a socialist and oil-rich Venezuela and its constant confrontation with the United States. This year, tensions reached unprecedented levels following a US military buildup in the Caribbean,

James Frater, CNN Edinburgh, Scotland (CNN) — As “Auld Lang Syne” takes its annual spin around the globe on New Year’s Eve, its chorus belted out by revelers young and old, Edinburgh’s Poet Laureate Michael Pedersen says the song’s enduring power lies not in tradition alone, but in its uncanny ability to bind people together.

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Finland has detained a ship and its crew after a critical undersea telecommunication cable connecting the country to Estonia was damaged Wednesday, Finnish authorities said. Finnish police said in a statement that the vessel suspected of causing the damage was found with its anchor chain lowered into the sea

By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Camilla has spoken publicly for the first time about how she had to “fight back” after being assaulted by a stranger on a train when she was a teenager. “When I was a teenager, I was attacked on a train,” Camilla told BBC Radio 4’s “Today”

By Helen Regan, Hira Humayun, Eugenia Yosef and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Several international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), face being barred from working in Gaza from Thursday for failing to comply with Israel’s new restrictions for aid groups operating in the devastated enclave. Israel said Tuesday it will suspend the operations

CNN By Tim Lister, Daria Tarasova-Markina, and Mitchell McCluskey (CNN) — Russia has repeated claims that Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Monday targeting one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residences, with the military offering new comments on the alleged attack. The Russian defense ministry also published video of a soldier standing over some

CNN By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of women lined up for a marathon on Iran’s resort island of Kish in early December wearing matching shirts and leggings with hair tied loosely behind their backs. In a country where ignoring dress codes could land you hefty fines and prison sentences, the runners turned their

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of women lined up for a marathon on Iran’s resort island of Kish in early December wearing matching shirts and leggings with hair tied loosely behind their backs. In a country where ignoring dress codes could land you hefty fines and prison sentences, the runners turned their focus

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday that it was pulling out its remaining forces in Yemen, after Saudi Arabia bombed the war-torn country’s port city of Mukalla following accusations that two ships from the UAE had delivered weapons and combat vehicles to separatist forces. Saudi Arabia accused the UAE,

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Before the horrors of October 7, Aya Shahar never considered leaving her busy life in the bustling metropolis of Tel Aviv and moving south to an agricultural life in a kibbutz near the Gaza border. “It wasn’t the future I planned for myself,” Shahar told CNN. But after Hamas-led

Story by Associated Press Dhaka, Bangladesh (AP) — Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, whose archrivalry with Sheikh Hasina defined the country’s politics for a generation, has died, her political party said in a statement Tuesday. She was 80. She had faced corruption cases she said were politically motivated, but in January 2025, the Supreme

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Xi Jinping, leader of the People’s Republic of China. Personal Birth date: June 15, 1953 Birth place: Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, China (some sources say Beijing) Birth name: Xi Jinping Father: Xi Zhongxun, revolutionary and vice premier Mother: Qi Xin Marriages: Peng Liyuan

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a selected list of commercial airplane crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism. June 14, 1940 – Soviet bombers shoot down the Kaleva, a Finnish commercial plane traveling from Estonia to Finland, killing all nine on board. One passenger was Henry W. Antheil Jr., an American diplomat who

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Khaled Meshaal, former political leader of Hamas. Personal Birth date: 1956 Birth place: Silwad, West Bank Birth name: Khaled Meshaal Father: Imam, name unavailable publicly Mother: Name unavailable publicly Marriage: Name unavailable publicly, (1981-present) Children: Seven Education: Kuwait University, Bachelor of Science

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank. Personal Birth date: January 1, 1956 Birth place: Paris, France Birth name: Christine Madeleine Odette Lallouette Father: Robert Lallouette, a professor of English literature Mother: Nicole Lallouette, a professor of French, Latin and ancient Greek

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the January 2015 terror attacks in Paris. From January 7 to January 9, a total of 17 people were killed in attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a kosher grocery store and the Paris suburb of Montrouge. Three suspects in the attacks were killed

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas leader in Gaza. Personal Birth date: 1962 Death date: July 31, 2024 Birth place: Shati refugee camp, near Gaza City Father: Father was a fisherman Marriage: Amal Haniyeh Children: 13 Education: Islamic University of Gaza, 1987 Religion: Muslim Timeline 1987-1988 – Joins

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Ibrahim al-Jaafari, former prime minister of Iraq. Personal Birth date: 1947 Birth place: Karbala, Iraq Marriage: Married, name unavailable publicly Children: Five Education: Mosul University, M.D., 1974 Religion: Shiite Muslim Timeline 1968 – Joins the Islamic Dawa Party. Al Dawa (formally the Hizb