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By Maria Kostenko and Edward Szekeres, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russian missiles killed at least 23 people in a second night of heavy strikes on Ukraine, a stark toll the Polish Prime Minister described as the result of appeasing “barbarians.” The attacks come as the Ukrainian war is at a critical point, with the

By Rachel Wilson and Soph Warnes, CNN (CNN) — The United States and Ukraine have reached an agreement to resume US military aid, along with resuming intelligence sharing, the two countries said Tuesday. Ukraine also agreed to a proposed ceasefire in its war with Russia. President Donald Trump had recently halted all future shipments of

By Yoonjung Seo and Chris Lau, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach over his declaration of martial law, has been freed from detention after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision canceling his arrest. Yoon remains suspended from his duties and still faces

By Lucas Lilieholm, CNN (CNN) — Police in Canada are searching for three male suspects following a shooting that injured at least 12 people outside a Toronto pub, authorities said on Friday. Six people sustained gunshot wounds, and four people have non-life-threatening injuries following the incident in the Scarborough neighborhood east of downtown Toronto, police

By Elizabeth González and Verónica Calderón, CNNE (CNN) — Panama will allow more than a hundred undocumented immigrants deported by the United States to stay in the country for at least another 30 days, Security Minister Frank Ábrego said on Friday. The group, mainly from countries in Asia and the Middle East, will receive temporary

By Sophie Foggin, for CNN and Connie Chen, CNN (CNN) — Unpaid work. Sexual harassment. Violence. Low wages. The “motherhood penalty.” These are just some of the issues that millions of women continue to face at work in 2025. Despite progress made towards global gender equality, men continue to hold the highest paid positions in

CNN By Sophie Foggin, for CNN and Connie Chen, CNN (CNN) — Unpaid work. Sexual harassment. Violence. Low wages. The “motherhood penalty.” These are just some of the issues that millions of women continue to face at work in 2025. Despite progress made towards global gender equality, men continue to hold the highest paid positions

By Ana Maria Canizares, Mauricio Torres, Ivonne Valdés, CNNE and Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has granted preemptive pardons for police and military personnel responding to an armed attack that killed at least 22 in the southern city of Guayaquil yesterday. “We need you to act decisively and without fear of

By Eyad Kourdi, Tim Lister and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — In the worst outbreak of unrest since Syria’s transitional government took power, hundreds of people have been killed or wounded in clashes between the security forces and supporters of former President Bashar al Assad. The clashes broke out Thursday in the Latakia and Tartous

By Daria Tarasova-Markina and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia fired cruise and ballistic missiles at Ukraine in a major overnight attack, Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, as the Ukrainian president renewed his plea for a partial ceasefire at the end of a week in which the United States suspended military aid and intelligence

Mohammed al Sawalhi, Eyad Kourdi and Abeer Salman (CNN) — A senior Hamas figure in Gaza has accused US President Donald Trump of “blatant double standards” in his demand for the immediate release of hostages still held in Gaza – but told CNN that Hamas’ direct meetings with US officials “aim to achieve stability in

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Malala Yousafzai has returned to her hometown in Pakistan, 13 years after she was shot in the head by the Taliban. The 27-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner shared a picture of herself in the stunning landscape of northern Pakistan on social media, saying it was the first time she

By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — Trains to and from Paris were heavily disrupted following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb early on Friday near the world’s third-busiest train station. Almost 500 trains were canceled and the disruption affected around 600,000 people at the Gare du Nord, the transport minister said.

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A slow-moving tropical storm has crossed Australia’s heavily populated eastern coast, lashing the region with damaging winds and heavy rain that’s forecast to fall for days to come. Cyclone Alfred, which weakened to a tropical low weather system on Saturday, seems to have spared the region the

By Jessie Yeung and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — When King Charles gets up in the morning, what tunes does he select to start his day? It’s a mix of genres across decades, according to a new Apple Music broadcast show and playlist the monarch has curated – from reggae legend Bob Marley to the

By Christopher Lamb, Sharon Braithwaite and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis thanked his supporters for their prayers on Thursday in a breathless audio message that nonetheless lifted spirits among his faithful as concerns grow for the 88-year-old pontiff’s health. The Pope’s pre-recorded remarks, broadcast on loudspeakers at the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square ahead

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — If every country were to put itself first, the ‘law of the jungle’ would return, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday in response to a question from CNN’s Steven Jiang about US President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy. “There are more than 190 countries in the

By Gawon Bae, Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who lawmakers voted to impeach and was indicted on criminal charges for declaring martial law last December, was cleared to be released from detention on Friday. Yoon has been in detention since being arrested in

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — European leaders have vowed to rearm the continent at historic emergency talks held after the United States threatened to rip up 80 years of security guarantees over the trajectory of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump has fundamentally changed transatlantic relations, suspended

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990. Personal:Birth date: October 13, 1925 Death date: April 8, 2013 Birth place: Grantham, Lincolnshire, England Birth name: Margaret Hilda Roberts Father: Alfred Roberts, grocer Mother: Beatrice Ethel (Stephenson) Roberts, grocer Marriage: Sir