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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. Personal Birth date: November 14, 1948 Birthplace: Buckingham Palace, London, England Birth name: Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor Father: Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh Mother: Queen Elizabeth II Marriages: Camilla Parker Bowles (April

By Jack Guy and Livia Borghese, CNN A couple in central Italy who thought they were being burgled were instead shocked to find an endangered brown bear on their balcony. Annalisa Castagna and her husband, Claudio Paravano, were alarmed by a noise outside their property and went to investigate, only to find themselves face to

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN When Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, he was lauded as a regional peacemaker. Now, he is presiding over a protracted civil war that by many accounts bears the hallmarks of genocide. In November 2020, Abiy ordered a military offensive in the northern Tigray region

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Troops allied against Ethiopia’s central government are on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, a diplomatic source told CNN Wednesday, a day after authorities announced a nationwide state of emergency and called on citizens to take up arms to defend the capital. The spreading conflict comes as the United Nations condemned possible

By Radina Gigova, CNN Two people have died and a third person has been injured after an audience member fell from the seventh floor of a concert hall in Sweden into the crowd below, a police spokesman confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday evening about 30 minutes before an ABBA tribute concert

By Abeer Salman and Andrew Carey, CNN Seven Palestinian families facing the threat of forced eviction from their homes in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah have rejected a proposal from Israel’s High Court that justices said could resolve the decades-long dispute. The court asked the families to submit their response by Tuesday to

By Stephanie Busari and Sheena McKenzie, CNN It had been advertised as “Luxury in the Sky,” a glamorous residential high-rise in an upmarket area of Lagos, where apartments started at $1.2 million a unit. But on Monday, this more than 20 storey half-constructed building in Nigeria’s economic hub became the scene of tragedy, after the

By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN The US, UK, France, Germany and European Union will help fund South Africa’s transition away from coal, in a multilateral effort that could serve as a model for other developing nations to ditch the fossil fuel. The announcement on Tuesday provided a semblance of hope at the COP26

By Andrew Carey, Hadas Gold and Max Foster, CNN Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar, who was unable to attend the COP26 climate conference Monday because of a lack of wheelchair access, told CNN she has accepted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s apology. “He [Johnson] was very kind and very friendly and he apologized. Of course,

Story by Reuters A man bled to death from his injuries after he was gored at a bull-running festival in eastern Spain, authorities said. It was the first such fatality in the country since such events resumed after Covid-19 curbs were relaxed during the summer. The 55-year-old man, who has not been named, was repeatedly

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 people and wounded 494. The attackers, armed with assault rifles and explosives, targeted six locations across the city. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks. Timeline and location of the November 13-14 attacks Stade de France— Approximately 9:20