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CNN, GETTY IMAGES, X , @KEIR_STARMER, @LFC, X / @Keir_Starmer, X / @LFC By Eve Brennan, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Helen Regan, CNN London (CNN) — Dozens of people, including four children, were injured when a driver plowed a car into a parade in northwest England celebrating Liverpool Football Club’s latest Premier League win on Monday

By Nectar Gan, Shawn Deng and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — At least five people have died and six more people are missing after a large explosion rocked a chemical plant in eastern China on Tuesday, according to local authorities. The blast spewed a towering plume of gray and orange smoke into the

By Reuters (Reuters) — India’s defense minister has approved a framework for building the country’s most advanced stealth fighter jet, the defense ministry said on Tuesday, amid a new arms race with Pakistan weeks after a military conflict between the neighbors. Indian state-run Aeronautical Development Agency, which is executing the program, will shortly invite initial

By Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India’s financial capital and one of its largest cities has experienced its wettest May in more than a century, with the unusually early arrival of the monsoon season causing a ferocious weekend downpour that turned roads into rivers and flooded a newly inaugurated underground train station.

By Jessie Yeung and Inke Kappeler, CNN (CNN) — The Kremlin has slammed a “dangerous” decision by Ukraine’s allies to lift the ban on Kyiv firing long-range missiles into Russia after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said there were no longer any range restrictions on Western-supplied weapons. Speaking after days of Russia bombarding the Ukrainian capital

By Ivana Kottasová and Kostya Gak, CNN (CNN) — Third-grader Stanislav Martynyuk looks extremely proud in his school photograph. Hands folded on his desk; his eyes framed with spectacles that make him look like a serious – and adorable – 8-year-old scholar. It was this image of Stanislav – alongside similar snaps of his sister

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at D-Day. Allied troops invaded Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, to fight Nazi Germany in World War II. Facts The largest amphibious (land and water) invasion in history. The code name for the invasion was Operation Overlord. General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the operation, and

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is some information about the events in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 3-4, 1989. Facts Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing, the capital of China. Tiananmen means “gate of heavenly peace.” In 1989, after several weeks of demonstrations, Chinese troops entered Tiananmen Square on June 4

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Raúl Castro, former President of Cuba. Personal Birth date: June 3, 1931 Birth place: Birán, Cuba Birth name: Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz Father: Ángel Castro, Spanish landowner Mother: Lina Ruz, cook and maid to Angel Castro’s first wife Marriage: Vilma Espin (1959-2007, her

By Eve Brennan, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Helen Regan, CNN London (CNN) — Dozens of people, including four children, were injured when a driver plowed a car into a parade in northwest England celebrating Liverpool Football Club’s latest Premier League win on Monday evening. A 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area, believed to be

By Frederik Pleitgen, Joseph Ataman and Claudia Otto, CNN Tehran, Iran (CNN) — Iran is open to compromises on its nuclear program in talks with the United States, but uranium enrichment remains non-negotiable, Tehran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson told CNN, indicating Washington understands this position. “If the intention is to make sure that Iran’s nuclear program

By Jeremy Diamond, Abeer Salman and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — US special envoy Steve Witkoff has told CNN that a ceasefire-hostage deal for Gaza is currently on the table with a pathway to end the war, and urged Hamas to accept it. The proposal would see the release of half of the living

By Sana Noor Haq and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III arrived in Canada on Monday for his first visit as its head of state, where he’ll carry out a highly-symbolic whistle-stop trip seen by many as a show of support following increasingly frayed relations between Ottawa and Washington. During his two-day

By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed a viral video showing his wife Brigitte pushing his face away as they disembarked from a plane in Vietnam for the first leg of a Southeast Asia tour. Speaking to reporters in Hanoi on Monday, Macron addressed the clip directly, pushing back

From CNN’s Lauren Izso and Manveena Suri (CNN) — An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier released during a ceasefire-hostage deal has said one of her biggest fears during captivity were strikes carried out by Israel. Na’ama Levy, one of five IDF female soldiers released in January, made the comments during a weekly rally at Tel

By Jeremy Diamond, Hira Humayun and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The head of a new aid distribution program for Gaza, backed by the US and Israel, resigned on Sunday after weeks of controversy, citing concerns over impartiality and urging Israel to allow more aid into the blockaded enclave. On Monday, the group said it

By Brad Lendon and Mike Valerio, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea has arrested four people it claims bear responsibility for a launch accident last week that left leader Kim Jong Un’s newest warship lying on its side and partially submerged in a shipyard, state-run media has reported. The four people detained included

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — An American man was arrested Sunday after allegedly plotting to throw Molotov cocktails at a branch office of the US embassy in Israel, according to the US Justice Department. Officials arrested the man, 28 year-old Joseph Neumeyer, at John F. Kennedy airport in New York after

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelans on Sunday for the first time elected a governor and other lawmakers for Essequibo, an oil-rich region that Venezuela has laid claim to even though it is widely recognized as being part of neighboring Guyana. Essequibo’s 125,000 inhabitants, who account for more than 15% of the English-speaking country’s