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By Christian Edwards and Patrick Oppmann, CNN (CNN) — Cuba says it has uncovered a human trafficking network operating from Russia that is recruiting Cubans to fight for their longstanding ally in Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Cubans living in Russia and “even some in Cuba” had been trafficked and “incorporated into the military forces taking

By Chris Liakos, Louise McLoughlin and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — Greece is being lashed with torrential rains which have flooded homes, businesses and roads and left at least one person dead after a wall collapsed in the extreme weather. Hundreds of millimeters of rainfall have been dumped over some areas in the last 24

By Catherine Nicholls and Duarte Mendonca, CNN (CNN) — A 10-year-old boy has been rescued near Madrid after spending the night clinging to a tree to escape severe flooding as Storm Dana lashed the country with torrential rains in recent days, killing at least three people. The boy disappeared with his mother, father, and sister

By Melissa Bell, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Pierre Bairin, CNN Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine (CNN) — The T0408 was once a country lane that led peacefully southward through the open fields of Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, from Orikhiv through Robotyne and on to Tokmak. Now, the men of Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Brigade have renamed it “the road

By Chris Lau and Jerome Taylor, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kong’s top court has ordered the city’s government to set up a new framework to legally recognize the rights of same-sex couples in a partial victory for LGBTQ activists that stopped short of their demands for full marriage equality. Five judges from Hong

By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Invasive species cost the world at least $423 billion every year as they drive plant and animal extinctions, threaten food security and exacerbate environmental catastrophes across the globe, a major new United Nations-backed report has found. Human activity – often through travel or global trade – is spreading these

By Jessie Yeung, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Hundreds of thousands of teachers are protesting in South Korea after the suspected suicide of a teacher that was widely blamed on the burden on educators in a country notorious for its high-pressure education system. Angry teachers say they face overly

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — With his hands cuffed, Ned Kelly Emeralds scribbles awkwardly on a piece of paper inside a Brisbane courthouse as he hurriedly tries to tell his story after years of immigration detention. It’s 2019, and Emeralds can’t speak, not because guards are waiting outside the meeting room door,

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A surgical tool the size of a dinner plate was found inside a woman’s abdomen 18 months after her baby was delivered by cesarean section, according to a report by New Zealand’s Health and Disability Commissioner. An Alexis retractor, or AWR, which can measure 17 centimeters (6 inches) in

CNN By Rhea Mogul, Vedika Sud and Sania Farooqui, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — The bulldozers and government officials arrived just before dawn, tearing down the row of shanties as its bewildered residents watched inconsolably nearby. “We were so frightened,” said 56-year-old Jayanti Devi as she attempted to salvage what was left of her belongings

By Rhea Mogul, Vedika Sud and Sania Farooqui, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — The bulldozers and government officials arrived just before dawn, tearing down the row of shanties as its bewildered residents watched inconsolably nearby. “We were so frightened,” said 56-year-old Jayanti Devi as she attempted to salvage what was left of her belongings in

By Catherine Nicholls (CNN) — The Eritrean Defense Forces committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity in Tigray, Ethiopia, immediately before and after signing a ceasefire last year, a new Amnesty International report has alleged. The crimes are said to have happened between October of 2022 and January this year, during an ongoing conflict

CNN By Mengchen Zhang and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been detained in northern China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall with an excavator, according to local authorities. A 38-year-old man and 55-year-old women in Shanxi province were accused of digging through the Great Wall to create a shortcut

By Josh Pennington and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last month has revealed details of the daring operation to fly across the border in his Mi8 combat helicopter, in an interview published by Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence. The pilot, named by Ukrainian officials as Maxim Kuzminov, explained in

By Mengchen Zhang and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been detained in northern China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall with an excavator, according to local authorities. A 38-year-old man and 55-year-old women in Shanxi province were accused of digging through the Great Wall to create a shortcut for

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in for a second five-year term Monday, a week after securing an absolute majority in a disputed presidential vote. The 80-year-old Mnangagwa took the reins of power for another term in a colorful ceremony attended by thousands of Zimbabweans and regional leaders including

By Duarte Mendonca and Claudia Rebaza, CNN (CNN) — At least two people have died in central Spain after Storm Dana lashed the country with torrential rain. The two deaths were near the city of Toledo, south of Madrid, Spain’s Guardia Civil told CNN on Monday. One man, in his 20s, died in the small

By Duarte Mendonca and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The leader of Gabon’s military junta, Gen. Brice Nguema, was sworn in as interim president by the country’s constitutional court during a televised ceremony Monday. Last week, Nguema led a coup that ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, a military takeover that appears to have truncated the

By Tim Lister, Victoria Butenko and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has tapped Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar, to become his next defense minister, replacing Oleksii Reznikov at a critical time for Ukraine’s counteroffensive. Umerov will have a bulging in-tray if and when the Ukrainian parliament approves his appointment. The change

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A pilot has died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal party in Mexico crashed on Sunday. Video posted online shows the plane releasing pink smoke as it flies over a couple waiting in front of a sign that reads “Oh baby,” surrounded by