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By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Yong Xiong and Vina Salazar, CNN (CNN) — Every night after returning home from work, Chen opens his laptop and switches to his secret life as an undercover activist. From his bedroom in eastern China, he spends hours witnessing scenes too graphic for a horror movie and trying to befriend

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Xi Jinping, leader of the People’s Republic of China. Personal Birth date: June 15, 1953 Birth place: Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, China (some sources say Beijing) Birth name: Xi Jinping Father: Xi Zhongxun, revolutionary and vice premier Mother: Qi Xin Marriages: Peng Liyuan

By Jeremy Diamond, Mohammad Al-Sawalhi and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The embattled Israeli-backed aid group that began operating in Gaza earlier this week is not screening Palestinians at aid distribution sites, despite Israeli officials saying that additional security measures were a core reason for the creation of the new program. The Gaza Humanitarian

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Authorities in Nigeria’s northern Niger state say at least 150 people have been killed after floods triggered by heavy rainfall hit Mokwa, a vibrant market town in the largely agricultural state. Ibrahim Hussaini, a spokesperson for the state’s emergency management agency, told CNN that 151 bodies, including

By Kareem Khadder, Oren Liebermann, Mostafa Salem, Tamar Michaelis and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — Israel has said it will “not cooperate” with plans from the Palestinian Authority (PA) to host a Saudi-led delegation of foreign ministers in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli official told CNN on Friday. In order to

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the car ramming that injured dozens of fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title on Monday has appeared in court after police charged him with a range of offenses. Paul Doyle, a 53-year-old man from the outskirts of the city in northwest England, spoke to confirm his

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — British comedian and actor Russell Brand pled not guilty to multiple charges of rape and sexual assault at a court in London on Friday. In April, 49-year-old Brand was charged with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, and one count of oral rape, as

By Lauren Lee and Larry Madowo, CNN Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — When Nigerian American actor-singer Rotimi and Tanzanian pop star Vanessa Mdee first met in 2019, it was the beginning of a love story that neither of them expected. That first encounter six years ago could be straight from a rom-com. They had both just

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — North Korea has sent soldiers and millions of munitions, including missiles and rockets, to Russia over the past year, according to a new report by an international watchdog, which details the extent to which Pyongyang has helped Moscow “terrorize” Ukraine’s population over its three-year war. The report was released

By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong, Hassan Tayir and Cynthia Chan, CNN Hong Kong/New York (CNN) — Kiwi Zhang, a computer science student from China, was full of hope for his academic future in the United States – until his visa was revoked at the US border last week. The first-year PhD student at a university

By Brad Lendon, CNN Singapore (CNN) — China will not send its defense minister to this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, shunning a chance for a high-level meeting with US and Asian counterparts as tensions simmer with Washington. China announced Thursday it will instead be represented by a delegation from the People’s Liberation Army National Defense University,

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A burgeoning new sporting trend inspired by the biggest and hardest full contact hits in American football and rugby has proved deadly, and there’s now calls for it to be banned. Branded by an organized league as “the world’s fiercest, new collision sport,” Run It Straight games see two

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Sol Amaya, CNN (CNN) — Catalina, a 23-year-old US citizen, confidently drives to her job as a nanny and earns a fair wage. Yet her mother – an undocumented immigrant from Peru – has worked in the shadows for 30 years. “Even though we have the same job, do the same

By Dana Karni, Alex Marquardt, Kylie Atwood, Jeremy Diamond and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel has accepted the new proposal for a ceasefire with Hamas from US envoy Steve Witkoff, according to an Israeli official. The proposal, viewed by CNN, includes Hamas releasing 10 Israeli hostages and 18 deceased hostages in exchange for 125

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN Chinese paraglider Peng Yujiang is lucky to be back on the ground after surviving a powerful updraft that suddenly lifted him into the upper atmosphere above the Qilian Mountains in China’s Gansu Province Saturday, according to state media. Peng reportedly went soaring 8,598 meters or about 28,208 feet without oxygen, per

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — At least 70 members of the European Parliament are planning on attending this year’s Pride celebrations in Budapest, Hungary, despite the nation’s ban against LGBTQ gatherings, officials have told CNN. Earlier this year, Hungarian lawmakers passed new legislation which outlaws Pride events in the country and allows authorities to

By Abel Alvarado and Cecilia Dominguez, CNN (CNN) — The homicide trial of Diego Maradona’s medical team for alleged malpractice was declared a mistrial by an Argentine court on Thursday. The decision follows the removal of one of the three judges overseeing the case by an Argentine court. One of the trial’s defendants had requested

By Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman, Tim Lister and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel is facing growing international pressure as aid distribution efforts in Gaza devolved into chaos during the first days of a controversial new mechanism backed by the United States and Israel. According to the Palestinian health ministry, 11

By Dana Karni and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel approved a massive expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank this week in a move described as a continuation of de facto annexation of the territory. Peace Now, an Israeli non-governmental organization that tracks settlements, said it was the largest expansion of

By Kosta Gak, Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — A Russian deputy mayor and prominent veteran of Moscow’s war in Ukraine was killed in an explosion in southern Russia early on Thursday, authorities said. Zaur Aleksandrovich Gurtsiev, who was 34 according to Russian state media, died alongside another man in the