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By Radina Gigova and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Belarus would be willing to use the nuclear weapons given by close ally Russia in the face of foreign “aggression,” President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday, as tensions rise around the country’s borders with NATO nations. Minsk has played a key role in Russia’s war in Ukraine,

By Claudia Rebaza, Taylor Ward, Niamh Kennedy and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — More than 3,000 people have been evacuated since Wednesday as wildfires continue to tear through the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, a popular tourist destination, the region’s authorities said Thursday in a statement. The blaze has burned some 2,600 hectares (around 6,424

By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — On a gray day in late February 2017, Chinese leader Xi Jinping gathered with a handful of close advisers to survey crop fields and polluted wetlands some 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of the capital Beijing. Just over a month later, the future of those hinterlands

By Radina Gigova, Matthew Chance and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — A Moscow court has charged an imprisoned Russian-born US citizen with espionage, Russian state news agency TASS reported Thursday quoting the court’s press service. The individual, named Gene Spector, is currently serving a prison sentence after pleading guilty to bribery charges, according to TASS.

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A photo of a bright orange fungus growing on deadwood, with its striking color resplendent against the darkness, has been crowned winner of this year’s BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition. Cornelia Sattler from Macquarie University, Australia, captured the winning image in the Australian rainforest and cautioned against merely

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Hillsborough Disaster, a 1989 tragedy at a British soccer stadium. Overcrowding in the stands led to the deaths of 97 fans in a crush. Another 162 were hospitalized with injuries. It was the worst sports disaster in British history, according to the BBC. Facts

By Sofia Cox, Alessandra Castelli, Michael Rios and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — A Brazilian hacker said Thursday that former President Jair Bolsonaro asked him if he could hack into voting machines, according to his testimony to a congressional inquiry set up to investigate Brazil’s election results and the storming of governmental buildings on

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Magnetars are among the most bizarre and mysterious objects in the universe, packing in trillions of times more magnetic pull than the Earth or any magnet developed by humans. Scientists are still unsure exactly how these objects form. But a unique helium-rich star that lies 3,000 light-years away may

By Sophia Saifi and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province have arrested more than 100 people after crowds descended on churches and set them on fire on Wednesday, raising concerns over the discrimination faced by religious minorities in the country. At least 17 churches have been vandalized since Wednesday, according

By Ivana Kottasová, Darya Tarasova and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — A Russian general who reportedly served as the top military commander for Ukraine last year has died, according to Russian state media. Army General Gennady Zhidko died at 58 “after a long illness” on Wednesday, according to the state news agency TASS. Zhidko served

By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — Warming global temperatures are dangerous for people in many ways, but they’re proving ideal for one type of animal: venomous snakes. As Australia’s east coast experiences one of its warmest winters on record, snake season appears to have started early. The Australian Reptile Park has issued an “urgent warning”

By Hande Atay Alam, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — A pilot has died after suffering a medical emergency during a flight from Miami, Florida, to Santiago, Chile, on Monday. The LATAM Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Panama City to allow the pilot to receive treatment, but he later died, the airline told CNN in

CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Florence Davey-Attlee, Kostyantin Gak and Brice Lâiné , CNN Near Urozhaine, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukrainian marines have advanced for the second time in two weeks on the southeastern frontlines, towards the key port city of Mariupol, with the recapture of the village of Urozhaine appearing to have been partially aided

By Nick Paton Walsh, Florence Davey-Attlee, Kostyantin Gak and Brice Lâiné , CNN Near Urozhaine, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukrainian marines have advanced for the second time in two weeks on the southeastern frontlines, towards the key port city of Mariupol, with the recapture of the village of Urozhaine appearing to have been partially aided by