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By Christian Edwards, Lauren Kent, Clare Sebastian and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Vladimir Putin has formally begun his fifth term as Russia’s president in a carefully choreographed inauguration ceremony, in a country he has shaped in his image after first taking office nearly a quarter of a century ago. Putin won Russia’s stage-managed election

CNN By Simone McCarthy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Xi Jinping pushed back against allegations of his country’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine during meetings with European leaders, as the Chinese leader makes a six-day visit to the continent amid a period of rising China-Europe tensions spurred by concerns of Beijing’s

By Xiaofei Xu, Simone McCarthy and Shawn Deng, CNN (CNN) — At least two people were killed and another 21 injured in a knife attack in a hospital in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan on Tuesday, local authorities said. The attack took place just before midday at Chengnan Hospital in Zhenxiong, the county’s public security

By Simone McCarthy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Xi Jinping pushed back against allegations of his country’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine during meetings with European leaders, as the Chinese leader makes a six-day visit to the continent amid a period of rising China-Europe tensions spurred by concerns of Beijing’s close

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Australia has accused a Chinese fighter jet of firing flares into the path of a naval helicopter last weekend over international waters of the Yellow Sea, an action that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese blasted as “completely unacceptable.” The Australian MH-60R Seahawk helicopter was on patrol enforcing

By Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — The husband of Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, a woman who was reported missing while in Spain in February, has been arrested in Florida, the FBI confirmed Monday. David Knezevich, 36, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is in federal custody for his alleged involvement in his wife’s kidnapping on or about

CNN By Abeer Salman, Christian Edwards, Becky Anderson and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Israel said the terms of a ceasefire proposal Hamas accepted on Monday remained “far from” meeting its demands and warned its military operations in Rafah would continue, even as it sent negotiators to talk to mediators. In a statement Monday, Hamas

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Two NASA astronauts had reached the final hours before a long-awaited launch attempt aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule, the first crewed mission of the new spacecraft. But the mission was scrubbed about two hours before the countdown clock hit zero because of an issue with a valve on the Atlas

By Anna Chernova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian forces to rehearse deploying tactical nuclear weapons, as part of military drills to respond to what he called “threats” by the West. Since invading Ukraine in 2022, Putin has repeatedly made veiled threats to use tactical nuclear weapons against the

By Jack Guy and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from a series of catastrophic floods in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 83, the state’s civil defense unit said Monday. Authorities are also investigating another four deaths to determine if they were related to the

By Juan Carlos Paz and Mia Alberti, CNN (CNN) — José Raúl Mulino, a rightwing former public security minister, was declared the “unofficial” winner of Panama’s presidential election on Sunday, the country’s electoral court confirmed. With over 90% of the total vote counted, Mulino secured about 34% of the ballots. His next closest rival, Ricardo

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — An Indian judge has dismissed a woman’s complaint that her husband committed “unnatural sex,” because under Indian law it’s not illegal for a husband to force his wife to engage in sexual acts. The ruling, made in the Madhya Pradesh High Court last week, shines a light on a

CNN By Kathleen Magramo and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Three bodies found dumped in a well with gunshot wounds to the head have been confirmed as missing tourists, including a US citizen, Mexican authorities said Sunday. Relatives of American Jack Carter Rhoad and Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson identified their bodies without having

By Helen Regan, Sophie Jeong, Abeer Salman and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Gazans began leaving eastern Rafah on Monday after Israel’s military issued a call for residents there to “evacuate immediately,” raising questions over whether Israel will soon carry out its long-threatened assault on the city. During nearly seven months of war, more than 1

By Kathleen Magramo and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Three bodies found dumped in a well with gunshot wounds to the head have been confirmed as missing tourists, including a US citizen, Mexican authorities said Sunday. Relatives of American Jack Carter Rhoad and Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson identified their bodies without having to

By Eugenia Yosef and Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will defend itself even if “forced to stand alone,” defying international pressure for Israel’s military to limit its campaign in Gaza ahead of its expected incursion into Rafah. “Even if Israel is forced to stand alone, we will stand

CNN By Michael Schwartz, Tim Lister, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Israel shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in the country and seized some of its communication equipment Sunday, prompting condemnation from the United Nations and rights groups over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s moves to restrict press freedoms. The closure comes as

By Stefano Pozzebon and Bertha Ramos, CNN (CNN) — Mexican authorities said Sunday that three bodies found in the state of Baja California earlier this week had been murdered and are “most likely” those of three missing surfers from the US and Australia. The state’s Attorney General Maria Elena Andrade told a news conference that

By Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old boy handed himself in to police after admitting that he attacked a German politician on Friday. Police say that Matthias Ecke, the candidate for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in the upcoming European elections, was attacked when putting up campaign posters. According to Saxony Police,