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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the eurozone. Twenty countries in the European Union use the euro as their currency, and comprise the eurozone. Facts The countries in the eurozone are: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The first space-related fatalities occur when a rocket explodes at the Soviet Union’s Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, killing 165 people,

By Rachel Wilson, Krystina Shveda and Alex Newman, CNN (CNN) — Less than a week into the Israel-Hamas war, the United Nations appealed to the world asking for nearly $300 million in aid to assist Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Within a month, the figure nearly quadrupled as the entire Gaza Strip plunged into

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve ever “flipped the bird,” you have something in common with ancient Greeks. It was around 2,500 years ago that the naughty Greeks developed a phallic gesture to offend, taunt and literally poke each other. While throwing up a middle finger today clearly communicates a resounding “f**k you,”

CNN By Amir Tal, Mitchell McCluskey, Hagi Cohen-Boland and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has offered a two-month ceasefire to Hamas as part of a prospective hostage deal, Axios reported Monday, citing two unnamed Israeli officials. It would be “the longest period of ceasefire that Israel has offered Hamas since the start of the

CNN, KHARKIV REGION PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE, TELEGRAM, @AVBOGOMAZ , AFPTV, MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, UST-LUGA ONLINE, Telegram/@avbogomaz / AFPTV By Darya Tarasova, Teele Rebane, Radina Gigova, Victoria Butenko, Josh Pennington, Andrew Carey and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Shelling killed at least 28 people and injured 30, including two children, near a market in the Russian-controlled city of

By Amir Tal, Mitchell McCluskey, Hagi Cohen-Boland and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has offered a two-month ceasefire to Hamas as part of a prospective hostage deal, Axios reported Monday, citing two unnamed Israeli officials. It would be “the longest period of ceasefire that Israel has offered Hamas since the start of the war,”

CNN By Helen Regan and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Millions tuned in across India to watch the opening of a vast Hindu temple on Monday, in a ceremony considered to be the crowning moment for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist ambitions months before he seeks to win a rare third term in elections. The

By Lianne Kolirin and Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — A British man long suspected of killing the wife of a famous French film producer in Ireland has died at age 66, according to his lawyer. Back in 2019, the Paris Criminal Court convicted Ian Bailey in absentia of the murder of TV producer Sophie Toscan

By Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae and Heather Chen, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Seoul’s police chief has been indicted for negligence over the 2022 crowd crush that killed more than 150 people during Halloween festivities in the popular Itaewon neighborhood that left the nation reeling. South Korean police on Monday confirmed that Kim Kwang-ho, head

By Helen Regan and Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Millions tuned in across India to watch the opening of a vast Hindu temple on Monday, in a ceremony considered to be the crowning moment for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist ambitions months before he seeks to win a rare third term in elections. The inauguration

By Nectar Gan, Wayne Chang and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The death toll from a landslide in southwest China has risen to 31, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue workers comb mud, snow and rubble in search of survivors. The landslide hit the mountain village of Liangshui in Yunnan province shortly before

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Manila’s notorious traffic became a major theme of Coldplay’s visit to the Philippines, with frontman Chris Martin penning a song about the “insane” jams, and the country’s leader coming under fire for taking a chopper to one of the band’s two concerts near the capital. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos

By Brad Lendon and Teele Rebane, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit Kim Jong Un soon, North Korean state media reported Sunday, the latest sign of increasing cooperation between the two authoritarian leaders as war rages in Ukraine and military tensions increase in East Asia. Putin thanked Kim for an

By Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, the UK Press Association (PA) reported Sunday citing a spokesperson for Ferguson. The disease was discovered after several moles were removed when she was treated for breast cancer in June, PA said. “Following her

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Megalodons, the huge prehistoric sharks depicted in movies such as “The Meg,” had more slender bodies than was previously thought, according to a new study. Many mysteries remain about the biology of megalodons, but until now, great white sharks had been used to model their appearance. But new research