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By Angus Watson, Jennifer Hauser and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A sixteen-year-old Taylor Swift fan was killed in a head-on collision with a semi-trailer while on her way to see the pop star in concert in Melbourne on Thursday. Mieka Pokarier was being driven by her mother to the concert when the SUV they

CNN By Tim Lister, Maria Kostenko and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Avdiivka was on the front lines of war between Kyiv and Moscow for almost a decade. Fierce fighting raged there for months following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago. The withdrawal was far less drawn out. When the Ukrainian military

CNN By Darya Tarasova and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — The body of jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny should be handed over to his family “immediately,” his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said Saturday, as she accused Russian officials of lying in order to delay the process. The 47-year-old fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin

CNN By Catherine Nicholls, Pauline Lockwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — Hamas’s demands for a hostage deal are “delusional” and need to be “close to reality,” Israel’s Coordinator for the Captives and the Missing, Gal Hirsch, told CNN Saturday. “We want a deal very much and we know we need to pay

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Hungary can ratify Sweden’s NATO bid as soon as February 26 when the country’s parliament reconvenes, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Saturday. “Together with the Swedish Prime Minister, we have done important steps to restore confidence,” Orban said during an annual state of the nation address. “We are going in

By Maria Kostenko and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed partner nations for more military assistance to Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference in Germany Saturday, amid signs of the war turning in Russia’s favour. His plea came soon after Ukrainian forces announced their withdrawal from the key eastern town of Avdiivka. A $60

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — On July 20, 1969, the world watched as humankind landed on the moon for the first time. But the perfect touchdown of the Eagle lunar lander by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong was anything but easy. As he and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin flew over the intended landing site, Armstrong

By Catherine Nicholls, Pauline Lockwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — Hamas’s demands for a hostage deal are “delusional” and need to be “close to reality,” Israel’s Coordinator for the Captives and the Missing, Gal Hirsch, told CNN Saturday. “We want a deal very much and we know we need to pay prices.

CNN By Junko Ogura and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s space agency says it has successfully launched its flagship H3 space rocket, a year after its maiden attempt ended in failure. The H3 left the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 9:22 a.m. local time on Saturday, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

By Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Imagine an entirely barren world. Before you is a volcanic landscape, devoid of flora and fauna. Scattered throughout this gray and black expanse are shallow bodies of water. In each

By Darya Tarasova and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — The body of jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny should be handed over to his family “immediately,” his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said Saturday, as she accused Russian officials of lying in order to delay the process. The 47-year-old fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin died

By Junko Ogura and Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s space agency says it has successfully launched its flagship H3 space rocket, a year after its maiden attempt ended in failure. The H3 left the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan at 9:22 a.m. local time on Saturday, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Ramallah and Jerusalem (CNN) — The world is once again talking about a Palestinian state. The issue has caused a deep rift between Israel and its closest ally, the United States. US President Joe Biden keeps pressing for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has for years told his country its children are under attack from deviant sexualities and pedophilia. Now, his government is embroiled in a scandal after it emerged that its president had pardoned a man convicted of covering up sexual abuse at a children’s home.

By Chris Lau and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian forces have announced the withdrawal of its forces from Avdiivka, a key town which in recent months became one of the most fiercely contested battles on the eastern front. The move followed an intensification of Moscow’s attacks on the area, as Russia pummeled it with

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Water molecules have been detected on the surface of asteroids for the first time, proving that these remnants from the formation of our solar system aren’t just dried-up space rocks. Astronomers believe that the impact of asteroids crashing into our planet may have helped deliver water and other elements

By Annette Choi, Jhasua Razo and Rachel Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Thailand has become the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage, joining a list of nearly 40 countries and territories globally. Liechtenstein became the latest European country to follow suit after its same-sex marriage bill went into effect earlier this month. Last year,

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Israel released more details on Friday about the 12 employees of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) who it has accused of participating in the October 7 terrorist attacks and kidnappings, including their names, photos and alleged roles with Hamas. The additional details also included screengrabs of what Israel said

By Xiaofei Xu, Nimi Princewill and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Senegal’s outgoing president Macky Sall Friday said he would hold presidential elections “as soon as possible” one day after the West African country’s constitutional council ruled against his decision to postpone elections. “The President of the Republic has taken note of this decision which

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — When Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny returned to Russia in 2021, there were many who feared he would face an untimely end. That became a reality on Friday with his death at a brutal Arctic Circle penal colony, where he had been incarcerated. He was the most prominent voice