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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of the Duchess of Sussex, the former actress Meghan Markle. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1981 Birth place: Los Angeles, California Birth name: Rachel Meghan Markle Father: Thomas Markle, Hollywood lighting director Mother: Doria Ragland, social worker and yoga instructor Marriages: Prince Harry,

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Becky Anderson, Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Talks on a hostage and ceasefire deal for Gaza appear to be at an impasse. Israel’s top-level delegation has returned from Cairo, and there has been no word from Hamas on its position in recent days.

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — A controversial plan agreed upon between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Albanian counterpart in November to send boat migrants to Italian-run centers on Albanian soil has passed the Italian Senate. The plan passed on a vote of 93 to 61. It had previously passed the

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — About 5,200 years ago, a man’s life ended violently in a peat bog in northwest Denmark. Now, researchers have used advanced genetic analyses to tell the unexpected story of “Vittrup Man,” the oldest known immigrant in Denmark’s history. Bog bodies, the uniquely preserved “accidental mummies” discovered in Northern Europe,

By Rob Picheta, Olga Voitovych and Seb Shukla, CNN (CNN) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged air attacks on Thursday, with Moscow targeting cities across Ukraine and Kyiv striking the Russian border city of Belgorod, one day after Kyiv said it sank another Russian warship off the coast of Crimea. At least seven people were reported

By Adie Vanessa Offiong and Daniel Renjifo, CNN (CNN) — On February 4, the Grammy awards announced the first-ever winner of the new Best African Music Performance, with South Africa’s Tyla taking home the title for her hit “Water.” Yet African artists have been honored at the Grammys since fellow South African Miriam Makeba won

CNN By Adie Vanessa Offiong and Daniel Renjifo, CNN (CNN) — On February 4, the Grammy awards announced the first-ever winner of the new Best African Music Performance, with South Africa’s Tyla taking home the title for her hit “Water.” Yet African artists have been honored at the Grammys since fellow South African Miriam Makeba

By Kareem Khadder, Lauren Izso, Sana Noor Haq and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israeli special forces raided Nasser Hospital in Gaza, the largest functioning hospital in the enclave, after laying siege to the facility for days. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had detained a number of suspects in Thursday’s raid, which it

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Imagine eating a delicious, nourishing bowl of beef rice. No, not beef on rice – beef rice. That’s what a team of South Korean researchers are hoping to plate up with their newly developed hybrid rice, grown in a lab with cow muscle and fat cells inside the rice

By Aishwarya S Iyer and Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare

By Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Three former police officers were sentenced in a Seoul court on Wednesday for destroying evidence related to the deadly Halloween crowd crush in the city’s Itaewon neighborhood in 2022. They are the first officers to be convicted of crimes related to the crowd crush, in which

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The Odysseus lunar lander, nicknamed “Odie” or IM-1, has embarked on a historic journey to the lunar surface — aiming to make the first touchdown of a US-made spacecraft on the moon in five decades. The launch follows closely on the heels of a separate US lunar landing mission

By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — When tour guide and wildlife photographer Gaurav Ramnarayanan set out on safari on the evening of January 24, 2024, he wasn’t looking for tigers. The 25-year-old was leading a private tour in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kaziranga National Park, a 430 square-kilometer wildlife reserve in India’s northeastern

By Mariya Knight and Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — A Joe Biden presidency would be better for Russia than a Donald Trump one, Russian President Vladimir Putin told pro-Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin in an on-camera interview Wednesday. Asked by Zuribin about the upcoming US presidential election, Putin said Biden would be better for Russia “because

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrating Queen Esther. In 2025, Purim will begin at sundown on March 13 and end at nightfall on March 14. Facts Purim is the celebration of the story of Queen Esther of Persia. The story is recounted in the Megillah, also known

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at major ferry and ship sinking disasters throughout history. This timeline is not-all inclusive; various incidents with at least 1,000 fatalities are listed. Death tolls vary by source. Timeline April 27, 1865 – The Mississippi River steamer Sultana explodes and sinks near Memphis, Tennessee, killing between 1,450

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Mardi Gras, a celebration held the day before the fasting season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. February 17, 2026 – Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). January 6 – Carnival season celebrations begin on this date each year, continuing through midnight on Fat Tuesday. Facts Mardi Gras,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at famine, a severe and prolonged hunger in a significant portion of a region or country’s population that results in malnutrition and death by starvation and disease. To assess a country’s food security, the United Nations uses the scale known as the Integrated Food Security Phase

By Shawn Deng and Wayne Chang, CNN (CNN) — Two Chinese fishermen have drowned during a pursuit by Taiwan’s coast guard who accused them of entering prohibited waters off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen island. According to the coast guard, an unnamed mainland Chinese vessel had trespassed within about one nautical mile off the coast of Kinmen –

By Tim Lister and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainians have had little to celebrate as the second anniversary of the Russian invasion looms, but continuing successes in the Black Sea are one surprising bright spot. On Wednesday, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence announced it had attacked and destroyed a large landing ship of Russia’s Black Sea