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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — The richest man on the planet has a new enemy: the humble penny. Elon Musk’s fledgling Department of Government Efficiency wants to eliminate the 1 cent coin, which costs more than 3 cents to produce. Advocates say simply rounding up (or down) to the nearest nickel
Continue Reading 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,”
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Susie Chun Oakland was a sophomore when she arrived at McKinley High School in Honolulu – a crime scene – that Monday morning nearly a half century ago. One of her teachers had just found the body of another student on the second floor of the English building, Chun
Continue Reading 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%
Continue Reading By Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its proximity to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz – where at least 1.1
Continue Reading CNN By Mitchell McCluskey and Sebastian Shukla, CNN (CNN) — American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise address at the campaign launch for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as thousands of people gathered across the country to protest the rise of the far-right party. Musk, who spoke to the crowd in a live
Continue Reading By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in her family’s café when arsonists set it alight in the early hours one Sunday in late October. The symbol of Jewish faith was badly damaged in the blaze
Continue Reading By Mitchell McCluskey and Sebastian Shukla, CNN (CNN) — American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise address at the campaign launch for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as thousands of people gathered across the country to protest the rise of the far-right party. Musk, who spoke to the crowd in a live video,
Continue Reading By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Danielle Catton is the kind of person who hangs onto old birthday cards, boarding passes and business cards — ephemera that feels wrong to toss but doesn’t have a particular use. These pieces of her everyday life sat accumulating in a large plastic bin until recently, when she came
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — The final holdouts of a group of monkeys that escaped from a research facility in South Carolina over two months ago have been recaptured safely, the Yemassee Police Department announced on Friday. The 43 rhesus macaque primates escaped after a caretaker failed to secure doors. All
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Hamas freed four female Israeli soldiers in a second round of releases under a ceasefire deal that also saw Israel accusing Hamas of failing to fulfil its obligations to release civilians first. Following their release, Israel has released 200 Palestinian prisoners from detention centers, including 121 prisoners who had
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump announced an executive order Thursday to release the remaining government files in three of the country’s most notorious assassinations, it immediately grabbed public attention and raised intrigue. “And everything will be revealed,” Trump said as his Sharpie applied his famously angular signature. The announcement was
Continue Reading By Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — Theto Ngobeni was just 18 days old when doctors first inserted a shunt into the back of her head to drain excess fluid accumulating in her brain. She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted
Continue Reading By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate on Friday approved Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary by a razor-thin margin, in which, Vice President JD Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote. The senators split largely along party lines, with 50 Republicans supporting Hegseth, who has been dogged by concerns about
Continue Reading By Nadeen Ebrahim, Nada Bashir and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jenin, West Bank (CNN) — The sound of gunfire and explosions filled the air as residents of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank hauled their belongings down the muddy pathway. Smoke billowed from multiple areas in the camp’s Al-Hadaf neighborhood, while a bulldozer
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CNN By Nadeen Ebrahim, Nada Bashir and Kareem Khadder, CNN Jenin, West Bank (CNN) — The sound of gunfire and explosions filled the air as residents of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank hauled their belongings down the muddy pathway. Smoke billowed from multiple areas in the camp’s Al-Hadaf neighborhood, while a
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