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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — As heat waves continue to bake parts of the world, scientists are reporting that this blistering, deadly summer was the hottest on record – and by a significant margin. June to August was the planet’s warmest such period since records began in 1940, according to data from the European

By Manveena Suri and Helen Regan, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Dinner invites referring to India by its Sanskrit name have fueled a political row and public debate over what the country should be called, its history and colonial legacy as New Delhi prepares to welcome world leaders for the G20 summit. Invites issued by

By Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Three men on board an inflatable catamaran were pulled from the sea in the early hours of Wednesday after “several shark attacks” left their vessel partially sunken off the Australian northeastern coast. Two Russians and one French national, ages 28 to 63, were on board the boat as it

By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has taken mixed positions on its policies involving Haiti – with one federal agency warning that the Caribbean country is too dangerous for US citizens, while another agency deports Haitians back to the violence-torn country. Violence in Haiti during the second quarter of

By Vasco Cotovio and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Moscow’s forces have started covering some of their attack aircraft with car tires, in what experts say could be a makeshift attempt to protect them from Ukrainian drone strikes that have had increased recent success in targeting Russian military airports. Satellite imagery from Maxar of Engels

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — US officials have warned North Korea it will “pay a price” if it strikes an arms deal with Russia, after saying that negotiations were “advancing” between the two nations. If Pyongyang provides weapons to Moscow to use in the war against Ukraine, it is “not going to reflect well

CNN By Mick Krever and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN. Video by Oscar Featherstone (CNN) — The footage is mundane and revelatory all at once. The hallway, filmed from an unmoving closed-circuit camera, appears unremarkable. It’s the point in time, and the people in the former children’s hospital, that make the hours and hours of video from

By Mick Krever and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN. Video by Oscar Featherstone (CNN) — The footage is mundane and revelatory all at once. The hallway, filmed from an unmoving closed-circuit camera, appears unremarkable. It’s the point in time, and the people in the former children’s hospital, that make the hours and hours of video from this

By Hande Atay Alam (CNN) — As of September, 10 million Afghans have lost assistance from the UN’s World Food Programme this year, the organization announced this week. They had to cut food assistance from 2 million people in Afghanistan this month. “Due to a massive funding shortfall, going forward WFP will only be able

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ancient humanity was almost wiped out about 900,000 years ago when the global population dwindled to around 1,280 reproducing individuals, according to a new study. What’s more, the population of early human ancestors stayed this small for about 117,000 years. The analysis, published August 31 in the journal Science,

By Christian Edwards and Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — Cuba says it has uncovered a human trafficking network operating from Russia that is recruiting Cubans to fight for their longstanding ally in Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Cubans living in Russia and “even some in Cuba” had been trafficked and “incorporated into the military forces taking