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By Emma Balleste and Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A former Air Canada pilot faces criminal charges for flying tens of thousands of passengers for nearly 17 years with a fake pilot’s license, Canadian police announced Tuesday. Geoffrey Wall was arrested June 1 after investigators say he captained over 900 domestic and international flights from

By Issy Ronald, Hira Humayun, Kathleen Magramo, CNN London (CNN) — Police in Northern Ireland deployed water cannons as anti-immigrant protests entered their second night on Wednesday after a Sudanese man was charged with attempted murder following a brutal knife attack. Video showed a crowd of protesters hurling objects toward police vehicles, and officers responding

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Korean War. Although hostilities ceased in 1953, there has been no formal end to the war. Causes of the Korean War Korea was under Japanese rule before and during World War II, and was divided into two parts after the Japanese surrender. The Soviet

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Boris Johnson, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1964 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Father: Stanley Johnson, environmentalist, writer, former politician Mother: Charlotte Johnson Wahl, painter Marriages: Carrie Symonds

By Jessie Yeung, Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — One Japanese city took no chances after a series of bear sightings this week, closing nearly 100 schools as officials scoured the town, and as attacks took place elsewhere in the country. Utsunomiya City, home to about half a million residents north of Tokyo, recorded its first

By Todd Symons, Kathleen Magramo and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said the US must respond after Iran brought down an Army Apache helicopter, whose crew members were safely rescued. Trump posted on social media Tuesday afternoon that the US military informed him Iran shot down the helicopter, which was patrolling the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Radovan Karadzic, who was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity related to ethnic violence during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Petnjica, Montenegro Father: Vuk Karadzic Mother: Jovanka Karadzic Marriage: Ljiljana

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mohamed ElBaradei, former director general of the IAEA and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 17, 1942 Birth place: Cairo, Egypt Birth name: Mohamed Mostafa ElBaradei Father: Mostafa ElBaradei, an attorney Mother: Aida (Hegazi) ElBaradei Marriage: Aida (Elkachef) ElBaradei Children:

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — “Kenya is not an American colony!” That was the chant echoing through Nairobi and other Kenyan cities last week as furious protesters vented their anger at plans for a US-funded isolation ward for Americans exposed to Ebola abroad. The controversial proposal has sparked fears of Ebola entering a country

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San Suu Kyi Father: Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army. Helped negotiate Burma’s independence

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former South African President Thabo Mbeki. Personal Birth date: June 18, 1942 Birth place: Idutywa, Transkei, South Africa Birth name: Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki Father: Govan Mbeki, a teacher and politician Mother: Epainette (Moerane) Mbeki, a teacher Marriage: Zanele Dlamini Mbeki (1974-present) Children: with

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Personal Birth date: June 21, 1947 Birth place: Hamadan, Iran Father: Muhammad Ali Ebadi, law professor and lawyer Mother: Minu Yamini Marriage: Javad Tavassolian (1975-divorce date unknown) Children: Nargess (female);

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV has described war as a “painful defeat” of negotiations while lamenting that violence and polarization has plunged the world into a “profound” crisis during a historic, peace-focused speech at the Spanish parliament Monday. Leo XIV’s address to politicians in the Cortes Generales, the first by a

By Simone McCarthy, Yoonjung Seo, CNN Beijing/Seoul (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for deepening “strategic coordination and cooperation” with North Korea shortly after receiving a pomp-filled welcome to mark his first visit to the secluded nation in seven years. The two sides should inject “powerful momentum” into their ties, Xi said during a

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines on Monday, killing dozens of people and triggering scenes of panic as buildings collapsed and emergency sirens blared in parts of the archipelago. The quake struck around 07:37 a.m. local time at a depth of about

By Yumi Asada, Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s youngest elected female mayor is making history again – by taking time off to become a first-time mom. Shoko Kawata, the 35-year-old mayor of Yawata city in Kyoto Prefecture, has announced she’ll be taking maternity leave around the coming birth of her child, putting herself at

By Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Keiko Fujimori was 19 years old when she made her international debut at a 1994 event as Peru’s first lady. Dressed in black, the young woman appeared shy and nervous in front of the cameras on the arm of her father, then-President Alberto Fujimori, at the first Summit of

By Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — At least one person was killed and several wounded in central Israel, according to emergency responders, as police said they were investigating the shooting as a suspected terror attack. Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) said a man in his 30s was shot and killed at a gas

By Zahra Ullah and Ana Archen Zelenograd and Khimki, Russia (CNN) — When Elena Vladimirovna woke up around 4 a.m. to the sound of loud buzzing over her Moscow region apartment, she looked out of the window to see multiple drones overhead. The noise quickly faded, and she thought the danger had passed. But then