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By Billy Stockwell, James Frater and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Denmark said on Monday it would spend 14.6 billion Danish kroner ($2.05 billion) boosting its military capabilities in the Arctic – a decision that comes amid continuing furor following US President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in controlling Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory. The agreement

By Lauren Izso, Dana Karni and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Eight of the remaining hostages set to be released by Hamas in the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel are dead, according to an Israeli government spokesperson. The rest of the 33 hostages who were expected to be returned from Gaza to

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the Gaza Strip by moving more than a million Palestinians to neighboring countries has drawn sharp criticism, with opponents condemning it as ethnic cleansing and warning of regional chaos. Trump said on Saturday that he would like Jordan and Egypt

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Violent weather exacerbated by climate change fueled hunger and food insecurity across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new United Nations report. Extreme weather drove up crop prices in multiple countries in the region in 2023, the report, which was written by several UN agencies

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — The chairman of the World Holocaust Remembrance Center has accused Elon Musk of insulting victims of Nazism after the billionaire told a German far-right political party that the country needed to “move beyond” the “guilt” of the past. Musk made the comments in a surprise video address at an

By Nic Robertson and Sarah Dean, CNN. Video by Darren Bull, CNN Tallinn, Estonia (CNN) — On Christmas morning, Estonia’s power grid operators got an unwanted surprise: The Estlink 2 power cable linking them to Finland had failed. The outage left only the Estlink 1 cable in operation, reducing the electricity flow to Estonia by

By Helen Regan, Lucas Lilieholm, Abeer Salman, Tareq Alhelou and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians began returning home to northern Gaza on Monday, bracing for what awaits them in a region that has been reduced to rubble by months of brutal bombardment and fighting. Israel opened a corridor into

By Sophie Tanno, Lauren Kent and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — “It doesn’t do any good for your heart, for your mind, for anything,” said Holocaust survivor Jona Laks, 94, about her return to Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. “But it’s necessary,” she said. “It’s necessary for the world to know.” Monday marks Holocaust Memorial

By Nectar Gan, CNN Chengdu, China (CNN) — Every morning at 7:30 a.m. sharp, a race begins on the outskirts of Chengdu, a sprawling Chinese metropolis known for its spicy hotpot, old tea houses and the country’s most beloved animal – giant pandas. From the gates of the famed Chengdu Panda Base, fans run to

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — At least 70 people were killed after a drone strike targeted the last functioning hospital in the besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state late Friday, according to local officials and the World Health Organization. At the time of the attack, the hospital was “packed with patients receiving care,”

By Yoonjung Seo and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — South Korean prosecutors have indicted the suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges over his brief declaration of martial law. Yoon attempted to impose martial law in early December, a move that plunged the country into political turmoil and for many brought back painful memories

By Charbel Mallo, Lucas Lilieholm, Caitlin Danaher and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — At least 22 people were killed and 124 others injured by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, as residents of villages near the border defied orders by Israel’s military not to return to their homes. The deaths come

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Belarusians have been voting in a closely managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader. The last time Belarus held a presidential election in 2020, Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory with more than 80%