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By Hanako Montgomery, CNN Hanamaki, Japan (CNN) — At a school in Japan’s snowy northern mountains, reminders of distinguished alumni are everywhere. Banners herald Los Angeles Dodgers megastar Shohei Ohtani and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, their faces greeting every visitor. But now, Hanamaki Higashi High School celebrates a new prodigy in its midst

By Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — For married Taiwanese men Alan Hung and Danny Huang, the process of having a biological child together was never easy. The couple dreamed of starting a family soon after tying the knot in 2019, around the time Taiwan became the first Asian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage.

By Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — Armed police raided Peru’s government palace and the private home of President Dina Boluarte in search of Rolexes and other luxury watches as part of a preliminary corruption inquiry. Police broke down the door to her property late Friday after officials apparently ignored orders to open up, Reuters reported.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Earth’s oceans are teeming with a multitude of life — and mysteries. To better understand the ocean floor, enterprising marine scientists decided to affix tags equipped with cameras to tiger sharks that patrol the shallow tropical seas of the Bahamas. Thanks to data collected by these apex predators, researchers revealed

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN (CNN) — A prominent exiled Iranian journalist was stabbed outside his home in London on Friday, prompting British police to launch a counterterrorism investigation. Pouria Zeraati, a television anchor at the UK-based channel Iran International, was reportedly attacked by a group of men outside his home in south-western Wimbledon. The assailants

By Jessie Gretener and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — One person has been detained after allegedly taking hostages at a bar in the central Dutch town of Ede, according to local authorities. The incident prompted authorities to evacuate about 150 homes in the area, local police said. They said the assailant’s motive was unclear but

By Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN (CNN) — It’s midday, and the sun is high in the sky, a natural cyan canvas peppered with puffy, cauliflower-shaped clouds. With little warning, the clouds cluttering the horizon start to vanish before your eyes. Not long after, the world begins to darken, as the golden orb that sustains life on

By Christopher Lamb and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis pulled out of a Good Friday service at the last minute, the Vatican said, “to preserve his health” ahead of major Easter events over the weekend. The 87-year-old pontiff’s well-being has been watched closely following an operation on his abdomen last year. In recent

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The truth, as it often is, was less strange than many had thought. After weeks of frenzied conspiracies about why Catherine, Princess of Wales, had been so long out of the public eye, she revealed the reason: She had been diagnosed with cancer, was in the early stages of

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — A team of 14 armed officers with camera traps, a thermal imaging drone and a shoot-to-kill order ran through the woods earlier this month in search of a fugitive. But their target was no serial killer — it was a brown bear that had injured five people as it

By Sebastian Shukla, CNN (CNN) — The four men accused of a deadly terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall last week were quickly identified by Russian authorities as being from Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia. In the hours after the attack, videos began surfacing on Russian social media channels of the police detaining and

By Mariya Knight and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces would have to cede further territory to Russia if US military aid does not arrive soon, President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned, in his latest appeal to Congress to pass a multibillion-dollar package. President Joe Biden’s administration is struggling to push a $95 billion international aid

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Emotions were running high in the Australian town of Alice Springs this week when mourners attending the funeral of an 18-year-old man attacked its oldest pub, smashing windows and kicking doors. For Northern Territory officials, Tuesday’s violence – and clashes later that night involving around 150 people

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and the history of its weapons program. 1985 North Korea signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). 1993 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) demands that inspectors be given access to two nuclear waste storage sites. In response, North Korea threatens to

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Scientists may have pinpointed a massive, oddly shaped volcano taller than Mount Everest on the surface of Mars — and it has been hiding in plain sight for decades, according to new research. The possible identification of a previously unknown Martian volcano has made waves across the planetary sciences community

By Niamh Kennedy and Eoin McSweeney, CNN (CNN) — Ireland has become the latest nation to say it will intervene in the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, in a reflection of the country’s long-standing position of solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Ireland announced this week it would file its intervention, adding to

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Northern Ireland’s main pro-union party, is stepping down after he was charged with “allegations of an historical nature,” the DUP announced on Friday. Jeffrey Donaldson, 61, confirmed to his party in a letter that he had been charged with historical allegations

By Christian Edwards, Benjamin Brown and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Europe is in a “pre-war era” but still has a “long way to go” before its ready to confront the threat posed by Russia. “War is no longer a concept from the past. It is real,

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III will lead members of the royal family at the Easter Sunday church service this weekend, marking his most significant appearance since his cancer diagnosis last month. Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, will be joined by several other Windsors for the

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — One week after rolling out the country’s strongest-ever federal tailpipe standards for the cars most Americans drive, the Biden administration is doing the same with the biggest, most polluting vehicles on the roads: buses, commercial vans and freight trucks. The new rules for heavy-duty vehicles bear many similarities to