Bear attacks worker, ransacks meat section in Japan supermarket rampage
By Junko Ogura and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A bear that ran amok in a supermarket in northern Japan has been caught two days after it…
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Georgia is being rocked by growing protests. Here’s what you need to know
By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Days of protests have rocked Georgia following the government’s controversial decision to delay the former Soviet…
Continue ReadingAustralia’s biggest cocaine bust seized from broken down boat at sea
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Australian police seized the country’s largest haul of cocaine aboard a fishing boat that had broken down…
Continue ReadingDozens killed in crowd crush at Guinea soccer match
By Kathleen Magramo, Kareem El Damanhoury and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — A crowd crush at a soccer match in the west African country of Guinea has…
Continue ReadingPutin approves record defense spending — a third of Russia’s budget
By Jessie Yeung and Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a record-breaking defense budget, setting aside a…
Continue ReadingRomanians vote in parliamentary election amid turmoil over claims of Russian interference in presidential race
By Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (Associated Press) — Romanians cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election sandwiched between a…
Continue ReadingCountries fail to reach agreement in UN plastic talks
By Reuters BUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) — Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have failed to reach agreement, with…
Continue ReadingAustralian woman finds deadly tiger snake at her feet while driving 50 miles per hour
By Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — Police in Australia said a woman was forced to fend off a deadly tiger snake in her vehicle while driving 50 miles…
Continue ReadingIsraeli strikes kill at least 200 in Gaza as UN halts aid deliveries after more trucks stolen
By Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman, Caitlin Danaher and Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — At least 200 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on northern…
Continue ReadingSyrian and Russian jets step up strikes on rebels after opposition seizes much of Aleppo
By Eyad Kourdi, Tim Lister, Sophie Tanno, Haley Britzky and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Syrian and Russian jets are stepping up strikes on…
Continue ReadingA Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli forces. Eight months later, his family still seeks answers
By Ivana Kottasová and Abeer Salman, CNN Shuafat refugee camp, East Jerusalem (CNN) — The six days after Rami Al-Halhouli was shot dead by the…
Continue ReadingEurope’s far right feels emboldened by Trump’s win but it could be short-lived
By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — In his speech marking his election win, President-elect Donald Trump hailed a new “golden age of America” and…
Continue ReadingThe race to refloat the Bayesian superyacht
By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome, Italy (CNN) — More than three months after the $40 million Bayesian superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily,…
Continue ReadingMother of Israeli-American hostage ‘shaken’ by Hamas video of her son begging Netanyahu and Trump for deal
By Jennifer Hauser and Lauren Izso (CNN) — The mother of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander says she has been assured by Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingWomen are playing key roles in protests across South Asia. The backlash they face is often heavily gendered
By Esha Mitra, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — After the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a hospital and medical college in West Bengal in August,…
Continue ReadingZelensky wants to ‘work directly’ with Trump on ending Ukraine’s war with Russia
By Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he wants to work “directly” with US President-elect Donald Trump…
Continue Reading‘My memories ripped apart.’ Lebanon’s displaced take stock of their losses amid delicate truce
By Tamara Qiblawi and Muhammad Darwish, CNN Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon (CNN) — Like tens of thousands of Lebanon’s displaced,…
Continue ReadingSyrian rebels take control of most of Aleppo city
By Eyad Kourdi, Gul Tuysuz, Sophie Tanno, Tim Lister and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Syrian opposition forces have taken control of much of…
Continue ReadingNearly 1,000 endangered animals repatriated to Madagascar in anti-trafficking landmark
By Chris Lau and Kocha Olarn, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered tortoises and lemurs home to…
Continue ReadingGaza’s hopes for ceasefire dim despite renewed US efforts following Lebanon truce
By Mostafa Salem and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — As an uneasy truce between Israel and Hezbollah offers the Lebanese a desperately needed…
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