Ban Ki-moon Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations. Personal Birth date:…
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Japan is determined to keep hunting whales. And now it has a brand new ‘mothership’
By Heather Chen, Hanako Montgomery and Moeri Karasawa, CNN Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — Wearing a toy whale hat, whale tie and a whale motif shirt,…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mohamed ElBaradei, former director general of the IAEA and Nobel Peace Prize…
Continue ReadingPrincess of Wales to miss major military display next month amid cancer treatment
By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales, will not be returning to royal duties with an…
Continue ReadingInside the US effort to bring home two young American missionaries killed in Haiti
By Caitlin Stephen Hu and David Culver, CNN (CNN) — The first US commercial flight to Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in months made a bleak…
Continue ReadingHow a likely AI-generated image of Gaza took over the internet
By Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — It’s unclear exactly what the image is. A series of tents? Truck beds against a rust orange background?…
Continue ReadingAid entering Gaza drops by two-thirds since Israel’s assault on Rafah, UN says
By Christian Edwards and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — The amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza has dropped by 67% since Israel launched a…
Continue ReadingPerson dies after falling into airplane engine at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport
By Caitlin Danaher and Rosanne Roobeek-Coppack, CNN (CNN) — A person has died after falling into an airplane jet engine at Schiphol Airport in…
Continue ReadingSpanish parliament approves controversial amnesty law for Catalan separatists
By Al Goodman, CNN Madrid (CNN) — The Spanish parliament has approved a controversial amnesty law that paves the way for hundreds of people…
Continue ReadingFirst results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid
By Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, CNN Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) — Early results from South Africa’s election suggest the ruling…
Continue ReadingChina’s Xi Jinping calls for peace conference and ‘justice’ over war in Gaza as Arab leaders visit Beijing
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping decried “tremendous sufferings” in the Middle East and called for an…
Continue ReadingIceland volcano dramatically erupts again as streams of lava reach town’s defensive walls
By Helen Regan and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing…
Continue ReadingSurvivors say Russia is waging a war of sexual violence in occupied areas of Ukraine. Men are often the victims
By Ivana Kottasová and Olga Voitovych, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Within an hour of being arrested by Russian security forces, Roman Shapovalenko was…
Continue ReadingModi heads for two days of island meditation as Indian election nears end
By Kathleen Magramo and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on his way to meditate inside an island shrine for…
Continue ReadingAustralian state appoints official for ‘Men’s Behavior Change’ as outcry over violence against women grows
By Antoinette Radford, CNN (CNN) — As Australian women push for action on domestic violence – a problem described by the country’s prime…
Continue ReadingMexico’s electoral violence spikes hours before campaigns conclude
CNN By Natalia Cano, CNNE (CNN) — Several attacks against political candidates have been reported in Mexico as the campaigning period for the…
Continue ReadingHong Kong democracy leaders convicted in most significant verdicts since Beijing’s national security crackdown
By Jessie Yeung, Nectar Gan and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — More than a dozen of Hong Kong’s leading democracy figures were found…
Continue ReadingMexico’s electoral violence spikes hours before campaigns conclude
By Natalia Cano, CNNE (CNN) — Several attacks against political candidates have been reported in Mexico as the campaigning period for the…
Continue ReadingUS-made munitions used in deadly strike on Rafah tent camp, CNN analysis shows
By Allegra Goodwin, Avery Schmitz and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli…
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