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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV voiced concern over “some things” happening in the United States and revealed he turned down plans for an AI version of himself in his first major interview since his election. The first American pope highlighted the significance of a letter his predecessor Pope Francis had sent

By Lauren Izso, Tal Shalev, Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has described Gaza as a potential real estate “bonanza” and claimed he was talking to the United States about how to divide up the war-torn enclave. Speaking at the Urban Renewal Summit in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, the far-right minister

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — British police said Thursday that they have arrested three people on suspicion of spying for Russia. The group – a 41-year-old man, 46-year-old man and 35-year-old woman – were all arrested on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service in the county of Essex, northeast of London, a statement

By Wayne Chang, Nectar Gan, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan has unveiled a prototype cruise missile, developed jointly with a US arms maker and set to be manufactured on the island, as it tries to build up its weapons industry to deter any possible military threats from China. The government-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Medical tests on Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro this week showed the presence of an early type of skin cancer, doctors said Wednesday. According to results from a Sunday procedure to have skin lesions removed, doctors found squamous cell carcinoma, which starts in cells in the middle and outer

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Gerry Adams, former president of Sinn Fein, the leading republican political party in Northern Ireland. Personal Birth date: October 6, 1948 Birth place: Belfast, Northern Ireland Birth name: Gerard Adams Father: Gerry Adams, laborer and republican activist Mother: Annie (Hannaway) Adams, mill worker

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Theresa May, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Personal Birth date: October 1, 1956 Birth place: Eastbourne, England Birth name: Theresa Mary Brasier Father: Hubert Brasier, Anglican vicar Mother: Zaidee (Barnes) Brasier Marriage: Philip May (1980-present) Education: St. Hugh’s College, University of

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Nobel Prize, an international award given yearly for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics and peace. October 6-13, 2025 – The Nobel Prizes are announced. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to María Corina Machado for “promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”

By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s minister of culture has vowed to cut funding for the country’s film academy and its annual awards show after a movie about a Palestinian boy’s dream of seeing the ocean won big. On Tuesday night in Tel Aviv, the Israeli Academy of Film and Television awarded the 2025

By Ibrahim Dahman Nadeen Ibrahim, Abeer Salman, Tim Lister, Lauren Izso and Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — Israeli tanks were stationed on the edge of Gaza City on Wednesday ahead of a planned ground operation into the enclave’s largest urban area, according to eyewitnesses and satellite imagery. Amid the military build-up, tens of thousands of

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — As Britain’s royal family welcomed US President Donald Trump to Windsor Castle in a lavish ceremony on Wednesday, the British public gave the American leader their own – markedly less friendly – response to his presence in their country. In an altogether different kind of greeting, Brits have

By Jack Guy and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Citizens of the Czech Republic are waiting with bated breath for a longstanding mystery to be solved: What were the last words of the country’s revered first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk? The final thoughts of the statesman, who governed the Czechoslovak Republic from 1918 to 1935,