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By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — The mystery of the black balls that washed up on some of Sydney’s most iconic beaches last month has now been solved – and it’s more disgusting than you could ever imagine. Australian beachgoers were turned away from seven beaches last month after lifeguards spotted thousands of black spheres,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Claudia Sheinbaum, climate scientist and the first woman and first person of Jewish heritage to be elected president of Mexico. Personal Birth date: June 24, 1962 Birth place: Mexico City, Mexico Birth name: Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Father: Carlos Sheinbaum, chemical engineer Mother:

By Nadine Schmidt, Sebastian Shukla, Tara John and Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister on Wednesday, leaving the government teetering on the brink of collapse. In a televised address, Scholz said he had dismissed Finance Minister Christian Lindner saying it “was necessary to prevent harm to our country.”

By CNN Staff (CNN) — When the United States votes for a new president, the outcome reverberates far beyond its borders. Now, with a second presidential term for Donald Trump in prospect, CNN correspondents analyze what’s at stake on the global stage, looking at Russia, the Middle East, Europe, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and

By Mostafa Salem, Nadeen Ebrahim and Mick Krever, CNN Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem (CNN) — If his first term in the White House is any indication, President-elect Donald Trump is likely to keep the Middle East high on his agenda. During his first four years, Trump made history by selecting Saudi Arabia for his first

By Nectar Gan and Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As the US election results began to roll in, Chinese state media didn’t miss the chance to accentuate America’s political polarization – and play up the threat of post-vote turmoil in its democratic superpower rival. Beijing has long bristled at Washington’s criticism of its

By Kareem Khadder and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A series of Israeli raids and airstrikes in towns and villages in the occupied West Bank that stretched overnight from Monday into late Tuesday have killed at least eight people, according to Palestinian authorities and local residents. Two Palestinians were killed in the town of

By Tamar Michaelis, Tara John and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after months of clashes over domestic politics and Israel’s war efforts. In a recorded statement Tuesday evening, Netanyahu said that “trust between me and the minister of defense has cracked.” Israel Katz, currently

By Jack Guy and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — Homeowners in France have discovered a skeleton in the attic of an outbuilding while undertaking renovation work. The body is thought to belong to the former occupant of the property, which is located in Erstroff in eastern France, who disappeared in 2009, according to a statement

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s air force is set to officially debut its new stealth fighter jet, the J-35A, giving observers the first look at a highly anticipated asset that adds to the country’s fast growing military capabilities. The fighter, an image of which was released during an air force press

By Jennifer Hansler, Artemis Moshtaghian and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — An American-Iranian journalist who once worked for a US-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained in Iran, according to his former employer and multiple press freedom groups. Reza Valizadeh was arrested in Tehran in September, a source close to his family told his

By Eve Brennan, CNN (CNN) — At least 25 people, including several children, died after their boat was “deliberately capsized by traffickers” near the Comoros Islands, the local office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. “IOM Comoros is saddened to hear about the deaths of at least 25 people after their boat

By Tara John, Eve Brennan, Pete Muntean and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Incendiary devices that ignited in Germany and the United Kingdom in July were part of a covert Russian operation that aimed to start fires aboard cargo and passenger flights heading to the US and Canada, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday,

By Niamh Kennedy and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — The family of imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi have accused the Iranian regime of trying to bring about her “slow death” by depriving her of a vital surgery needed to confirm her cancer diagnosis. In an exclusive statement to CNN on Monday, the family accused

By Atika Shubert, CNN Valencia, Spain (CNN) — The photos are happy occasions. A dad with two kids on holiday. Family pets with tails wagging. Teen daughters posing for selfies. This is a gallery of the missing. DANA Desaparecidos is a social media effort to find those still unaccounted for in the devastating flash floods

By Irene Nasser, Mick Krever, Lauren Izso and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Israeli police have arrested a top aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over allegedly leaking classified information to foreign media. Opposition leaders say the intelligence was “faked,” and part of a ruse to thwart a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. The

By Lex Harvey and Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — A smog-choked province in eastern Pakistan has issued a rare plea for cross-border collaboration with India, as major cities in both countries endure severe air pollution that risks the health of millions. Officials in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province of 127 million people, have

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The number of new marriages recorded in China is on course to fall this year to the lowest level since records began, official data shows, as the country’s demographic crisis deepens despite a sweeping government campaign to boost matrimony and encourage births. Plummeting marriages – and births

By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — A female student stripped to her underwear outside her university in Iran in what some student and rights groups say was a protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code. A video circulating on social media and shared by rights group Amnesty International shows the woman sat outside the

By Atika Shubert, CNN (CNN) — Angry residents booed and threw eggs at Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia as they visited the Valencia region, where more than 200 people have died in devastating floods. The king faced chants of “murderer” as he visited hard-hit Paiporta, just outside of Valencia city, along with Prime Minister