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Bringing the second day of this year's Coachella to a close, K-Pop girl group Blackpink made history Saturday night when they became the first Asian act to ever headline the festival. To a crowd of, reportedly, over 125,000 people, Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé used the ground-breaking moment to pay homage to Korean heritage by arriving onstage in hanboks: a traditional type of dress. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/P6KbyOd

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As fighting between warring factions has engulfed Sudan in recent days, hospitals treating people wounded in clashes have themselves become the targets for attacks, dealing the nation's healthcare sector a devastating blow. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/W68SvMI

South African prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against Zolile Sekeleni, the father of the girlfriend of high-profile convicted murderer Thabo Bester, who is accused of escaping from a South African prison after faking his own death in a fire, officials told CNN Monday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/UNnvIrS

Two Russian men who claim to be former Wagner Group commanders have told a human rights activist that they killed children and civilians during their time in Ukraine. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/dLJwTvG

The top British defense official has cast doubt on the veracity and impact of the recently leaked American intelligence documents, going further than US officials in questioning the contents of the hundreds of pages of classified intelligence. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/7lufJv4

Two men have been wounded in what Israeli police say was a suspected "terror attack" that took place near the Shimon Hatzadik tomb in East Jerusalem early Tuesday local time. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/NbdcTS9

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and his son, Arjun, became the first father-son duo to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday after Arjun made his debut for Mumbai Indians. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3AVRB7i

An Australian man has been refused bail after being charged with a foreign interference offense for accepting cash from suspected Chinese intelligence agents, with a Sydney court saying his close ties to China made him a flight risk. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/mc9nDUu

A US helicopter raid in northeast Syria targeted a senior ISIS leader and planner early Monday morning, according to a spokesman for US Central Command. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/G98Y2Xi

The Grand National is regarded as a national institution by many in the United Kingdom, a must-watch sporting event -- but it is also one of the most controversial horse races in the world. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XNB1tqy

After years of regulatory crackdowns and draconian Covid curbs, private entrepreneurs in China are low on enthusiasm. The Chinese government is resorting to surprising measures to restore their confidence, but the campaign has inspired more nervousness than optimism. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/KFR5S6i

Police have raided the home of a man suspected of throwing an explosive near Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, as the leader vowed to ensure maximum security to keep global dignitaries safe during G7 meetings in the country next month. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/IQ3yx4M

Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu met Sunday in Moscow, where the two hailed their countries' close military cooperation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/sOC7TNc

On Wednesday, TV personality Tan France was spotted in New York City in a flash of lilac nylon. France, who serves as the style expert on Netflix's "Queer Eye," among other gigs, brought a pop of color to an otherwise muted ensemble with some statement hosiery. And while his tights were opaque, they were a clear marker of what could be next in fashion. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XMqufJv

Kylian Mbappé has already achieved much in his young career. The 24-year-old has won a World Cup, scored a hattrick in a World Cup final and is captain of France. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/xDnafQB

Police in Malaysia say they are investigating the death of a woman whose decomposing body was discovered in a travel bag at an abandoned bus station. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/oAiHr38

As a boat carrying 400 migrants drifted, out of fuel, along a perilous migration route in the central Mediterranean last week, Italian authorities led a major rescue operation following the reported refusal of Maltese authorities to retrieve those on board. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/U8Bz6PK

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Sunday to keep world leaders safe during G7 meetings in the country, a day after a man threw what appeared to be a smoke bomb at him during a campaign speech. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/vcuwf4b

When Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen defied warnings from China to meet with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California earlier this month, Beijing's aggressive military response reverberated around the world. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/bTMLYsc

At least 25 people were killed and 183 others injured in ongoing clashes across Sudan, the Sudanese Central Medical Committee told CNN on Saturday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/bkqA5Ni

France's top court on Friday approved the government's unpopular plans to raise the age of retirement, in a huge win for President Emmanuel Macron in the face of mass protests across the country. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/htwNeRy

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed Saturday after an explosion at a venue where he was giving an outdoor speech. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/x9TIe7j

Germany's final three nuclear power plants close their doors on Saturday, marking the end of the country's nuclear era that has spanned more than six decades. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/zXtKko6

There is always a crowd, but it can feel very lonely. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/c17fdhP

Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered Jair Bolsonaro to testify before Federal Police within the next 10 days, as part of an investigation into the events of January 8, when the former president's supporters attacked government buildings. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/vpTsJV8

Iran executed at least 582 people last year, a 75% increase on the previous year, according to human rights groups who say the rise reflects an effort by Tehran to "instill fear" among anti-regime protesters. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/dDoLcak

The head of the Tibetan government-in-exile has defended the Dalai Lama over a video in which the spiritual leader kisses a child on the lips and then asks him to "suck my tongue." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/4Z6wYQU

Paul Templer was living his best life. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/isEweV5

Two nuns who worked at a nursing home in Nicaragua were expelled from the country this week, amid a far-reaching crackdown on opposition leaders, journalists and the Catholic church by the government of President Daniel Ortega. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/x0f2vs9

North Korea said it launched a new solid-fueled Hwasong-18 Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday (local time), according to state media KCNA on Friday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/REjiDtA

Almost 9,700 children and adolescents have tried to cross the infamous Darien Gap in the first two months of 2023, a seven-fold increase compared to the same period in 2022, according to a UNICEF report. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/t4MJNhr

Mexican authorities are investigating the head of the country's immigration agency, in the wake of last month's deadly fire in a migrant detention center that killed at least 38 people and left dozens injured. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/VGAUfxc

As Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives in China today, his visit marks Brazil's return to the diplomatic stage among the Global South -- but also reveals a growing distance from geopolitical questions preoccupying the West. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/b6mxJBG

At the start of the year, economists and corporate leaders expressed optimism that global economic growth might not slow down as much as they had feared. Positive developments included China's reopening, signs of resilience in Europe and falling energy prices. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/2AF8m3f

A set of highly classified Pentagon documents that leaked online in recent weeks in an apparent major security breach reveal American intelligence gathering on its key partners, adversaries and competitors -- including China. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/0HCILA1

Japan on Tuesday announced plans to develop and build an array of advanced long-range missiles as it bolsters its defenses amid increasing tensions with neighboring China. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/PIUSDkT

A major cyclone is intensifying off the coast of Western Australia with warnings that it could be the most powerful storm to make landfall in the area in more than a decade. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/9jqdR2E

A highly addictive drug that became Syria's economic lifeline over a decade of isolation may now be serving as a bargaining chip as it tries to normalize ties with neighboring states, analysts say. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/f5IykiA

The United Nations has instructed all of its personnel in Afghanistan to stay away from its offices in the country, after the Taliban banned Afghan women from working with the organization. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/1cfRosx

He'd spent years backpacking around the world, and Japanese traveler Daisuke Kajiyama was finally ready to return home to pursue his long-held dream of opening up a guesthouse. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/HSDtKEx

Around 100 people, including women and children, have been killed after Myanmar's military junta bombed the Kant Balu township in the Sagaing region on Tuesday, according to the shadow government of the ousted administration. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/y67e291

The Italian Coast Guard is escorting a boat carrying 400 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the volunteer-run service Alarm Phone, which received the boat's distress call on Sunday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ISJx1DQ

A severe sandstorm has cloaked Beijing and China's northeastern regions for the fourth time in a month forcing some residents to stay indoors protect themselves from dense air pollution. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/MsYW3Ip

The streets of Dhaka are filled with constant clamor. Among the chorus of honking horns and ringing bells, roaring cars and rattling rickshaws, you can hear the electric hum of the city's three-wheeled open taxis, called tuk-tuks, as they weave through traffic. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/4Sp2xBt

There's been a seismic shift in investor perspective: Bad news is no longer good news. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/T29fbP1

For the first time, the Chinese navy appears to have simulated strikes by aircraft carrier-based warplanes on Taiwan, as military drills around the island entered their third day. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/ud3Fgph

A boat carrying around 400 migrants is adrift in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and Malta, and is at risk of capsizing after being stranded for at least 24 hours, along an immigration route that NGOs have warned is perilously dangerous. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/rOpiEnQ

Lawyer Xu Zhiyong has spent nearly two decades fighting for human rights in China, and on Monday he was handed one of the longest prison sentences ever issued for civil activism under Xi Jinping's crackdown on dissent. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/MhPfbC4

The US Navy has sent a destroyer close to a contested island in the South China Sea that Beijing has fortified with military installations to stake its territorial claims on the region. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/nosKlwm

A team of South Korean spies and American private investigators quietly gathered at the South Korean intelligence service in January, just days after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/1INqWvR

Between four and 10 people are believed to be trapped under rubble in the southern French port city of Marseilles after a building collapsed early on Sunday, according to French authorities. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/d42Dgsn

Residents in the German city of Hamburg have been warned of heavy smoke and possible toxins in the air after a major fire broke out at a warehouse. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/6dOsgGa

At least 44 civilians were killed in two separate attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso, authorities there said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/MrElCUc

"God protects me," says 73-year-old Tamara. She's one of the few people who have stayed in the town of Konstantinivka, eastern Ukraine. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/MFA7GPZ

Cori Conlon grew up thinking Protestants were "the bad guys." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/kefI2Su

There's an old Chinese saying that goes: "Kill the chicken to scare the monkey." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/HX6vFSx

Iranian authorities are to use cameras in public places to identify women who violate the country's hijab law, state media reported. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/LXtiP7F

An Italian tourist was killed and seven people wounded in a car-ramming attack in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday evening. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3verQs0

Farmers in central and eastern Europe protested this week against the impact of cheap Ukrainian grain imports, which have undercut domestic prices and hit the sales of local producers. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/MyKxEQP

• DOJ opens investigation into leaks of apparent classified US military documents • Analysis: As the Ukraine war grinds on, the EU finds it needs China more than ever from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/CsSUOPm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shared Iftar with Ukrainian Muslim soldiers observing Ramadan on Friday, in what he said would become an annual "new tradition of respect." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/RrHptIx

While China and Russia have strengthened ties since the Kremlin's brutal invasion of Ukraine, the US has not seen evidence that China has provided systemic material support to the Kremlin as Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government look for avenues to evade Western sanctions and backfill its military, according to senior US Treasury officials. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/WYIKHBl

Russian investigators have formally charged Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with espionage, Russian state media reported Friday, adding he denied the accusations.  from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/7vFmlKQ

In the town of Juchitán de Zaragoza, located on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca, one variation of a local legend goes something like this. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/OE2BNDk

China has slapped sanctions on two American organizations that hosted Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen during her recent travel in the United States, which Beijing had fiercely condemned. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/R58pfhg

He'd spent years backpacking around the world, and Japanese traveler Daisuke Kajiyama was finally ready to return home to pursue his long-held dream of opening up a guesthouse. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/gQ5cltV

Samsung Electronics said on Friday it would make a "meaningful" cut to chip production after flagging a worse-than-expected 96% plunge in quarterly operating profit, as a sharp downturn in the global semiconductor market worsens. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/eqgOXEa

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Japan has lost so many chickens to bird flu, it's now running out of land to bury them. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/1lmCj2N

Saudi Arabia's and Iran's Foreign Ministers met in Beijing on Thursday to discuss the resumption of bilateral relations following a landmark agreement mediated by China last month. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/7WKpGD6

Afghan men working for the United Nations in Kabul will stay home in solidarity with their female colleagues after the Taliban prohibited Afghan women from working for the global organization, according to a senior UN official. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/A7rK9gj

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said farewell to politics Wednesday with a rousing speech that assured other nerds, criers, and huggers that they too could one day lead. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/1BYAhUE

Smoke from fires in northern Thailand is making it hard to breathe, and at least one hospital in Chiang Mai says it's reached "full ward capacity" as people present with respiratory issues from breathing air pollution. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/3Eu5SMh

A slow moving environmental catastrophe is unfolding in a marine ecosystem home to some of the world's rarest species, including the critically endangered hawksbill turtle, as well as whale sharks, giant manta rays and dugongs. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/yaScuNf

The killing of Russian military journalist Vladlen Tatarsky has set off angry demands among politicians and commentators in Russia for the return of the death penalty, and for a merciless crackdown on dissent through greater use of terrorism and treason charges. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/osvhjrY

America isn't taking down all of its "help wanted" signs just yet — but they are slowly starting to disappear. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Ye1FiV0

Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem's Old City early on Wednesday, just days after a Palestinian man was killed outside the holy site. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/d1K8xt5

The people of Paris have spoken loud and clear: get electric scooters off of our streets. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/1qP9Kn7

A man who admitted abducting a four-year-old girl from a remote campsite in Western Australia and holding her for 18 days during a massive police search has been sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in prison. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/Q3TiZ2w

A Syrian who arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2015 has won a mayoral election in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/4QxczqH

Dior hosted a landmark runway show in Mumbai on Thursday, a move nodding both to India's long-standing role in manufacturing European high fashion and the growing power of its luxury consumers. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/PWQ6vGh

Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim the number of offenses punishable by death, and abolish natural-life prison sentences, a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/aQizemN

Australia has joined other countries in banning the use of TikTok on devices used by federal departments and agencies. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/lo0vQyu

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Finland's left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin conceded defeat on Sunday in the Nordic country's parliamentary election as the opposition right-wing National Coalition Party (NCP) claimed victory in a tightly fought contest. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/orUKau8

Turkey's persecuted pro-Kurdish party has emerged as a kingmaker in the country's upcoming election, playing a decisive role that may just tip the balance enough to unseat two-decade ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/p07YsLC

It has almost never been as hard to buy a new or used car in the United States as it is today, despite improving supply issues and inflation beginning to steady. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/PJgUq8l

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Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is investigating reports that Liverpool's team bus was damaged after the club's English Premier League match against Manchester City, the police force said in a statement. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/YNVkbZC

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Thousands of people took to the streets of Lisbon and other cities across Portugal on Saturday in protest against soaring rents and house prices at a time when high inflation is making it even tougher for people to make ends meet. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/8ib5fcM

Italians who use English and other foreign words in official communications could face fines of up to €100,000 ($108,705) under new new legislation introduced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/mBwxZXz

Two flight attendants claim they were sexually assaulted by then Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri aboard his private plane, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/1yUsBMD

For nearly a minute, the 4-year-old boy attempts to valiantly escape the hungry pack of stray dogs as they circle around him. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/B1AOpEi

A group called Ultima Generazione or Last Generation have poured what they described as a charcoal-based black liquid into the water of the Barcaccia fountain at the base of the Spanish Steps in central Rome. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/vmFjnQD

Police in Canada said Friday they have recovered eight bodies in Akwesasne, the Mohawk Nation territory that straddles the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario along the banks of the St. Lawrence River. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/XNuTraK

At least 13 people were killed and 10 others injured Friday in a crush among people waiting for Ramadan food donations in Pakistan's largest city Karachi, local police said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - World https://ift.tt/tw8KSmB