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By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Billy Stockwell, Darya Tarasova, Anna Chernova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Long stretches of Russia’s Black Sea coastline are covered in oil spilled by the wreck of two Russian tankers over the weekend, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning of an “environmental disaster.” Videos geolocated by CNN show blackened waves washing

By Anna Chernova, Christian Edwards and Edward Szekeres, CNN (CNN) — Russia said on Wednesday it had detained a man from Uzbekistan over the killing of a senior Russian general and his assistant in Moscow a day earlier. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia’s radiological, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a

By Lex Harvey and Joyce Jiang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China says two of its astronauts completed a nine-hour spacewalk Tuesday, a figure that beats the US-held record for the world’s longest spacewalk set in 2001, in the latest milestone in the country’s ambitious space program. Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong, crew members of

By Amy Gunia, CNN (CNN) — Tech for Good is a series that highlights students and young people who are designing technology to make our world a better place. This season, CNN met people – from South Korea to Switzerland – who are using innovation to tackle some of the biggest problems facing humanity. We documented their

By Jeremy Diamond, Abeer Salman, Alex Marquardt, Becky Anderson, Kareem Khadder and Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — Hamas has become the latest party to the Gaza hostage and ceasefire negotiations to voice optimism about the prospects of reaching a deal, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity in the region. In an official statement on Tuesday,

By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oceans are under threat from rising sea temperatures, marine pollution and overfishing. The effects are visible in shallow ecosystems suffering from coral bleaching, but less is known about the impact on deeper areas of the ocean such as the mesophotic or “twilight” zone, which lies between 30

By Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Syrians are starting to uncover mass graves across the country, shedding light on the magnitude of atrocities committed during the brutal rule of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad. Since Assad fled Syria on December 8 following the collapse of his regime, scores of Syrian families still have no answer about

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex have shared a rare photo of their children on their Christmas card this year. Released on Monday, the card features a collage of images taken throughout the year. In one casual family photo, Harry and Meghan crouch down with their arms outstretched

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Two attempted attacks on Pope Francis, including one by a suicide bomber, were foiled during his landmark trip to Iraq in 2021, the pontiff has revealed in an autobiography. The pope wrote that he was warned of a report by British security services that a young woman with explosives

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau soared to victory in 2015 on the promise of change and “sunny ways” for the country. Nearly a decade later, a dark storm cloud has descended upon his increasingly unpopular administration, with the resignation of a top Cabinet minister over a dispute about how

By Maria Kostenko, Victoria Butenko, Nectar Gan, Christian Edwards and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — A top Russian general accused of using chemical weapons on the battlefields in Ukraine was killed after a bomb went off in Moscow early Tuesday, Russian investigators said, in an attack swiftly claimed by Kyiv. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who

CNN By Tim Lister and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen who had been imprisoned, as he had claimed. CNN initially found

By Tim Lister and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen who had been imprisoned, as he had claimed. CNN initially found the

By Sebastian Shukla, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, CNN (CNN) — Germany, Europe’s largest economy and normally a pillar of stability, is facing snap elections next year after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence. His government collapsed in November in a budget dispute but his coalition had been unsteady for months. Scholz lost

By Abeer Salman and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A Palestinian grandfather in Gaza whose tribute to his slain granddaughter went viral last year was killed by Israeli fire on Monday, his family and a hospital said. Khaled Nabhan drew global attention in a widely shared social media video of his moment of grief in

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Twelve people have been found dead at a ski resort in the former Soviet country of Georgia, police said. The bodies of 11 Indian nationals and one Georgian citizen were discovered on the second floor above an Indian restaurant in Gudauri, the largest ski resort in the country, local

By Victoria Butenko, Maria Kostenko, Tim Lister and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine said on Monday that North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops suffered heavy losses during fighting at the weekend in the Russian region of Kursk. North Korean units that arrived in Kursk last month were involved in assaults at the weekend

By Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — An alleged Chinese spy who forged a close relationship with Prince Andrew has been identified by a British court, the latest twist in a case that has shone a light on Beijing’s influence inside Britain’s institutions. The man, Yang Tengbo, was identified after a judge ruled his anonymity

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s departure from the country was unplanned, according to a statement posted Monday on the Syrian Presidency Telegram account, purporting to be from Assad. The statement claims Assad moved to Russia’s airbase in Syria’s Hmeimim on the morning of Sunday, December 8,

By Catherine Nicholls, Maria Kostenko and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Two Russian tankers carrying thousands of tons of fuel were badly damaged in stormy weather near the Black Sea over the weekend, leading to an oil spill, according to Russian state media. The Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 vessels were in the Kerch Strait