National-World

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — As any smoker will tell you, quitting tobacco isn’t easy – and it’s something New Zealand’s new government just isn’t prepared to do right now. A year after passing a world-leading smoking ban designed to save thousands of lives and prevent new generations of young adults from smoking, New

CNN By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Anna Coren and Helen Regan, CNN Avdiivka, Ukraine (CNN) — “Guys, leave me here. I can’t walk,” pleads a Ukrainian soldier sitting in a narrow trench under constant Russian bombardment. His legs have been injured by shrapnel and he is bleeding through the bandages. He smokes a cigarette as he lies on the

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Throughout the 50 days Noam and Alma Or were held captive in Gaza, one thought kept the siblings going: reuniting with their mother, who they’d been separated from on October 7 during Hamas’ brutal attacks on their community. But when Noam, 17, and Alma, 13, were released together on

By Rhea Mogul, Aishwarya Iyer, Vedika Sud, Sania Farooqui and Jack Guy, CNN New Delhi, India (CNN) — Cheers greeted a group of 41 workers as they emerged from a collapsed tunnel under the Himalayas on Tuesday, the climax of an incredible and perilous weekslong rescue operation to drill through rock and debris. The men

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A herd of wild elephants in Malaysia trampled on a car traveling along a major highway after it struck a baby in their group, local authorities said Monday. The car, a white Perodua Axia, was being driven by a 48-year-old man, along with his wife and son, 23, according

By Arya Jyothi, video by Jadyn Sham, Kristie Lu Stout and Kevin Broad, CNN (CNN) — A green pit viper coiled around a drainpipe, three blue-banded bees sleeping on a grass blade, and a gecko climbing a tree against the backdrop of a bustling city. They’re all part of Hong Kong-British wildlife photographer Lawrence Hylton’s

CNN By Arya Jyothi, video by Jadyn Sham, Kristie Lu Stout and Kevin Broad, CNN (CNN) — A green pit viper coiled around a drainpipe, three blue-banded bees sleeping on a grass blade, and a gecko climbing a tree against the backdrop of a bustling city. They’re all part of Hong Kong-British wildlife photographer Lawrence

By Helen Regan, Salai TZ, Angus Watson and Paula Hancocks, CNN (CNN) — Almost three years on from its bloody coup, Myanmar’s military junta is facing the biggest threat to its hold on power as it fights wars on multiple fronts across the Southeast Asian nation. In recent weeks, powerful armed ethnic militias have joined with

By Angela Dewan and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates’ team organizing the COP28 climate talks that begin this week was planning to use its position as host of the summit to strike new oil and gas deals with foreign governments, a cache of leaked documents shows. The documents, which were published

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Personal Birth date: December 14, 1947 Birth place: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Birth name: Dilma Vana Rousseff Father: Pedro Rousseff, construction entrepreneur Mother: Dilma Jane (da Silva) Rousseff, teacher Marriages: Carlos Araujo (1973-2000, divorced); Claudio Galeno Linhares

By Rob Picheta, Joseph Ataman and Amir Tal, CNN (CNN) — For more than six weeks, the conditions in which the Israeli hostages captured by Hamas were being held in Gaza were virtually unknown to the outside world. But testimony from some of the hostages released by the militant group in recent days is now

By Akanksha Sharma, Nimi Princewill, and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — The president of Sierra Leone has described a foiled assault on a military barracks in the capital Freetown as an “attack on democracy.” In a video statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, late Sunday, President Maada Bio said most of the ringleaders had been arrested and calm restored.