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By Jessie Yeung and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, known for his pivotal role in ending the Cold War and introducing key reforms to the USSR, has prompted an outpouring of condolences and tributes from world leaders. Gorbachev died age 91 on Tuesday following a long illness, according to

Story by Reuters Scientists in Spain have unlocked the genetic code of the “immortal jellyfish” — a creature capable of repeatedly reverting into a juvenile state — in hopes of unearthing the secret to their unique longevity, and find new clues to human aging. In their study, published on Monday in the Proceedings of the

By Susannah Cullinane and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Mikhail Gorbachev — the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 — has died at the age of 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Russian state news agencies reported. “Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a severe and prolonged illness,” the Central

By Sugam Pokharel, CNN At least one person was killed after a multiple-story building collapsed in the northwestern Nigerian city of Kano Tuesday, which left “many” others feared trapped inside, according to the local fire service. Eight people had been rescued from the rubble so far, including a person who was declared dead at a

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. Personal Birth date: July 1, 1961 Death date: August 31, 1997 Birth place: Norfolk, England Birth name: Diana Frances Spencer Father: Edward John, 8th Earl Spencer Mother: Frances (Ruth Burke-Roche) Spencer Marriage: Charles (Philip Arthur George), Prince of Wales (July 29,

By Olga Voitovych, Jo Shelley, Tara John, Olga Konovalova, Rebecca Wright, CNN As Ukraine ramps up its offensive to retake Russian-occupied territory in the country’s south, its forces have regained four villages and broken through Russian defenses at multiple points of the frontline in the Kherson region, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky

By Aqeel Najim, Mostafa Salem, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Eyad Kourdi and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his supporters to go home on Tuesday, 24 hours after his announcement of withdrawal from politics prompted his loyalists to rampage through the capital’s streets in a show of force. At least 21 people were

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN Home renovations can unearth all sorts of unexpected items, but one Portuguese property owner discovered hidden treasure on another scale when he stumbled upon what could be Europe’s largest dinosaur remains. In early August, a team of Portuguese and Spanish researchers exhumed parts of what they believe is a fossilized brachiosaurid

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By Isil Sariyuce, for CNN A Turkish court has placed pop music singer Gulsen Bayraktar Colakoglu under house arrest, state-run news agency Anadolu said on Monday. Last week the pop star, widely known as Gulsen, was jailed pending trial on charges of “inciting or insulting the public to hatred and enmity” after she made a

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Aqeel Najim and Ivana Kottasová, CNN At least 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured in violent clashes that erupted in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Monday, following an announcement by powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr that he was withdrawing from political life, medical sources told CNN. Several