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By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has only a tenth of the interceptor missiles it urgently needs from the United States to stop surging Russian ballistic missile attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an interview, adding his days are spent in “millions” of phone

CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Wright, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Ukraine has only a tenth of the interceptor missiles it urgently needs from the United States to stop surging Russian ballistic missile attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN in an interview, adding his days are spent in “millions” of

By CNN Staff Beijing (CNN) — Zhu Rongji, the steely former Chinese premier whose bold economic reforms propelled the country’s rise as a global powerhouse, has died. He was 97. Zhu, who served as premier from 1998 to 2003, died of illness in Beijing on Wednesday morning, according to state news agency Xinhua. He is

By Rocio Munoz, Helen Regan, Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Emergency teams are racing to find the mother of a baby who was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Colombia on Monday. Three-month-old Salomón was pulled alive from the five-story residential building in Cali after

By Kocha Olarn, Jessie Yeung, CNN Bangkok (CNN) — Thailand is suspending new gun permits and tightening its firearm controls after last week’s deadly school shooting, in which a 14-year-old boy killed eight people before turning the gun on himself. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul issued the directive on Tuesday, ordering government officials to “urgently elevate

By Yoonjung Seo, Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul (CNN) — The governing body of football in South Korea has issued a public apology after a bombshell report alleged that it had spent thousands of dollars on sexual services for foreign referees before or after games in the early 2010s. The government’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and

By Tim Lister, Mitchell McCluskey, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has boasted that his war in Iran has led to a “very rational,” “very different,” and “much more reasonable” leadership in Tehran. But the elevation of six hardliners to top security positions this week suggests the Islamic Republic’s new command may be neither

By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese rocket set to launch a satellite into orbit blew-up seconds after liftoff Monday, marking the relatively rare failure for a rocket considered a workhorse of Beijing’s space program. The Long March 7A rocket erupted into a massive fireball just 85 seconds after blasting off from

By Jhasua Razo, Amy O’Kruk, Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing scores and severely damaging thousands of buildings. The quake was the strongest originating in the Andean nation since at least 1990, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter was in San José

By Tim Lister and Aida Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Deepening poverty, rising household debt, rampant inflation, hidden unemployment. The indicators for Iran’s economy signal a deepening crisis on multiple fronts – and at least one official news outlet is not shy about reporting it. On Sunday, US President Donald Trump made clear that inflicting economic

By Gonzalo Zegarra, Sol Amaya, Sana Noor Haq, Michael Rios (CNN) — A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people across the country. The epicenter was located in San José del Palmar, in the department of Chocó, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) west of Bogotá, at a depth of

By Issy Ronald and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian drone strike has killed at least 13 people and injured 75 others in Nizhnekamsk, a city in the Tatarstan region deep inside Russia, local authorities said Monday, marking the deadliest attack to hit the country in more than two years. Nizhnekamsk lies more than

Story by Reuters (Reuters) — The Thai teen behind a deadly school shooting outside Bangkok had an air gun confiscated by a teacher last year and had watched violent content online, police said on Sunday, as the government promised new safety protocols for schools. As investigations continued into Friday’s rampage, where a 14-year-old boy allegedly

Story by Reuters Dublin (Reuters) — Alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan was charged with directing a criminal organization ​by prosecutors in Dublin on Sunday amid tight security at a special court sitting following his extradition from the United Arab Emirates. Kinahan, who was arrested in Dubai in April, was named by the United

By Tim Lister, Eugenia Yosef and Ibrahim Dahman (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said his country rejects the latest US-backed peace plan for Gaza, demanding the full disarmament of Hamas before any Israeli forces withdraw. The comments come more than a week after Trump announced a breakthrough in negotiations, with his

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The front lines of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are largely stagnant. But in the skies, the war is ratcheting up. Each sides’ offensive capabilities now appear to be outstripping their air defenses, analysts say. That means more strikes are hitting their targets, more critical and economic infrastructure is being

Story by the Associated Press Vancouver, British Columbia (AP) — More than 20,000 people were ordered to leave their homes overnight in western Canada as a fast-moving wildfire grew rapidly and raced toward towns along British Columbia’s Okanagan Lake, destroying homes in its path. The entire community of Summerland, home to about 12,000 people, was

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — FIFA chief Gianni Infantino is denying a report that inappropriate conduct was behind a six-figure “departure payment” made to a woman during his years as general secretary at the Union of European Football Associations. UEFA confirmed the woman’s payout, noting that while it was not out of line at

By Rey Rodríguez, Mauricio Torres, CNN (CNN) — Mexican influencer César Gastélum was live-streaming outside a fast-food restaurant when two men on motorbike stopped next him, pulled out a gun and shot him in the head. His brutal murder in Culiacán, the capital of the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, happened in just a few

By Barbie Nadeau, Ivana Scatola, CNN (CNN) — A new comedy show by Amanda Knox is hurtful rather than funny, the sister of the British student whose murder the American performer was convicted but later acquitted of told CNN ahead of its scheduled opening Friday at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Knox, who shared the apartment