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By Kostyantin Gak, Nick Paton Walsh and Brice Laine, CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (CNN) — For Dima, the silence away from the horrors can be harder to bear. A fireman in what is perhaps currently the worst-bombed town on earth – Orikhiv, right in the throes of Ukraine’s counteroffensive – Dima’s daily job involves pulling the

CNN By Kostyantin Gak, Nick Paton Walsh and Brice Laine, CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (CNN) — For Dima, the silence away from the horrors can be harder to bear. A fireman in what is perhaps currently the worst-bombed town on earth – Orikhiv, right in the throes of Ukraine’s counteroffensive – Dima’s daily job involves pulling

CNN By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Irene Nasser, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Four children have been rescued from a chairlift dangling 900 feet over a mountainous region in Pakistan for at least 10 hours, a military source told CNN, as the race to save two other children and two adults stuck inside the

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A Russian spacecraft malfunctioned over the weekend, sending the vehicle crashing into the moon. The failed landing attempt has experts questioning the future of the country’s lunar exploration ambitions and the geopolitical dynamics that underpin modern space exploration efforts. The spacecraft, Luna 25, lost contact with operators at Russia’s

By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday voted for real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin to be the country’s next prime minister, ending a political deadlock more than three months after elections delivered a landslide to progressive parties over pro-military groups. Srettha, 60, was the sole candidate put forward by

By Hadas Gold and Abeer Salman, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A Palestinian man was critically injured Monday after he was shot from behind by Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank, according to an eyewitness and video from the scene. The witness said the man was unarmed and video of the incident obtained by

By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Irene Nasser, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — After a 14-hour ordeal, all eight people, including six children and two adults, who were stranded on a cable car dangling hundreds of feet over a valley in northwest Pakistan have been rescued, the country’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar

By Jackie Prager, CNN (CNN) — On a stage more than 16,000 kilometers (10,000 miles) away from the small township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Mzansi Youth Choir was seeing their dreams come true before their eyes. Confetti rained down at the “America’s Got Talent” (AGT) audition as the young group received the

By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — After months of controversy and anticipation, Japan is set to begin releasing treated radioactive wastewater from its Fukushima nuclear plant later this week despite fierce objections from some countries. The plan has been in the works for years, with authorities warning in 2019 that space

By Rhea Mogul and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Millions in India will be cheering on the teen chess prodigy known as Pragg as he takes on Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen for the Chess World Cup title on Tuesday. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 18, is set to square off against the five-time world champion in Baku, Azerbaijan,

By Helen Regan, Jessie Yeung and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted fugitive former prime minister of Thailand, returned to the country Tuesday for the first time after more than 15 years in self-exile, reintroducing a towering and divisive figure at a time when the kingdom’s often fraught political scene is in