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By Claudia Rebaza and Tara John, CNN As Peru explodes in protest with supporters of its former president taking to streets, lawmakers on Friday rejected a constitutional reform that is needed to hold early general elections in 2023. Calls for early presidential and parliamentary elections have mounted since former President Pedro Castillo was ousted from

By Arnaud Siad and Max Foster, CNN A meeting “filled with warmth and understanding” took place on Friday between an honorary royal aide and the Black charity founder she repeatedly asked where she was “really from,” according to a statement from Buckingham Palace. Susan Hussey offered her “sincere apologies” to Ngozi Fulani for her comments

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN A tour of the Pacific region took a woozy turn for one Australian politician after he downed a cup of a traditional drink in one hit. Former Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack was visiting the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia to celebrate 35 years of bilateral relations

By Hira Humayun, Claudia Rebaza and Caroll Alvarado, CNN About 300 tourists from around the world have been left stranded in the ancient city of Machu Picchu, according to the mayor, after Peru was plunged into a state of emergency following the ousting of the country’s president. Former President Pedro Castillo was impeached and subsequently

By Tara John, CNN Eight months since El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced a war on gangs, an estimated 2% of the country’s adult population — or roughly 100,000 people — are now behind bars. Bukele’s crackdown this year, prompted by a bloody killing spree by gangs that saw dozens of people killed in March,

By Amy Cassidy, Alex Hardie and Kathleen Magramo, CNN China has removed six diplomats from Britain who police wanted to question in connection to the alleged beating of a pro-democracy protester outside of the Chinese consulate in the English city of Manchester. The move follows a request by the British government for China to waive

By Claudia Rebaza and Sophie Tanno, CNN One week into her presidency, Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte is battling to contain widespread protests that erupted after the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo. She is the country’s sixth president in less than five years. Boluarte announced Tuesday the government will set up a crisis management

By Amy Woodyatt, Lauren Kent, Allegra Goodwin and Joseph Ataman, CNN At least four people have died after a small boat likely to be carrying migrants capsized in the English Channel, authorities confirmed Wednesday after a major search and rescue operation was launched in the early hours of the morning. The UK’s South East Coast

By Lauren Kent and Lianne Kolirin, CNN The UK may have been blanketed with snow this week, but you wouldn’t know it from the image on the Prince and Princess of Wales’ official Christmas card. The photograph, posted on the royal couple’s official social media accounts, shows them on a sunny family walk with their

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong has announced it will scrap some remaining restrictions on travelers and end contact tracing, after Beijing shifted away from its hardline zero-Covid stance. Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau told a news conference Tuesday that travelers arriving in the city would no longer be issued an “amber code” barring them from

By Angus Watson and Jessie Yeung, CNN 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. Police named the two slain officers as Constable Matthew Arnold, 29, and Constable

By Claudia Rebaza, Hira Humayun, Marlon Sorto and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte has proposed bringing general elections forward two years to April 2024, during a televised speech delivered early Monday morning, amid ongoing protests throughout the country. “Interpreting the will of the citizens… I have decided to take the initiative to

By Issy Ronald, CNN London looked like a picturesque Christmas card as snow fell on Sunday night — the perfect time for Buckingham Palace to release the first royal Christmas card of King Charles III’s reign. Chosen by the King and Camilla, Queen Consort, the photo was taken by Sam Hussein at the Braemar Games

By Heather Chen and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN Indonesia’s controversial sex laws will not affect foreign tourists visiting Bali, officials have confirmed in a statement issued Monday. “Based on the provisions of the new Indonesian criminal code, visitors who visit or live in Bali would not need to worry,” said Balinese governor Wayan Koster, adding that