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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The optics of a major oil-producing country organizing the world’s most important climate conference, and appointing an oil company CEO to lead it, are not lost on anyone – including, it seems, the hosts: the United Arab Emirates. The country has embarked on a major PR campaign to boost

By Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — For the first time in decades, a nuclear capable US Navy ballistic missile submarine has made a port call in South Korea, in a move that comes just days after North Korea test-fired what it said was a solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the Philippine government to block an investigation by prosecutors into former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs.” ICC Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut said the dismissal by the Hague-based court means the Philippines has exhausted its options

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A mystery object that washed ashore on Australia’s western coast sparking a flurry of local excitement and speculation over its origin is most likely space junk, police said Tuesday. Since it has turned up on a beach at Green Head, a coastal town 250 kilometers (155 miles)

By Rob Picheta, CNN Uxbridge, United Kingdom (CNN) — “Everything now is a struggle,” Mike Okoli says, in the world-weary tone he slumps into the moment a customer shuffles out of his store. “When I started this business, my hair was all black,” insists Okoli, an affable 64-year-old who left Nigeria in the 1990s to

CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public for three weeks, an unusually long absence during a busy period of diplomatic activity in Beijing, sparking intense speculation in a country known for its political opaqueness. Qin, 57, a career diplomat and trusted aide

By Heather Chen, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The world’s largest and most populous continent is reckoning with the deadly effects of extreme summer weather, as countries endure blistering heatwaves and record monsoon rainfall, with governments warning residents to prepare for more to come. This month torrential rains inundated parts of Japan, China, South Korea

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first Olympian and the first mother-daughter duo to venture to space will be aboard Virgin Galactic’s inaugural private astronaut mission in August. Entrepreneur and health and wellness coach Keisha Schahaff and her daughter Anastatia Mayers won their seats during a draw that raised $1.7 million in grants for

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A phenomenon that scientists have called “underground climate change” is deforming the ground beneath cities, a study conducted in Chicago has found. This shifting of land under urban areas could pose a problem for buildings and infrastructure, threatening long-term performance and durability, according to the research. Technically known as

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Wimbledon tennis championships. July 3-16, 2023 – Wimbledon takes place in London. June 27-July 10, 2022 – Wimbledon takes place in London. 2023 Results Carlos Alcaraz defeats Novak Djokovic 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the men’s final, to win his first Wimbledon title.

By Aqeel Najim and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday. Built in 1727, the 11-meter Siraji minaret, was demolished to create road expansion following complaints of

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN London (CNN) — A pod of more than 50 pilot whales has died after a mass stranding on a northwestern Scottish island, according to a marine charity on the ground. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR), which responded to the report of the stranding on Sunday, said most of the 55-strong

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Blisteringly high temperatures are expected to continue across parts of southern Europe this week, as the continent braces for its second extreme heat wave, putting people’s health at risk and setting the stage for wildfires. Last week’s “Cerberus” heat wave is making way for another, which Italian weather forecasters

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The Crimean Bridge, which links the annexed peninsula to mainland Russia, was hit by two strikes early Monday in an attack a Ukrainian security official told CNN Kyiv was responsible for. The crossing is a vital artery for supplying Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine, allowing people and goods to

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Spanish environmental activists spray-painted a superyacht moored in Ibiza on Sunday. Activists from the environmental group Futuro Vegetal posted a video showing them standing in front of the superyacht named Kaos, holding a banner that says: “You Consume Others Suffer.” The activists then sprayed the vessel with red and

By Rob Picheta, Mick Krever and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russia said Monday it was suspending its participation in a crucial deal that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain, once again raising fears over global food supplies and scuppering a rare diplomatic breakthrough to emerge from Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The agreement, brokered by

CNN By Sebastian Shukla and Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — Grasping a bouquet of roses, black headscarf tied tight and wearing a polka-dot dress, a middle-aged woman arrives in a nondescript, pink-walled hall in the Russian region of Chuvashia. In shaky video complete with somber balalaika music, teenagers in white trainers, dignitaries in dark suits

By Sebastian Shukla and Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — Grasping a bouquet of roses, black headscarf tied tight and wearing a polka-dot dress, a middle-aged woman arrives in a nondescript, pink-walled hall in the Russian region of Chuvashia. In shaky video complete with somber balalaika music, teenagers in white trainers, dignitaries in dark suits and

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public for three weeks, an unusually long absence during a busy period of diplomatic activity in Beijing, sparking intense speculation in a country known for its political opaqueness. Qin, 57, a career diplomat and trusted aide of

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A record 16 Chinese warships were spotted in waters around Taiwan in a 24-hour period late last week, the island’s Defense Ministry reported, in what analysts said was the latest sign of an intimidation campaign against Taipei by China’s ruling Communist Party. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) activity