Prince Andrew in the spotlight after Ghislaine Maxwell conviction
Prince Andrew was served with legal papers in a civil sexual assault case against him when the senior British royal’s US-based lawyer was sent the…
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At least four anti-coup protesters shot dead in Sudan as security forces raid broadcasters
By Kareem Khadder and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN At least four people were shot dead by Sudanese security forces during anti-coup demonstrations near the…
Continue Reading Mourners pay tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu as his body lies in state
By Amy Cassidy and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN Mourners flocked to St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on Thursday to pay their respects to…
Continue Reading Lebanon’s soul has been eviscerated by its financial crisis. Not even the children want to play
Opinion by Arwa Damon, Senior International Correspondent I’m crouched down in front of a 10-year-old boy sitting hunched over himself in the…
Continue Reading Jordanian lawmakers trade punches in Parliament amid heated discussion on women’s rights
By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Chaos erupted in Jordan’s Parliament on Tuesday, with lawmakers throwing punches at each other after a discussion on a…
Continue Reading At least 32 killed in gold mine collapse in Sudan
By Yassir Abdullah for CNN Rescue workers in Sudan are working to recover the bodies of dozens of workers who were killed in a gold mine that…
Continue Reading Russian court shuts down Memorial Human Rights Center, day after sister group ordered closed
By Anna Chernova, Jack Guy and Niamh Kennedy, CNN A court in Moscow ordered the closure of the Memorial Human Rights Center on Wednesday, in the…
Continue Reading Protests against Germany’s Covid restrictions turn violent as Europe moves to stem Omicron
By Joshua Berlinger and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Protesters tossed bottles and fireworks at police in eastern Germany on Monday night in some of the…
Continue Reading Thousands of cranes killed by bird flu in ‘worst blow to wildlife’ in Israel’s history
Story by Reuters An outbreak of avian flu has killed more than 5,000 migratory cranes in Israel, prompting authorities to declare a popular nature…
Continue Reading Russian court shuts down Memorial Human Rights Center, day after sister group ordered closed
Russia’s Supreme Court ordered the closure of Memorial International, a prominent human rights organization, in the latest blow to the country’s…
Continue Reading Russian court shuts down human rights group Memorial International
By Anna Chernova and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial International, one of the…
Continue Reading Drugs, violence and racism are creating a ‘cocktail of neglect’ in Marseille
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The southern French port city of Marseille has made headlines in recent months over the deaths of several young people in…
Continue Reading Israel announces plan to double Golan Heights population, drawing condemnation from Syria
By Nada Bashir, Hamdi Alkhshali and Jennifer Deaton, CNN Israel said on Sunday that it intends to double the population of the contested area of the…
Continue Reading As South Africa mourns Desmond Tutu, so do LGBTQ groups, Palestinians and climate activists
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN On Monday, cathedral bells tolled at midday in Cape Town as South Africa began a week of mourning for the Nobel Peace Prize…
Continue Reading Fears of political violence rise as Somalia’s president and prime minister jockey for power
By Larry Madowo Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo has suspended the powers of the prime minister amid an ongoing tussle for power,…
Continue Reading Suicide bomber kills at least 8 at east Congo restaurant
Story by Reuters and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN A suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Beni on…
Continue Reading Desmond Tutu Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Personal Birth date: October 7, 1931…
Continue Reading Mourners pay tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu as his body lies in state
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human…
Continue Reading Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid leader and voice of justice, dead at 90
By Todd Leopold, Larry Madowo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor,…
Continue Reading The Pope reflects on relationships in pandemic times in his traditional Christmas address
By Ivana Kottasová, Zeena Saifi and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN Pope Francis has dedicated a large part of his traditional Christmas message on Saturday to…
Continue Reading The Pope reflects on relationships in pandemic times in his traditional Christmas address
Amid a covid surge, people around the world find reason to…
Continue Reading Arrival of Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali condemned by European governments
By Tim Lister and Sebastian Shukla, CNN Sixteen European governments have issued a statement to “firmly condemn the deployment of mercenary…
Continue Reading Ethiopia to lose access to lucrative US trade program following CNN investigation
By Nima Elbagir and Arnaud Siad, CNN The White House will eject Ethiopia from a trade program between sub-Saharan African countries and the United…
Continue Reading Putin blames the West for growing tensions during end-of-year news conference
CNN’s Melissa Bell breaks down Vladimir Putin’s annual press conference, where he addressed the troop build-up near the Ukrainian…
Continue Reading Iran nuclear talks to restart after ‘disappointing’ pause
US Special Envoy to Iran Robert Malley tells CNN’s Becky Anderson the time left to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran is running out and raises…
Continue Reading Iran nuclear talks to restart after ‘disappointing’ pause
By Celine Alkhaldi Talks to resurrect the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will restart on Monday after a brief and “disappointing” pause. Chief…
Continue Reading Putin blames the West for growing tensions during end-of-year news conference
CNN’s Melissa Bell breaks down the key moments from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual press conference held in…
Continue Reading Putin blames the West for growing tensions during end-of-year news conference
By Luke McGee and Anna Chernova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the ball is in NATO’s court when asked about increasing…
Continue Reading 50,000-year-old social network revealed in Africa
By Katie Hunt, CNN Thousands of years before Facebook, Twitter and TikTok, tiny beads helped humans make social connections. A decade-long study of…
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