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By Simone McCarthy (CNN) — Moscow and Beijing lashed out against the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, where leaders of major democracies pledged new measures targeting Russia and spoke in one voice on their growing concerns over China. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday slammed the G7 for indulging in their “own

By Nimi Princewill and Ella Nilsen, CNN Cotonou, Benin (CNN) — Standing on the stony ground in the bustling Fifa Park car lot, Rokeeb Yaya is haggling over the price of a dark red car. It is one of a couple hundred vehicles, parked in long lines stretching out across the vast lot – some

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) — When the rain started falling in the north Italian region of Emilia Romagna last week – one of the premier gastronomic destinations in a country famous for its food – farmer Andrea Betti feared the worst. In early May, six months of rain fell over a

By Marlon Sorto, Heather Chen, Omar Fajado and Valentina González Galvis CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured Saturday in a crush at a soccer stadium in the capital of El Salvador, the National Civil Police said on Twitter. Salvadoran officials have linked the incident to the overselling of tickets

By Niamh Kennedy and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Police in Georgia removed protesters who targeted a hotel following reports relatives of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were staying there in defiance of sanctions, according to public broadcaster First Channel. The opposition United National Movement party staged a demonstration outside the Kvareli Lake Hotel in

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — The Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – the two warring factions in Sudan – have agreed to a ceasefire agreement for seven days, the first such agreement between the groups since fighting broke out last month, the US State Department announced Saturday. “It is past

By Helen Regan, Teele Rebane, Salai TZ and Paula Hancocks, CNN (CNN) — Abdul Hussein wipes away tears as he describes the day waves churned by Cyclone Mocha took his wife and three daughters from him. His family – all 11 of them – had huddled together in their house in Sittwe, on the coast

By Stefano Pozzebon and Caitlin Hu, CNN (CNN) — As the Colombian military frantically searches for four children missing after a jungle plane crash over two weeks ago, new details are emerging about the plane’s history – and local concerns over the safety of air travel in that part of the Amazon. The single engine

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Have you ever imagined what it might be like to live on Mars? Soon, four researchers will have the chance to live inside a Martian base, without enduring a long spaceflight or ever setting foot on the red planet. The simulated experience is the foundation of NASA’s latest experiment,

By Simone McCarthy (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Japan Saturday, the first in-person meeting between the two since Russia’s invasion began. Modi – who has so far refused to condemn the invasion – said India would

Opinion by Jill Dougherty, CNN Tallinn, Estonia (CNN) — In 2014, when Russia illegally annexed Crimea and began fomenting conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas region, there was a short phrase that captured the fear that Moscow would try to grab still more territory, this time in Estonia: “Is Narva next?” Narva, Estonia, a city of 60,000

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima have been treated to a belt-expanding tour of local gastronomical delights with a host of menus showcasing the best of Japanese fine dining. Among some of the more luxury ingredients the cohort has sampled so far were

By Eyad Kourdi, Kareem El Damanhoury and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A drone strike carried out by the US military this month in northwest Syria killed a 56-year-old father of ten out grazing his sheep, his relatives have told CNN, hours after US Central Command said a civilian may have been killed in the

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By Emiko Jozuka and Brad Lendon, CNN Hiroshima, Japan (CNN) — It began with a blinding flash and a deafening boom. Then the shockwave arrived, hurling the young boys into the air and sending shards of glass from exploding windows into their skin. Only later, as they made their way through the hellscape where their

By Jonny Hallam and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Former United States President Barack Obama, late night television host Stephen Colbert, and CNN’s Erin Burnett are some of the “500 Americans” Russia has banned from entering the country. Russia on Friday announced it was banning “500 Americans,” many prominent figures of US executive power, from