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CNN By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb, Hira Humayun and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis remains in “critical” but stable condition, Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said on Tuesday, adding that the 88-year-old did not have any “acute respiratory episodes” and had a scheduled CT scan to monitor his pneumonia. Bruni added that the pope’s

By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Britain will accelerate an increase to its defense spending, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, on the eve of a crucial visit to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington that is set to be dominated by the future of the war in Ukraine. Starmer said he will

By Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa rely on money sent to them by relatives living abroad. But it costs more to send this money — known as remittances — to sub-Saharan Africa than any other region in the world, according to the World Bank. In recent years, a

By Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s coast guard detained a cargo ship and its Chinese crew on Tuesday and said it was investigating whether the vessel had deliberately cut an undersea internet cable, in the latest possible damage to the island’s communication lines. The Togo-flagged vessel suspected of damaging the cable –

By Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — At least four construction workers were killed and six others injured when a highway overpass collapsed on Tuesday morning in South Korea, an official told CNN. Two Chinese nationals are among those dead. Five of those injured in the accident were seriously wounded

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Australia learned about Chinese live-fire naval drills off the country’s coast that forced dozens of flights to be diverted via an alert from a commercial pilot, authorities said on Monday. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s unprecedented show of firepower in waters between Australia and New

By Saskya Vandoorne, Martin Goillandeau, Jerome Taylor and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Paris (CNN) — A US teenager has been detained in Paris after her newborn baby was allegedly thrown out of a hotel window and died, prosecutors and French media say. The young woman, who was not named, was taken to hospital to undergo an

By Mike Valerio, Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a string of legal battles as the suspended leader fights to save his political career – and avoid prison – following his brief imposition of martial law last year. Yoon’s December 3 decree threw

By Max Saltman, Katharina Krebs and Matthew Chance, CNN (CNN) — Russia says it is open for economic cooperation with the United States, including on energy and mining rare earth minerals. Moscow’s comments came after US President Donald Trump said Monday he was in “serious discussions” with Russia about ending its war with Ukraine and

By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military this weekend deployed tanks to the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades. In the background of a Gaza ceasefire, Israel has steadily escalated an intense military operation in Palestinian cities in the West Bank, killing dozens and displacing tens of thousands of

By Simone McCarthy and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Early on October 18, 2024, Wales police received a phone call from a member of the public. It was the start of a mystery that remains unsolved four months later. There was a body in the water of the Claerwen Reservoir, the caller said, according to a statement released

CNN By Antonia Mortensen and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is showing “slight improvement” but is still in “critical” condition, the Vatican said in an update on Monday, adding that his mild kidney issues are not concerning. “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father, although critical, show a slight improvement. Even today there

By Joseph Ataman and Serène Nourrisson, CNN Paris (CNN) — The numbers involved in France’s largest child abuse trial are staggering: 299 alleged victims, sexually abused in 10 hospitals and clinics over 25 years – all by one doctor, prosecutors say. Joel Le Scouarnec, a retired gastrointestinal surgeon accused of decades of abuse, told the

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Svitlana Vlasova and Christian Edwards, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was proud of the “absolute heroism” shown by the Ukrainian people in withstanding three years of unprovoked Russian aggression, as European leaders gathered in Kyiv on Monday to mark the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-blown war. “Three years

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — New Zealand raised fresh concerns Monday over nearby live-fire drills conducted by Chinese warships armed with “extremely capable” weapons, an unprecedented show of firepower last week that analysts say are part of Beijing’s ongoing plan to build a blue-water navy with global reach. A Chinese Navy formation

By The Associated Press Rome (AP) — An American Airlines flight from New York to New Delhi, India, landed safely in Rome on Sunday afternoon after it was diverted due to a security concern, which later proved to be “non-credible,” the airline said. American Airlines said Flight 292 “was inspected by law enforcement” after landing

CNN By Sophie Tanno and Helen Regan, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after exit polls showed his opposition conservatives were on track to win Sunday’s election, in a vote that also saw surging support for the far-right. Merz, an

By Sophie Tanno, Helen Regan, Frederik Pleitgen and Stephanie Halasz, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Europe must seek to “achieve independence” from the United States, Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said after exit polls showed his opposition conservatives were on track to win Sunday’s election, in a vote that also saw surging support for the

By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb, Hira Humayun and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is “sitting in an armchair today and continuing with his treatment” for pneumonia, a Vatican source said Wednesday. In a medical update later in the day, the Vatican said the 88-year-old pontiff has shown a “further, slight improvement” and that