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A hostage taken by the ISIS terror cell known as the "Beatles" testified Thursday in a trial against one of the alleged members, El Shafee Elsheikh, who is accused of assisting in the kidnapping, torture and death of several Americans, Europeans and other foreign nationals from 2012 to 2015. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/bXUumL8

An evil fox spirit is on the loose after breaking free from her rock prison -- that is, if you believe in Japanese mythology. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/JSy86om

The Omicron coronavirus variant may be reaching around the world, but different places are seeing significantly different effects. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/MoxgRQ1

A Turkish prosecutor called on Thursday for the trial in Istanbul of Saudi suspects over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be halted and transferred to Saudi authorities, a move which comes as Turkey seeks to mend ties with Riyadh. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/YKGHoQe

The barrage of sanctions imposed by the West following Russia's invasion of Ukraine decimated the ruble. But one month after the tanks rolled, the currency has made a full recovery and is now trading at levels seen prior to the war. How is that possible? from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/knmJpAP

Germany "will be poorer" because of Russia's assault on Ukraine, the government's economy minister has warned, as soaring energy prices fuel record inflation and threaten to tip Europe's biggest economy into a recession. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/vgUyxRT

History was made on Wednesday as 91,553 fans packed into Camp Nou -- the largest football stadium in Europe -- to watch the second leg of the UEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinal between Barcelona and Real Madrid. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/y03e7E2

North Korea's launch last week of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), reported to be its most advanced yet, may have been a less advanced weapon than previously believed, according to a South Korean military official. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/WC1Hnuc

An Australian TV host is due to face trial in China Thursday for allegedly sharing state secrets in an opaque case that analysts worry may be politically motivated. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/VQ1FYEB

The war in Ukraine sparked a never-before-seen mass exodus of businesses from Russia. Corporations that spent years gaining a foothold in the growing consumer market pulled out nearly overnight, with their lucrative operations suddenly looking like liabilities. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Kfb85D0

Two years of pandemic uncertainty forced many couples to postpone or even cancel their nuptial celebrations. But weddings are coming back with gusto. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/yc0CGHn

Millions of people in China are under lockdown. Hong Kong morgues are overwhelmed. And South Korea is reporting the most cases per capita worldwide. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/4QtM16h

Some 130 people have been killed and more than 3,000 have been forcibly displaced this year as violence has surged in eastern Colombia, according to the United Nations and the Catholic Church. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3iuVXwd

The Biden administration on Wednesday enacted new sanctions against Iran's ballistic missile program in response to a missile attack on Erbil in Iraq earlier this month. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/OauJvzi

The World Bank has put four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million on hold amid concerns over a decision by the country's ruling Islamist leaders to ban girls from returning to public high schools, the bank said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/tGTOUdL

Firefighters in India's capital said Wednesday they are close to extinguishing a fire at a landfill site that has been burning for nearly two days, cloaking the area in a toxic haze and choking residents. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Y6svwzM

An extremely rare Sumatran rhino has been born in captivity at a sanctuary in Indonesia, according to the government, a triumph for conservation efforts to save the critically endangered animal from extinction. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/VEAJ0Qa

Eight United Nations peacekeepers died in a helicopter crash Tuesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid rebel fighting in the region, the UN peacekeeping mission confirmed. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/q0uohAj

Five people were killed in a shooting near Tel Aviv, according to Israeli police, marking the third such attack in Israel within a week. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/wgu3hZT

Pope Francis on Monday met Indigenous leaders and survivors of Canada residential schools who are seeking a papal apology for the harm inflicted for decades on Indigenous children. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/LHViPyz

A Singapore court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by a man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, following a campaign by his lawyers who said the trial violated international laws as the man has intellectual disabilities. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/g9H3wUz

The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands on Tuesday defended the country's possible security deal with China, hitting back at critics and calling their protests "very insulting." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/fkTUV5n

Canada has picked Lockheed Martin Corp as the preferred bidder to supply 88 new fighter jets, Procurement Minister Filomena Tassi said Monday, in a clear sign the US company is set to win the multibillion-dollar contract. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/cGUnmPt

The Honduran Supreme Court has authorized the extradition of former president Juan Orlando Hernández to the US, where he will face drug trafficking and firearms possession charges. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/phgJeEc

When writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi first laid eyes on the red Saab 900 Turbo at the center of his award-winning film "Drive My Car," he knew it was the one. Over thirty years old and in immaculate condition, the car was perfect. It needed to be -- he'd be spending a lot of time inside. "It almost feels like the best casting that I've ever done," Hamaguchi recalled in a video interview with CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XAw2ZYy

Korean culture has spread across the world like wildfire in recent years, with the hugely successful K-pop, K-film and K-beauty sectors attracting insatiable interest. Now, South Korea is looking to take its fashion industry to the next level, too. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/IalxSXs

Many countries around the world have decided to live with the coronavirus, even as a new subvariant fuels another wave of infections. But China is an extremely important exception. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/fU2wKms

Russia's independent news network, TV Rain, shuttered its Moscow operations in early March — its newsroom empty, broadcast signal shut off. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XnidCNP

Elon Musk said he is giving "serious thought" to creating a new social media platform in a tweet Saturday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/cgz1JKb

Saving money can take a little extra effort: clipping coupons, searching for a promotional code, signing up for an email list.... from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/KEAYWI7

The war in Ukraine. Red-hot inflation. And rapid interest rate hikes. The economic recovery that began two years ago faces credible threats that could lead to its premature demise. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/LRMtxdc

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A small but restive volcano south of the Philippine capital spewed a 1.5 kilometer (0.9 miles) plume on Saturday, prompting authorities to raise an alert level and evacuate more than a thousand residents. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/FEDHcMW

All 132 people on board the China Eastern Airlines jetliner that crashed Monday are dead, official sources said Saturday night, according to Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/CaTiyZw

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering its sixth mass bleaching due to heat stress caused by climate change, the reef's managers confirmed Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2ywlL65

An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of extraordinary warmth on the continent, scientists say. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/kRJVSCE

On 24 February, as she watched the news of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Desislava Tosheva was staring at her couch. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/IAF3tQU

When Vladimir Putin's forces last approached a capital city, they leveled it. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/zFn8gJa

This week at CNN Travel, we're eating our dinner out of the world's coolest toothpaste tube, dreaming about sunny Indonesian beaches and admiring the latest developments in British mass transit. Come along for the ride, won't you? from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/woVJr9K

The US oil industry doesn't appear to be in any rush to come to the rescue of Americans struggling with high gas prices. Oil company CEOs say Wall Street is to blame. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/SupxZz1

For 10 years, Taras Ostapchuk worked at what many might consider a dream job, as the chief engineer for the Lady Anastasia, a luxurious 156-foot yacht that cruised mostly from one upscale port to another across the sparkling Mediterranean Sea. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/kpQHDqS

Stan, the world's most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, sold for $31.8 million in 2020 -- the highest price ever paid at auction for a fossil. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/pXQkAyi

Joachim Trier's characters have a habit of taking a scalpel to their psyche. The reason for the incision ranges -- a comment from a friend, a bad review, a breakup -- but once it's made, what starts as a keyhole operation can become open heart surgery and escalate into existential crisis. Not that the world is paying attention. Mostly life goes on and these characters find ways to sew themselves up, deriving strength in the knotty scar tissue that remains. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/TuGRLkZ

After Lebohang Kganye's mother died at age 49, the South African artist began going through the things she'd left behind as a means to deal with the grief. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/8qLeaSl

Before film was invented, early portrait photographers first discovered the titillating pleasure of exposing images of nudes on silver copper plates. Since then, the male gaze has largely shaped how bodies are visualized in printed media. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/w92QY5l

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Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote opened the continent's largest fertilizer plant this week as war in Ukraine cuts off supplies from Russia, threatening a global food crisis. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/JgNxkzr

After successive seasons of canceled shows and virtual presentations, a largely in-person Tokyo Fashion Week returned in a blur of technicolor palettes, digital innovation and sculptural runway creations. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/LNlw3Ss

War in Europe has triggered a massive flight of capital from an Asian island nearly 5,000 miles away. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/NxDgl0p

The war in Ukraine has yet to enter its fourth week and its shockwaves are already being felt as far away as the Middle East, putting governments on edge as tensions simmer at home. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/F6vIVmP

A top Nicaraguan official condemned President Daniel Ortega's government on Wednesday, calling it a "dictatorship" that is stifling civil and political freedoms in the Central American nation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Gx09KMV

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge continued their royal tour of the Caribbean in Jamaica on Wednesday, having arrived Tuesday hours after protests were held calling on the monarchy to apologize and pay reparations for its historical role in the slave trade. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/9gkjFVq

An official from the US embassy in Moscow found US basketball player Brittney Griner to be "in good condition," after they were recently granted consular access to the American athlete who is being detained in Russia, US State Department spokesman Ned Price told CNN on Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/0KvzVh1

Tesla opened its third assembly plant near Berlin, Germany, and made the first deliveries of its Model Y sedan there Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/4GFjy6s

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon will DJ at Chicago's Lollapalooza music festival this July alongside acts like Metallica, Dua Lipa, Doja Cat, and Green Day. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/gTEDLbX

Sri Lanka posted soldiers at hundreds of state-run gas stations on Tuesday to help distribute fuel after a sudden rise in prices of key commodities and accompanying shortages forced tens of thousands of people to queue for hours. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/mFlotzn

The parents of Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra "Sasha" Kuvshynova say the death of their daughter, killed while reporting on the war in their homeland, has helped them to discover a lot more about her life. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/coXdePY

US-listed Russian stocks have been in freefall following the invasion of Ukraine — but it's not the only nation whose stocks are getting whipsawed. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/cI6AdFS

In his latest book, The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance, Cornell University professor Eswar S. Prasad describes how digital currencies and other financial technologies are reshaping everything from consumer banking to monetary policy and international payments. In a conversation with the International Monetary Fund, Prasad lays out the advantages and perils of the new forms of money. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/rYoblLQ

Since the start of this year, a series of advertisements have appeared on television screens and billboards across the United States, with ominous warnings to texters. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/HmJczW7

Devastating loss of life and growing uncertainty have the world very much on edge, but there is a bit of good news for humanity: Benevolence is surging globally. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/GApxY0K

From an airplane concept with an "underwater" twist to an AI-based food scanner that moderates passengers' eating habits, the shortlist for the 2022 Crystal Cabin Awards highlights eye-catching ideas that could be the future of aviation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/aHRkiFK

A young Ukrainian girl who recently performed a moving rendition of the "Frozen" hit "Let It Go" for her fellow citizens at a Kyiv bomb shelter is safe in Poland. And in an emotional performance from her host country, the girl honored Ukraine with an a cappella version of its national anthem. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/pUymLHX

The man who discharged bear spray while brandishing a hatchet at a mosque in the Canadian city of Mississauga is now facing multiple charges in connection with the incident, Peel Regional Police said in a news release Monday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/r0qAXiy

When ice cream maker Adrienne Borlongan first experimented with a White Rabbit flavor, she thought it tasted like "cheap vanilla." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/UJQeDbi

While many Ukrainians are fleeing the country after the Russian invasion, some are traveling in the opposite direction and returning to their home country to help anyway they can. CNN's Hala Gorani reports. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/4hrgC0G

CNN's Scott McLean shows how US veteran military surgeons and medics are helping to train ordinary Ukrainians in how to treat battlefield wounds they may encounter as Russian attacks continue. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/82BzdcU

The Biden administration has formally determined that Myanmar's military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya, a US official told CNN on Sunday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/v2EVt6L

The closure of Russian airspace to some international carriers, including many in Europe, has forced airlines to seek alternate routes. For some flights, such as those linking Europe and Southeast Asia, that's especially problematic since Russia, the world's largest country, stands directly in between. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ilCTz30

Rookie Congressman Madison Cawthorn is paying for his unforced error and proving how difficult it is to play Trump-style politics. It turns out there's more to it than simply flinging nasty rhetoric and sitting back to gloat while others cry foul. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/1IZUEYj

Six people were killed after a car crashed into a crowd of people who had gathered to attend a local carnival on Sunday morning in Strépy-Bracquegnies, near La Louvière, Belgium. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/6bDqGr8

Worshipers at a mosque in the Canadian city of Mississauga on Saturday subdued a man who discharged bear spray while brandishing a hatchet in what police said was a possible hate crime. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/t31C5Ja

A mega moon rocket and the Orion spacecraft have finally emerged from their chrysalis and are towering in place at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Eo0z3kY

One of the three detained British-Iranians that were released as part of a deal signed by the UK has been returned to jail in Tehran, his lawyer told CNN Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/C876Ugk

Two young brothers have been rescued from a remote part of Brazil's Amazon rainforest after being lost for nearly four weeks. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/U7R2NxI

President Tayyip Erdogan opened a massive suspension bridge across Turkey's Dardanelles Strait on Friday, the latest in a series of major infrastructure projects which he has prioritized during his two decades in power. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/npvJuSi

If you can't answer the question in this week's headline straight away, it probably says more about her than you. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/atxBXZ4

China is quietly distancing itself from Russia's sanction-hit economy. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/JwVtQ4C

Supermodel Bella Hadid has confessed that she regrets having a nose job as a teenager. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/psIxMjA

Cuba's Supreme Court sentenced more than 100 protesters in Havana to prison terms that ranged between four and 30 years for violence committed during demonstrations last year, it announced Wednesday in a statement. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/AE0Vtcr

A Dubai-owned British ferry company fired 800 seafarers on Thursday, bringing chaos to some of the country's biggest ports and prompting union officials to urge the workers to occupy their ships. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/tVpsimS

After bolting to Ukraine to escape political persecution in her native Belarus, Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia never thought she would again be forced to flee, this time to save her family from Russian attack. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3OE1txP

With winter finally coming to an end, millions of people in India -- and other parts of the world home to Hindus -- are gearing up for one of the most joyous celebrations of the year. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/QDqErW4

The Covid era of free money has come to an end. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XscRFJq

Netflix knows you share your password. And soon you might have to start paying for the privilege. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Y3HComr

Russia is seizing hundreds of commercial jets owned by US and European leasing companies, a further sign of the challenges the country's airline industry faces due to sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/9HPmw5e

The U.S. Coast Guard is working on a plan to safely refloat a 1,095-foot container ship operated by Evergreen Marine Corp. that grounded in the Chesapeake Bay Sunday night. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/26NplBE

A deadly 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Fukushima prefecture on Wednesday, injuring dozens of people. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/H9tgjKp

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian aid worker who has been held in Iran for almost six years, has arrived back in the United Kingdom after being released from detention. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/hsw57ev

Stephen Wong openly describes himself as "greedy." The landscape painter is referring to his appetite for absorbing as much scenery as possible during long and sometimes arduous hikes, which see him filling sketchbooks with impressions before translating them into sumptuous paintings. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/jnVX4DS

A tsunami warning was issued by Japanese officials Wednesday following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, where a 2011 quake caused a disaster at a nuclear power plant. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/gB6vY3x

Slovakia has preliminarily agreed to provide Ukraine with a key Soviet-era air defense system to help defend against Russian airstrikes, according to three sources familiar with the matter, but the US and NATO are still grappling with how to backfill that country's own defensive capabilities, and the transfer is not yet assured. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/y0M9fAQ

Russian President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has done more to unify Western Europe than almost any event since the end of World War II. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/9QXhtVN

Serdar Berdymukhamedov, the son of outgoing Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, won a snap election with 73% of the vote and will succeed his father, the Central Asian nation's Central Election Commission said on Tuesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/7rfwiZN

An attempt by North Korea to fire an unidentified projectile Wednesday morning failed on launch, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/7lFIGvO

When ice cream maker Adrienne Borlongan first experimented with a White Rabbit flavor, she thought it tasted like "cheap vanilla." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ztRfPO1

"Who wouldn't want to buy an island?" Marshall Mayer asks above the roar of the engine as the boat cuts through the still waters of the Caribbean Sea. Belize City is fast disappearing behind, as a group of mangrove-covered islands grows larger on the horizon. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/rRoJQ1y

Intel plans to invest up to €80 billion ($89 billion) over the next decade to build up Europe's supply chain for semiconductor chips. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/nXyGJZH

For many years, the world's most popular emerging markets have been the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/MeGDCTA

It's a request that was described as "ironic in the extreme." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/WNyqZzj

An Indian high court has upheld a ban on the wearing of hijabs or headscarves in educational institutes in Karnataka state, weeks after religious clashes erupted over the right to wear the Islamic garment in schools. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/6VTcufd

The Australian government has successfully appealed a court ruling that ordered the federal environment minister to consider the impact of carbon emissions on children when approving new coal mining projects. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/oRTHVDq

Foxconn, one of Apple's biggest suppliers, has suspended operations in Shenzhen as China locks down the technology hub and several other regions to contain the country's worst Covid-19 outbreak in two years. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/qnvVc9S

India may take up a Russian offer to buy crude oil and other commodities at a discount, two Indian officials said, in a sign that Delhi wants to keep its key trading partner on board despite Western attempts to isolate Moscow through sanctions. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/jSIQN9n

China's economy started the year on a bright note, with several major indicators beating forecasts. But as Covid cases in the country spike, keeping up the same pace of growth in the coming months may prove difficult. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/1B6JRta

The United States appears to be keen to tell the world that it wasn't the target of Iranian missile strikes in Iraq on Sunday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ZGMkhC5

China reported thousands of new local Covid-19 cases Sunday amid the worst outbreak in the country since Wuhan in early 2020, according to the National Health Commission (NHC). from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/BvaOVnu

Ethiopia's government said on Saturday it would act against the perpetrators after a video appeared on social media showing armed men, some in military uniforms, burning civilians to death in the country's west. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/yODcAtI

The West is already crushing Russia's economy. Now a bipartisan group of lawmakers want to limit Vladimir Putin's access to Russia's mountain of gold. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2Y7uGAL

Russia's richest businessman has warned the Kremlin against confiscating assets of companies that have fled in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, saying such a step would set the country back more than 100 years. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/p7BZLnh

Virgin Voyages aimed to disrupt the cruise industry when it launched Scarlet Lady, its first adults-only cruise ship, last year. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/RTI3W87

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday it is concerned the war in Ukraine could worsen the Covid-19 pandemic, and it is trying to do more to limit the spread of infectious diseases. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ElJdTOZ

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Nearly 60 elephants enjoyed a huge fruit banquet at a Thai botanical park on Sunday as the Southeast Asian country marked its annual Elephant Day. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3ylq5Uv

In the early morning of February 24 in New York, hours after Russia started firing missiles near Kyiv, a tweet from The Economist read "In parts of Ukraine, people woke to the sound of sirens and took to their basements; elsewhere some knelt on the streets to pray." If Twitter existed nearly four decades ago, the tweet would have just as accurately described 1980s Tehran. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/mZRKqEt

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Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 806th career goal in Old Trafford on Saturday, breaking FIFA's all-time record for most goals in competitive matches in men's football history. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Upmn0q8

Sometimes shipwrecks contain sunken treasure, cargoes of gold or jewelry that tempt bounty hunters to risk treacherous seas in pursuit of lucrative rewards. Other shipwrecks are themselves the treasure -- the stories of their ill-fated voyages creating a legend that makes them sparkle far more than any bullion or precious stones. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/z09eIEU

Bismack Biyombo will donate his NBA seasonal salary to build a hospital in his native Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and honor his late father, the Phoenix Suns star said Friday. The 29-year-old returned to the NBA in January, signing a contract for the duration of the season with the Suns having not played since the close of the 2020-21 campaign last fall. According to the Spotrac website, Biyombo's contract with the Suns is worth $1.3 million. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/GrWxmN4

Svein Tore Holsether says the world is careening toward a food crisis that could affect millions of people. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/TLYgDf9

In a significant reversal, Deutsche Bank announced Friday it is planning to shut down its business in Russia. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ew6b1xc

In a video that has since gone viral on social media, a group of men gather on a dusty street in India's southern Karnataka state. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Ia7MBq8

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An intense, closely guarded diplomatic effort by a core team of Biden energy and national security officials to raise global oil production amid surging prices from Russia's war in Ukraine has fostered a cautious sense of optimism inside the White House. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/UeVqKst

British property developer Nick Candy remains interested in buying English Premier League club Chelsea after the UK government sanctioned owner Roman Abramovich on Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/je8y7S4

As Russia's economy gets pummeled by increasingly severe western sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine, the country's crucial airline industry could soon find itself on life support. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/bOx1wsE

When McDonald's opened its doors in Moscow for the first time, it was a big deal. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/PqunG1i

Russia said it could seize the assets of Western companies that have suspended operations in the country. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/iJhCyzp

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said they had agreed on Friday to ramp up three-way ties with the United States in responding to North Korea's evolving military threat. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/K5LzUPa

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has claimed victory in four key state elections including the country's most populous state, consolidating support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party's Hindu nationalist agenda. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Zg976hO