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By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Hopes are fading for a quick rescue operation as Nepali crews and foreign specialists race to find scores of workers feared trapped alive inside hydropower tunnels in Nepal, after thick mud buried the facilities during last week’s devastating flash floods. Around 900 workers are missing at various hydropower projects

By Abeer Salman, Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Saturday and seized a home while its owner was inside in the latest brazen settler attack in the area. Despite the Israeli military saying there were “dozens of rioters” when they arrived at the

By Ross Adkin, Hanako Montgomery, Daniel Campisi and Balmukunda Humagain, CNN (CNN) — As water, concrete and debris stormed through the darkness, almost sweeping him off his feet, Ram Chandra tightly gripped onto one of the rungs studded into the roof of the tunnel he was working in on the banks of Nepal’s Trishuli river.

By Tim Lister, Oliver Sherwood, Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — A search and rescue operation was continuing uninterrupted in the Mediterranean after a passenger ferry carrying nearly 270 people capsized while traveling from northern Cyprus to Turkey, killing at least eight people. Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman said 241 people had been rescued alive, but

By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — The Friendship Bridge, connecting Brazil and Paraguay near the iconic Iguazu Falls, has long been a route for smugglers moving cheap, illicit goods, like cigarettes and electronics. But in recent years, Brazilian authorities say smugglers have found a far more lucrative product: weight-loss drugs. As demand for GLP-1 based

By Martin Goillandeau, Laura Sharman, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Swiss police say they arrested a 43-year-old man on Monday after a deadly shooting at a rave in northern Switzerland led to the death of an Italian citizen and saw several other young people wounded. Aargau Cantonal Police previously said one person was killed and

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were injured after a tornado and hail hit the northern Italian city of Cremona, causing widespread damage. Like much of Europe, Italy has faced a relentless period of extreme weather, with the country sweltering under its fifth heatwave of the summer. Ten churches, including the

By Svitlana Vlasova, Ivana Kottasová, Thom Poole, CNN (CNN) — At least 38 people were killed and dozens wounded after a Russian drone attack on an ammunitions warehouse on Saturday triggered a large fire and multiple explosions that lasted hours in a residential area near Kyiv. The attack in the Bucha district came amid near

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Deadly flooding along the China-Nepal border has put a sharp spotlight on how risks from natural disasters in the Himalayas are growing, at the same time that countries in the region are rapidly building out their high-altitude infrastructure footprints. There’s no indication that the latest disaster, which has

By Amy O’Kruk, Annette Choi, Byron Manley, Soph Warnes, Becky Pinnington, Rosa de Acosta, Marco Storel, Grace Widyatmadja, Renée Rigdon, Yong Xiong, CNN (CNN) — Massive landslides and catastrophic flash floods have wreaked havoc at the Nepal-China border, destroying houses, wiping out bridges and killing more than 1,200 people. More than 4,500 people remain unaccounted

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — Canada has recruited dozens of academics from American campuses as the United States cracks down on prestigious institutions. On Thursday, Canadian Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced the hiring of 64 scholars, who will be supported by more than 500 million Canadian dollars (more than $350 million) for eight years

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian-Serb general convicted of genocide, will be buried with the “highest military and state honors,” Serbia’s Minister of Justice Nenad Vujić announced Friday, according to the country’s state-run broadcaster. Mladić, 84, died at the UN Detention Unit in The Hague on Thursday, after serving 15 years

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — The death of a monarch can boost national unity, and support for the crown. Norway’s new King Haakon VIII will be hoping that sentiment rings true following the death of his father, King Harald who died Friday after 35 years on the throne, marking the latest blow for a

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — China is ramping up pressure on Taiwan, with Beijing sending a record number of government vessels to waters around the island last month, according to figures provided by Taiwan’s coast guard. The 244 sightings of Chinese government vessels – ships belonging to the China Coast Guard, scientific research agencies

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Iceland’s freezing temperatures typically last about five months of the year, but the government has chosen a balmy summer day for its pivotal national referendum. Residents of the Nordic island are today voting on another un-thawing of sorts – whether to restart long-frozen talks to join the European Union.

By Simone McCarthy, Yong Xiong, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Perilous rescue efforts along the China-Nepal border are being complicated by the risk of new flooding or landslides, with authorities in China and Nepal briefly pausing rescue operations Friday due to those fears. A barrier lake – holding enough water to fill an estimated 1,000 Olympic

By James Frater, CNN (CNN) — King Harald V of Norway, Europe’s oldest monarch, has died at the age of 89, after 35 years on the throne. He died on Friday just after 6:35 a.m., the Royal House of Norway announced on its website. Harald is succeeded as monarch by his son King Haakon VIII.

By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — A Canadian city council is considering renaming a street named after US President Donald Trump – and among the contenders for a replacement are “Obama Avenue” and “Taco Avenue.” In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, Ottawa City Council took a first step toward renaming Trump Avenue, a residential street

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Elton John, award-winning singer, composer and pianist. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1947 Birth place: Pinner, Middlesex, England Birth name: Reginald Kenneth Dwight Father: Stanley Dwight, a Royal Air Force officer Mother: Sheila (Harris) Dwight Marriages: David Furnish (2014-present); Renate Blauel (1984-1988, divorced)

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — An 86-year-old Austrian man has been reunited with climbing equipment he was forced to abandon in a glacier crevasse more than six decades ago, after melting ice brought the long-lost belongings back to the surface. A hiker discovered the backpack on the Sulztalferner glacier in Austria’s western Tyrol region