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By Nell Lewis, CNN (CNN) — In Africa, demand for beauty and personal care is growing fast but there’s still a gap in what’s available for consumers. Fake cosmetics and skin-whitening products can put consumers at risk, while the global brands that import to the continent are often expensive and not tailored towards Black skin.

By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Owning a car in Singapore, one of the world’s most expensive countries, has always been something of a luxury. But costs have now soared to an all time high. A 10-year Certificate of Entitlement – a license people in the wealthy city state must purchase before they are even

By Helen Regan, Akanksha Sharma and Sania Farooqui, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 people are missing in India’s northeast after heavy rain caused a glacial lake to burst, leading to flash floods which ripped through the Himalayan state of Sikkim Wednesday, killing at least 19 and washing away roads and bridges, according to the

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The Northern Hemisphere may be transitioning into fall, but there has been no let up from extreme heat. New data shows last month was the hottest September – the fourth consecutive month of such unprecedented heat – putting 2023 firmly on track to be the hottest year in recorded

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the Islamic New Year. For followers of Islam in the western hemisphere, the next New Year begins on the evening of July 7, 2024. The exact date can vary depending on the method used to determine the start of the new year: using local moon-sighting

By Mostafa Salem, Teele Rebane, Sahar Akbarzai and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Activists have accused Iran’s morality police of assaulting a teenage girl for not wearing a headscarf in a Tehran metro station, leading to her hospitalization with serious injuries. A Norway-based group focused on Kurdish rights, the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, said

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have taken their first glimpse of a sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu — and stumbled upon a good bit more than they expected. When they opened the canister containing the sample on September 26, the researchers discovered an abundance of dark, fine-grained material on the inside

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — As the world rapidly urbanizes, the amount of building in flood-prone areas is soaring, according to new research, sparking concerns about people’s vulnerability to disasters as the climate crisis escalates. Between 1985 and 2015, the number of settlements – from small villages to mega-cities – with the highest flood

Analysis by Luke McGee, CNN Manchester, England (CNN) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak got up to speak from a podium bearing the words “Long-Term Decisions for a Brighter Future” – the slogan for this year’s Conservative Party conference. But over the past three days on the fringes of the governing party’s annual meeting, members have been planning their own long-term future – and

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis has made his strongest statement yet on the accelerating climate crisis, pinning blame on big industries and world leaders as well as “irresponsible” Western lifestyles, in a blistering statement on Wednesday. “Our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — On September 19, the day Azerbaijan began its offensive in the majority Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Marut Vanyan heard an ominous noise in the sky over his hometown. “I’m not a military expert,” Vanyan, a journalist, recalled. “But I heard very, very clearly… the roar above me. I’m sure

By Akanksha Sharma and Sania Farooqui, CNN (CNN) — Five people have died and 23 Indian Army personnel are missing in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim after a cloudburst led to flash floods. The flooding happened in the Teesta River in Lachen valley, Sikkim, due to a “sudden cloudburst” over Lhonak Lake in the northern

By Christian Edwards, Katie Hunt and Ed Upright, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists who worked to discover and develop quantum dots, used in LED lights and TV screens, as well as by surgeons when removing cancer tissue. Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Italian authorities were on Wednesday investigating the cause of a horrific bus crash near Venice that killed at least 21 people including two children. A spokesperson for the Italian fire brigade told CNN that authorities had yet to find the cause of Tuesday’s crash in

By Kocha Olarn and Helen Regan, CNN Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — A teen suspected of shooting two people dead at an upscale shopping mall in Thailand has been charged with six counts including premeditated murder, police told CNN Wednesday. The 14-year-old boy was arrested on Tuesday shortly after the shooting rampage at the busy Siam

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China appears to have censored a photograph of two Chinese hurdlers embracing after a race because their lane numbers formed an accidental reference to the Tiananmen massacre in 1989. The image captures Lin Yuwei, from lane 6, and Wu Yanni, in lane 4, hugging following the women’s

By Brad Lendon, Radina Gigova, Fred Pleitgen and Kostyantin Gak, CNN (CNN) — Western militaries are running out of ammunition to give to Ukraine, NATO and British officials warned Tuesday, as they urged the bloc’s nations to ramp up production to “keep Ukraine in the fight against Russian invaders.” The news of possible ammunition shortfalls

By Kathleen Magramo and Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s lunar mission to bring back the first samples ever collected from the moon’s far side is on schedule for next year, officials say, as Beijing ramps up its ambitious plan to send astronauts to the moon this decade and build an international lunar

By Sophia Saifi and Jessie Yeung, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan, home to more than 1.7 million people who have fled violence in neighboring Afghanistan, is launching a mass deportation of “illegal immigrants,” authorities said Tuesday. In a news conference, caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti announced a November 1 deadline for those residing in

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in Norway on Friday, as Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine rages on and other flashpoints threaten to ignite across the globe. Given that many efforts to promote peace have grown increasingly frustrated, to some observers this seems an inauspicious time to award