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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of the Duchess of Sussex, the former actress Meghan Markle. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1981 Birth place: Los Angeles, California Birth name: Rachel Meghan Markle Father: Thomas Markle, Hollywood lighting director Mother: Doria Ragland, social worker and yoga instructor Marriages: Prince Harry,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Angela Merkel, former chancellor of Germany. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1954 Birth place: Hamburg, Germany Birth name: Angela Dorothea Kasner Father: Horst Kasner, a Lutheran minister Mother: Herlind Kasner, an English teacher Marriages: Joachim Sauer (1998-present); Ulrich Merkel (1977-1982, divorced) Education: University

By Celine Alkhaldi, Jomana Karadsheh and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN (CNN) — Dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, arrested last October for supporting the protest movement in Iran last year, has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison, his official Twitter page said Monday. “Toomaj Salehi was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months

By Sarah Sirgany, Kostyantin Gak and Ben Wedeman, CNN Siversk, Ukraine (CNN) — It’s midday in the frontline town of Siversk, eastern Ukraine. On a street corner, Olha is standing in a midi dress with short lace sleeves waiting for a bread delivery. Her purple nail polish matches with the pink eyeshadow framing her green

CNN By Sarah Sirgany, Kostyantin Gak and Ben Wedeman, CNN Siversk, Ukraine (CNN) — It’s midday in the frontline town of Siversk, eastern Ukraine. On a street corner, Olha is standing in a midi dress with short lace sleeves waiting for a bread delivery. Her purple nail polish matches with the pink eyeshadow framing her

By Amy Cassidy and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations has warned that Sudan could be on the verge of all-out-war after a weekend airstrike killed dozens in a residential area in the Sudanese city of Omdurman. At least 22 people were killed and many injured in a shelling attack early Saturday, the

By Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Monday he would step down as leader of the country’s ruling party and leave politics, after his government collapsed over immigration policy, Dutch national broadcaster and CNN affiliate NOS reported. The inveterate survivor of Dutch politics, nicknamed “Teflon Mark” because

By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing bureau (CNN) — Six people have been killed and one injured in an early morning knife attack outside a kindergarten in southern China, according to Lianjiang city police and Chinese state-run media. The incident took place around 7:40 a.m. on Monday in Hengshan town within Lianjiang, in Guangdong province,

By Matthew Chance and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — August 5, 2022 was a day like many others in Ukraine. First light revealed the devastation from a night of Russian bombing. Russian attacks on a residential neighborhood of Mykolaiv that morning brought “significant destruction,” the governor of the region said at the time, injuring at

By Tara Subramaniam and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Heavy rains brought deadly floods to northern India on the weekend as the country’s capital marked its wettest July day in more than 40 years, according to authorities and local reports. The rains triggered flash floods and landslides, resulting in the deaths of at least 22

CNN By Emiko Jozuka, Marc Stewart, Junko Ogura, Moeri Karasawa and Daniel Campisi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Rina Gonoi is a fighter. As a former soldier, as a judo practitioner, and as a woman battling on behalf of all women to bring those who sexually abused her to account. When Gonoi served in Japan’s Self-Defense

By Emiko Jozuka, Marc Stewart, Junko Ogura, Moeri Karasawa and Daniel Campisi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Rina Gonoi is a fighter. As a former soldier, as a judo practitioner, and as a woman battling on behalf of all women to bring those who sexually abused her to account. When Gonoi served in Japan’s Self-Defense Force

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By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks over the Bastille Day weekend next week amid fears of renewed riots. Protesters have been filmed launching fireworks during the wave of violent riots that gripped the country following the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old teenager by a police

By Jake Kwon and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — North Korea has called upon the international community to stop Japan from releasing treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. “The just international community must not sit and watch the evil, anti-humanitarian and belligerent action by the corrupt force that is trying to