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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations. Personal Birth date: June 13,1944 Birth place: Chunchongbuk-do Umsong, Republic of Korea Birth name: Ban Ki-moon Parents: Names unavailable publicly Marriage: Yoo Soon-taek (1971-present) Children: Hyun-hee, Woo-hyun and Seon-yong Education: Seoul National University, B.A.,

By Ellie Stubbs, Lou Robinson, Sophie Tanno, Yukari Schrickel, Annette Choi, Henrik Pettersson, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Five people have finally emerged from a remote cave in Laos after a daring and complex rescue mission. They had been trapped there for more than a week. Two others remain unaccounted for and rescuers say they

CNN By Billy Stockwell, Sophie Tanno, Will Ripley, Rebecca Wright, Angie Puranasamriddhi, Isaac Tellechea, June Jeong, Kara Fox, Catherine Nicholls Laos (CNN) – Four more men have escaped from a flooded cave in Laos after being trapped there for 10 days, unexpectedly navigating their way through the underground tunnels themselves and surprising rescue divers who

CNN By Kocha Olarn, Kara Fox, Isaac Yee, Bex Wright, Sophie Tanno, Will Ripley, Helen Regan,and Angie Puranasamriddhi Laos (CNN) – The rescue operation to bring the remaining four men out of a cave in Laos has been suspended until tomorrow, according to officials on the ground. One man was safely brought to the surface

By Billy Stockwell, Sophie Tanno, Will Ripley, Rebecca Wright, Angie Puranasamriddhi, Isaac Tellechea, June Jeong, Kara Fox, Catherine Nicholls Laos (CNN) – Four more men have escaped from a flooded cave in Laos after being trapped there for 10 days, unexpectedly navigating their way through the underground tunnels themselves and surprising rescue divers who were

By Nimi Princewill, Larry Madowo, Lauren Kent, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Kenya’s government is pushing ahead with plans to establish an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility at a military installation in partnership with the United States after a Kenyan high court temporarily barred the arrangement earlier this week. The facility is for Americans potentially

By CNN Staff, CNN (CNN) — As negotiations between the United States and Iran edge toward a possible agreement, Tehran is increasingly signaling that any return to war would look very different from the last. US officials said Thursday that a tentative agreement had been reached in talks between Tehran and Washington and was awaiting

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — After US President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping earlier this month, much focus has been put on Washington’s support for Taiwan and US arms sales to its government. On the first day of those talks Xi delivered a stark warning to his US counterpart – that

By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — When gangs set fire to the FIFA Goal Center in Haiti’s capital this year, it wasn’t just a key sports ground that went up in flames. It was the center of Haitian youth sports, a training ground for talent and home to the dreams held by young athletes in

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — An explosive-laden Russian drone hit an apartment building in Romania early Friday, injuring two people, its government said, as Moscow’s forces attacked a nearby Ukrainian port. The strike drew swift condemnation from the European Union and NATO, with US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker calling the strike a “reckless

Story by Reuters (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called for a “new partnership” with ⁠the United States to “help make America great again,” in a speech delivered in New York on Thursday. Carney said that while the world is undergoing a “rupture” as the US transforms its commercial relationships, working closely with Canada

By Larry Madowo, Lauren Kent, Nimi Princewill, CNN Nairobi (CNN) — The plan to launch this week a health facility in Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus has received widespread criticism – from both Kenyan doctors and US officials working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CNN By Larry Madowo, Lauren Kent, Nimi Princewill, CNN Nairobi (CNN) — The plan to launch this week a health facility in Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus has received widespread criticism – from both Kenyan doctors and US officials working at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

By Dana Karni and Tal Shalev (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he has directed Israel’s military to take over 70% of Gaza’s territory. During an interview at a conference in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu said that Israel is “tightening” its grip on Hamas. “We are now in 60% of

CNN, KENGKAD BONGKAWONG, MTK COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTER, FACEBOOK, ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEERS FOR LAO PEOPLE, IG , @MIKKOPAASI By Laura Sharman, Kocha Olarn, June Jeong, Angie Puranasamriddhi, CNN Hope has returned for the five trapped men deep inside a flooded Laos cave. For more than a week, they huddled together above the murky waters in

By Laura Sharman, Kocha Olarn, June Jeong, Angie Puranasamriddhi, CNN Hope has returned for the five trapped men deep inside a flooded Laos cave. For more than a week, they huddled together above the murky waters in the pitch black, more than 260 meters from the cave’s entrance, wondering if anyone would ever find them.

By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese lawyer who fatally poisoned the billionaire gaming tycoon who helped produce the Netflix sci-fi hit “3 Body Problem” has been executed, according to Chinese state media. Xu Yao killed his boss Lin Qi in 2020 by gifting him what he said were probiotic pills, but

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to state-affiliated media in the Southeast Asian country. The deaths of two Australian teenagers, a British woman, an American man

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A suspected former member of a German left-wing militant group who was once considered one of Europe’s most wanted women has been sentenced to 13 years behind bars for crimes she committed while a fugitive. The regional court in Verden, Lower Saxony, found Daniela Klette, 67, guilty of multiple

By Kocha Olarn, Sophie Tanno, Chris Lau, Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Specialist cave divers scrambling to rescue a group of villagers trapped in a flooded cave in a remote part of Laos are cautiously optimistic that they may be able to start bringing out the stranded men soon. Five of the seven missing villagers