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For medical school student Nikhil, that New Year's Eve was emotional, cathartic and unexpected. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/X9z4BjC

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said the self-ruled democratic island is willing to provide assistance to help China deal with its Covid surge after Beijing eased its hardline approach last month. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/jc8qTZA

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Moscow wants to cause darkness and leave the country "in the dark for the New Year," as deadly strikes swept several regions on Saturday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ISw3mJx

Dignitaries and religious leaders have been paying tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/rzG4DOt

When Indonesia passed controversial amendments to its criminal code earlier this month, one aspect above all others dominated the headlines: the criminalization of sex outside marriage. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/TrZiI2E

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States on Friday, according to CNN Brasil, two days before the inauguration of his successor, President-elect Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/l9at6Cv

North Korea fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile into the waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/7o53dMe

As the new year begins, a number of popular electric vehicles, specifically some Tesla and General Motors models, could be eligible for $7,500 worth of tax credits they weren't eligible for in 2022. But that eligibility may last only last a few months. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/1kAOL2f

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are scheduled to speak Friday via video conference, the Kremlin said, with analysts watching for any sign of a softening in the Chinese leader's support for the Russian president after more than 10 months of war in Ukraine and as China faces an unprecedented Covid outbreak. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/AhS7LOC

A court in military-run Myanmar has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption, a source familiar with the case told CNN, bringing an end to a string of secretive and highly-politicized proceedings against the ousted former leader. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/R4h2FAu

A 5-year-old girl saved her baby brother's life after a car crash killed their parents, leaving three young children trapped in the wreckage for more than two days in a remote part of rural Western Australia, CNN affiliate Nine News reported. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/p9Ynr4M

A Kabul professor tore up his diplomas live on television in Afghanistan in protest over the Taliban's barring of women from higher education. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/UnSEZXK

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is "lucid and vigilant" but his condition remains serious, the Vatican said Thursday in an update on the former pontiff's health. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/pjsXwtM

Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday completed a dramatic return as Israel's prime minister, after being sworn in as the leader of what is likely to be the country's most right-wing government in history. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/8ktJ7Yb

The United Nations announced Wednesday it has suspended some of its "time-critical" programs in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's ban on female NGO workers. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/lXI9Erp

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A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Wednesday issued a four-day ban on carrying firearms in the capital as a precautionary measure ahead of the January 1 inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/lFE9gQj

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2022 was supposed to be a triumphant year for China and its leader Xi Jinping, as he began his second decade in power with a pledge to restore the nation to greatness. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/EUjNwQk

For Andrei Soldatov and his friends, February 24 marked the end of Russia as they knew it. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/yliHxKd

Protesting Serbs in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo erected new barricades on Tuesday, hours after Serbia said it had put its army on the highest combat alert following weeks of escalating tensions between Belgrade and Pristina. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/t5L98ha

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday said it was "deeply alarmed" by the ruling Taliban's ban on women attending university or working for aid groups in Afghanistan. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/TlZbI07

Japanese reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba tendered his resignation on Tuesday, becoming the fourth minister to leave the cabinet appointed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in August. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/5WHM7LZ

Novak Djokovic is back in Australia, according to a spokesperson with Tennis Australia, nearly a year after his high-profile visa ban from the country over his stance on the Covid-19 vaccination. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/OpNRVku

Arsène Wenger's departure from Arsenal as the club's manager in 2018 was bittersweet. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/qv5sMrY

Oil stocks skyrocketed in 2022, so it's no surprise funds that track the energy sector were Wall Street winners this year. But the top fund of the year is a surprising one: It invests in a variety of companies based in Turkey. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/aVB48ue

China's partial reopening has been met with an outpouring of joy and relief from citizens -- both the hundreds of millions isolated inside the country for the past three years and those overseas separated from their loved ones. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Ytusoli

Heavy snowfall in northern Japan and other parts of the country killed at least 17 people and injured more than 90 others over the Christmas weekend, authorities said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XBvs28V

Philippine authorities on Monday reported at least eight deaths mostly due to floods triggered by heavy rains in the southern provinces, as Christmas celebrations were disrupted for thousands of residents who were forced to evacuate. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/MA1aD5E

China will drop quarantine requirements for all passengers arriving from outside of the country's borders starting on January 8, 2023, its top health authority announced Monday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/GNbTiyr

Five North Korean drones crossed into South Korean airspace on Monday, prompting the South Korean military to deployed fighter jets and attack helicopters, the country's defense ministry said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/kFyfC76

China sent 47 aircraft across the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, its largest incursion into Taiwan's air defense zone in recent months, as Beijing steps-up efforts to normalize aggressive military operations around the self-ruled island. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/yDi8xPJ

After spending more than a month adrift on a stricken boat without food or water, dozens of starving Rohingya have been rescued in Indonesia, the United Nations refugee agency said Sunday, offering a glimmer of hope for the persecuted group who fled their refugee camps last month in search of a better life. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/wiUk5pm

A bus accident in southern British Columbia, Canada, on Christmas Eve has left more than 50 people hospitalized, officials say.  from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/UoQbPge

Three foreign aid groups said Sunday that they were moving to temporarily suspend their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female employees of non-governmental organizations from coming to work. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/M65zUYj

Thailand's navy said Sunday that the death toll from the sinking of one of its warships earlier in the week had risen to 18. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/4ntZ1iN

China's top health authority has announced that it has stopped publishing daily Covid-19 case numbers, as reports claimed that the true toll of the country's ongoing outbreak is much worse than the official figures published by authorities. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/1cJyNbs

In a community center in central London, a young child plays in a makeshift area as her caregiver rocks her stroller and chats to a friend. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/LEZq0IC

A group of women took to the streets in the city of Herat in Afghanistan on Saturday, protesting against a Taliban order this week suspending all female students from attending university in the country. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/cfDGiRx

The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered all local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stop their female employees from coming to work, according to a letter by the Ministry of Economy sent to all licensed NGOs. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/kwCyJPd

Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer who inspired the award-nominated TV series "The Serpent," walked free from a Nepali prison Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/GCKeXBI

Last year, Nataliia Doroshko, a 35-year-old lawyer, celebrated St. Nicholas Day with friends and family in her home city of Cherkasy, on the snowy banks of the Dnipro River, downstream from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/GMoS5T0

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When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 in a lightning takeover following the withdrawal of US troops, the radical Islamist group appeared keen to distance itself from its earlier period of rule in the 1990s, presenting itself as more moderate and committed to the internal peace process. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/vTHoh20

The US carried out a strike in Somalia that killed six al-Shabaab militants on Friday, US Africa Command said in a statement. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/yr7B1i0

Kyiv and its Western allies are "set for a long confrontation with Russia" following President Volodymyr Zelensky's momentous visit to Washington, Moscow said as the war in Ukraine approaches 10 months. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/yzSKwrW

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Several members of a QAnon group in Japan were sentenced by a Tokyo court on Thursday for breaking into multiple Covid vaccination centers, according to CNN affiliate TV Asahi. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/AiXOoBm

North Korea launched at least one ballistic missile on Friday, according to South Korean officials, the latest in an unprecedented year of weapons testing. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/mcp5EOY

Japan's core consumer inflation hit a fresh four-decade high as companies continued to pass on rising costs to households, data showed, a sign price hikes were broadening and could keep the central bank under pressure to whittle down massive stimulus. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/eJxu34T

For much of the pandemic, images of overflowing hospitals and busy funeral homes from the United States have featured heavily on China's state-controlled television, where the deaths of over a million Americans from Covid is depicted as a gross failing of Western democracy. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/NVAPHmp

Officials at NASA and Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, are working to decide how to bring home several people at the International Space Station after a Russian Soyuz spacecraft sprang a leak last week. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Qua57Nb

The abrupt shift in China's Covid policy has left its people and health facilities ill-prepared to deal with a huge wave of infections, leading to widespread shortages of the most common drugs used to alleviate flu-like symptoms. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Q3cC7xl

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called on Myanmar's ruling military junta to release all political prisoners, including deposed State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint, in its first resolution passed on the Southeast Asian country since its independence. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/BAkc9uy

Comprising more than 40 countries, Asia can't be summed up easily. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/LGa8Mfe

Boris Becker says a prison "inmate tried to kill" him during the tennis great's incarceration in a British jail during an interview that was aired Tuesday by German broadcaster Sat 1. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/FEnBOKP

Tse Chi Lop, an alleged drug kingpin accused of running a multibillion dollar methamphetamine empire, has been extradited to Australia following a nearly two-year legal battle with Dutch authorities. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/0POECkw

Nepal's top court on Wednesday ordered the release from jail of Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer who inspired the award-nominated TV series "The Serpent." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/jyXcHM4

Thai naval officials said Tuesday there were not enough life jackets for everyone aboard a warship that sank early Monday in severe weather in the Gulf of Thailand with the loss of at least six lives. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/DwKoAxJ

Another day, another round of strikes in Britain. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ulIrEkc

In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper Tuesday, a TikTok executive refused multiple times to acknowledge China's treatment of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, which the US State Department has labeled a genocide and a United Nations report said may constitute "crimes against humanity." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/AZc6pdm

The family of Peru's ousted President Pedro Castillo has been granted asylum by the Mexican government, Mexico's foreign minister said Tuesday amid ongoing protests in the Andean nation, which has left dozens of people dead. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/vILqdRY

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Home building pulled back in November, as buyers faced spiking mortgage rates topping 7% that make homes increasingly unaffordable. Rates fell slightly through the month, but are still double what they were a year ago, continuing to put pressure on new home purchases. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/NtzApL5

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It's barely dusk on a cold Saturday afternoon in early December. But Amsterdam's Red Light District is already starting to heat up. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/lrKOfnq

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday he supports plans to scale back the presence of troops in the eastern region of Papua, where the country's military has been accused of human rights abuses in tackling a long-running independence movement. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/pu7rsAV

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In between being blindfolded, locked in solitary confinement, and interrogated in a wheelchair while she was on a hunger strike following her late September arrest, Negin says she had a realization: Iranian officials were using her private Telegram chats, phone logs and text messages to incriminate her. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/kg2L6cX

The UK's controversial policy to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed lawful by the country's High Court on Monday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/fTj4riI

Hundreds of tourists stranded in the ancient city of Machu Picchu are being evacuated after Peru was plunged into a state of emergency following the ousting of the country's president. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Zyz8cb3

Nepal's president on Sunday called on the country's political parties to try to form a new government within a week after last month's inconclusive national election. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/CPSIWlR

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American college student Kenny DeLand Jr. has been reunited with his mother in Lyon, France, and is on his way back to the US, according to a French diplomatic official. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/gsklo61

At least 19 people have been killed and 32 others were injured when a fuel tanker caught fire in a tunnel north of the Afghan capital of Kabul, a local official said Sunday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/DkmhTJG

Pope Francis has revealed in a new interview that he has already signed his resignation letter to be used in the event of him becoming "impaired." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/AgMrlsG

Roughly two dozen former leaders of the US military -- including retired chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a former Supreme Allied commander of NATO and several former commanders in Afghanistan -- sent a letter to US congressional leaders Saturday evening urging them to act quickly to save Afghan allies who currently run the risk of deportation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/29SqZIY

It's only a week until Christmas, and Mechelle Lutsko is holding onto hope that her daughter, one of the hundreds of tourists stranded in Peru, will make it home in time. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/EjRdPLA

President Joe Biden is expected to name former congressman Joe Kennedy III as his special envoy to Northern Ireland for economic affairs, according to two people familiar with the plans, installing a member of one of the United States' most famous political families to the post at a critical moment for the region. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Qx217vT

Amazon warehouse workers at a facility in the United Kingdom plan to go on strike, their union confirmed to CNN on Friday, in a move that's being billed as a first for the company's workers in the country. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/WErAXV9

English football great David Beckham has addressed criticism over his role as an ambassador for Qatar during the World Cup, saying it is "positive that debate about the key issues has been stimulated directly by the first World Cup being held in the region." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/8LmdBUC

"She's smiling, look at her smile, her face." Oh Il-seok looks lovingly at a photograph of his daughter taken in the last hours of her life. As he takes off his glasses to wipe his eyes, his wife whispers, "Ji-min is my friend, she is my best friend." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ecCWXd8

Ever dreamed of owning your own secret citadel in a beautiful region of Italy, wandering along its fortified walls like a monarch surveying their kingdom? from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Uy59OtH

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When the United States withdrew its forces from Afghanistan after 20 years in the country, it did so on a promise that the Taliban once back in government would provide no haven for terrorist groups. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/uhL0Xb5

North Korea on Friday said it has successfully tested a solid-fueled rocket motor, a development that could lead to Kim Jong Un's regime being able to more quickly and reliably fire an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in the future. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/0HKovV1

Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha is in a stable condition after she was hospitalized due to a heart problem, the Thai royal palace said in a statement on Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/n8U10R6

An unprecedented wave of Covid cases in China has sparked panic buying of fever medicines, pain killers, and even home remedies such as canned peaches, leading to shortages online and in stores. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/vHiwfhM

An Indonesian bomb maker convicted for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has apologized to the victims' families, after his release from prison was met with outrage in Australia. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/gXi9REj

United Nations member states have removed Iran from a key UN women's rights group just months after it joined. The unusual reversal comes as Iran is rattled by an ongoing protest movement sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of the country's so-called "morality police" from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/TNEUqzZ

More than 120 people have died in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa after torrential rains caused severe flooding in the city, according to a government statement issued Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/A568CaH

The son of an Ethiopian chemistry professor who was killed during unrest in the country last year has filed a lawsuit against Meta, Facebook's parent company, alleging that the social media platform is fueling viral hate and violence, harming people across eastern and southern Africa. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Ivb67us

Republicans are escalating their attacks on TikTok. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ZfJOyRQ

The US military activated its first Space Force command on foreign soil on Wednesday in South Korea, with the unit's new commander saying he is ready to face any threat in the region. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/uPHTYCB

New Zealand passed a historic anti-smoking bill in Parliament on Tuesday, banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/umCNn7j

A mother accused of murdering her two children whose remains were found in suitcases earlier this year pleaded not guilty in a New Zealand court on Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/EzHk7yA

Chaitali Aggarwal had long dreamed of visiting New York from her home in the Indian capital, New Delhi. And so in 2020, she applied for a tourist visa for herself and her father. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/wn7vkpX

After much speculation over the fate of Netflix's docuseries "Harry & Meghan," the first three episodes finally arrive Thursday, offering an intimate look at the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and, as the trailers suggest, further insight into why they stepped down from their royal duties. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/B6iw72G

Hong Kong on Tuesday announced it would scrap some remaining restrictions on travelers and end contact tracing, after Beijing shifted away from its hardline zero-Covid stance. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XftxuWb

Indian and Chinese troops have clashed on their disputed Himalayan border, the first known incident between the two nuclear-armed Asian powers in nearly two years. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/zm6Ll1D

Two police officers were shot dead in an ambush outside a house in rural northeast Australia Monday, sparking an hours-long gun battle that ended with the deaths of all three suspected shooters, Queensland police said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/GOjgkmc

For the past 22 years, the Port of Los Angeles has been the busiest container port in North America, moving around 10 million cargo containers filled with goods for Americans and bringing in roughly half a billion dollars in revenue each year to the state of California. But for the past three months, the Port of New York and New Jersey has been No. 1. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3d8veEX

Iran has executed a second man allegedly involved in the nationwide anti-government protest movement after he was convicted of fatally stabbing two security officials last month, Mizan Online, a news agency affiliated with Iran's judiciary, and the semi-official Tasmin news agency reported on Monday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/7LWRCzx

Kosovo's Prime Minister urged NATO peacekeeping troops to intervene after minority Serb protesters blocked roads and unknown gunmen exchanged fire with police over the weekend amid rising ethnic tensions in the country's restive north. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Cnl1hia

A Libyan man accused of being involved in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie in December 1988 is now in US custody, authorities in the United States and Scotland said Sunday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XcbT92G

China will abolish its Covid-19 trace tracking service, the "Mobile Itinerary card," on Tuesday, officials say. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ySxa32A

Celebrities and musicians are coming together tonight to honor everyday people making the world a better place. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/4p75rb9

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dhaka on Saturday calling for the dissolution of parliament to make way for new elections, and demand the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/qS6eQoW

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At the Bhalswa landfill in northwest Delhi, a steady flow of jeeps zigzag up the trash heap to dump more garbage on a pile now over 62 meters (203 feet) high. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XecVxzp

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Years of progressing ties between oil-wealthy Saudi Arabia and China, an economic giant in the east, this week culminated in a multiple-day state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Riyadh, where a number of agreements and summits heralded a "new era" of Chinese-Arab partnership. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/FYSiGVo

One person died Saturday and several are missing after an explosion and fire at an apartment building on the British self-governing island of Jersey. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/yCrWEXK

Eva Kaili, one of the European Parliament's vice presidents, has been expelled by her political party in Greece amid a corruption probe. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/FcJOhiQ

The Mexican ambassador in Lima has been summoned by Peru's foreign ministry on complaints Mexico is interfering in its internal affairs, after top officials weighed in on the ouster earlier this week of Peru's former President Pedro Castillo. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/nbEsdeT

A recession may be coming, but consumers still want to look fashionable. Subscription clothing service Rent the Runway reported a more than 30% increase in sales for the third quarter after the closing bell Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/KH2UYAX

Iran has executed a man for injuring a paramilitary officer in the first known execution linked to protests that have swept the country since September, state media reported Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/owSGxe1

South Koreans are about to get a year or two younger, thanks to a new law passed on Thursday that aims to standardize how age is calculated in the country. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/rozUaXp

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scored a landslide election win in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat on Thursday, in a boost for the leader and his Hindu-nationalist party ahead of the 2024 general election. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/RYA5oSi

Peru's new President Dina Boluarte ruled out early elections on Thursday, her first day in office following the dramatic ousting and arrest of her predecessor Pedro Castillo. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/teaqlvY

A must-pass defense bill now being negotiated in Congress includes new sanctions designed to trip up Russia's war machine by targeting Moscow's mountain of gold. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Xr04CWw

A 24-hour strike at The New York Times, a historic demonstration in which more than 1,100 employees are expected to participate, began Thursday at midnight, after management and the union representing staffers failed to reach an agreement for a new contract after more than a year and a half of negotiating. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/a7whFBg

In the darkest moments of her toughest training sessions, professional marathon runner Mary Ngugi likes to lean on her trackside audience for motivation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/CbeAPsU

"London is back," announced Selling Sunset's Christine Quinn, whose pre-recorded year-in review-video message opened the 2022 Fashion Awards on Monday evening. "New York is back, Paris is back, Milan is back," Quinn continued, as viral runway moments from fashion houses including Bottega Veneta, Coperni, Tommy Hilfiger flashed across screens inside the historic Royal Albert Hall in London. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/TovGJFL

Indonesia has released on parole Umar Patek, a bomb maker in the deadly 2002 Bali attacks, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights said on Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/NerjcxA

It's time to sing a requiem for a meme. Meme stocks, that is. Companies that attracted rabid followings from traders on Reddit and other social media sites in 2021 are struggling. Just look at GameStop. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/kra094i

A widespread state of emergency has been declared across Jamaica to fight violent crime, the island nation's Prime Minister Andrew Holness said in a public address Wednesday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/k1GtQsX

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A court in Argentina on Tuesday sentenced the country's vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to six years in prison and disqualified her from holding public office again after finding her guilty of corruption during her earlier terms as President. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/RsyVFNP

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia's crown prince after the Biden administration recommended he be granted immunity in the case brought against him by the fiancée of murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ikhHNCP