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CNN By Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — As negotiations over a potential deal to end the war in Ukraine intensify, much of the discussion has centered around a part of the country’s east that has long been at the heart of Russia’s goals. The Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk – collectively known as the

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — The increasing use of TikTok trends and social media terms in everyday conversation has led Cambridge Dictionary to include “skibidi,” “delulu” and “tradwife” in the 6,000 new words it has added to its online edition over the past year. To those of us who spend less time online,

By Oren Liebermann, Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — In leaked audio, the former head of Israeli military intelligence can be heard saying the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are “necessary and required for future generations.” “For everything that happened on October 7, for every one person on October 7, 50

From Tal Shalev and Dana Karni (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered around Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Sunday night, with organizers reporting a turnout exceeding 400,000. In one of the largest coordinated demonstrations since the beginning of the Gaza war nearly two years ago, protesters blocked major roads, closed private businesses,

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — The Prince and Princess of Wales are set to move into a new home in Windsor later this year. William and Kate will move into the eight-bedroom Forest Lodge, nestled in leafy Windsor Great Park, with their children George, Charlotte and Louis, according to Britain’s PA Media news agency.

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — As evidence mounts of intensifying atrocities, including the torture of children, being committed in Myanmar, the country’s military generals are rebranding their junta regime and planning stage-managed elections in a nation they only control parts of. They’ve rescinded a four-year state of emergency order, imposed during their 2021 military

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A criminal investigation has been opened after two premature babies died within hours of each other on the night between August 12th and 13th in the San Maurizio Hospital in the northern Italian city of Bolzano, officials said. The infants, both born three weeks ago—one in the

By Lauren Kent, Anna Chernova, Katharina Krebs, Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s final words at the Alaska summit were delivered with a smile, spoken in an unusual burst of English. “And next time in Moscow,” Putin said – no translation needed – in response to US President Donald Trump suggesting they

CNN By Jared Formanek, Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — On a sweltering summer afternoon in Hong Kong, Yeung Fong-yan’s flat felt like an oven. Her air conditioner ran at full blast, but the tiny, tin-roofed room still baked in the heat, with a thermometer inside reading 36°C (96.8°F). “Sometimes it’s so hot we

By Jared Formanek, Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — On a sweltering summer afternoon in Hong Kong, Yeung Fong-yan’s flat felt like an oven. Her air conditioner ran at full blast, but the tiny, tin-roofed room still baked in the heat, with a thermometer inside reading 36°C (96.8°F). “Sometimes it’s so hot we can’t

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945. Causes of World War II The Peace of Paris – The treaties worked out in Paris at the end of World War I satisfied few. Germany, Austria and the other countries on the losing side of the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Beslan school siege. On September 1, 2004, armed Chechen rebels took approximately 1,200 children and adults hostage at a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia, at approximately 9am local time. The siege ended on September 3, 2004, with more than 330 killed, including 186 children,

By Abeer Salman, Ibrahim Dahman, and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s far-right security minister posted video footage of himself taunting the most high-profile Palestinian prisoner while visiting him in jail this week, in an encounter that has prompted outrage from supporters. The video is the first time that Marwan Barghouti, 66, who is serving

By Rhea Mogul, Sana Noor Haq, Sophia Saifi, CNN (CNN) — Sudden floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 400 people across parts of Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal, authorities have said, with scores of people still missing. In northwestern Pakistan, at least 321 people were killed in the space of 48 hours,

By Chris Lau, Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A court in Hong Kong adjourned a national security trial hearing of media mogul Jimmy Lai on Friday, due to concerns about his health, after his defense said he had been experiencing heart palpitations. Lai, a pro-democracy firebrand and founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily,

By Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — The writing has been on the wall for a long time: South Korea’s birth rate has dropped throughout much of the past decade, spelling trouble for the military as regional threats and global conflicts simmer. Now, a new report has found that the number of South Korean

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite Muslim militant group. Personal Birth date: August 31, 1960 Death date: September 27, 2024 Birth place: Beirut, Lebanon Father: Abd al-Karim, who worked as a grocer Marriage: Fatima Yassin Children: Muhammad Hadi (died in 1997),

By Nick Paton Walsh, Rachel Wilson, Lou Robinson, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met Friday for a summit in Alaska aimed – on the US side at least – at bringing an end to the grinding war that has followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of 2022. Any peace deal

By Kara Fox, CNN Westport, Ireland (CNN) — In ancient Celtic folklore, Tír na nÓg is the land of eternal youth, where time stands still and people don’t age. Today, in the west of Ireland, they’ve come close to bottling it. Westport, a small coastal town in picturesque County Mayo, is the unlikely nerve center