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By Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español (CNN) — Famed Mexican singer-songwriter Paquita la del Barrio has died at the age of 77, her team announced Monday in a statement on Instagram. “Rest in peace, your music and legacy will always live in our hearts,” the statement said, asking for space so that her family can

By Michael Rios, Billy Stockwell and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday, arguing that US President Donald Trump’s order to rename

By Ivana Kottasová and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Some 400 calls for help went unanswered when the helpline at Ukraine’s Veteran Hub went silent for a week after key funding from the United States was abruptly cut last month. The Ukrainian NGO gets all sorts of calls. Some come from military families who have

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A senior Hamas official has said the group will not disarm and may even grow after the war in Gaza, warning other countries against cooperating with Israel in the enclave. “Whoever comes to fill Israel’s place (in Gaza) will be treated like Israel,” Osama Hamdan, a Hamas spokesperson and

By Caitlin Danaher and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — A man hailed as the world’s first imam to say he was gay was shot dead in South Africa on Saturday, local police said, in what rights groups fear could be a hate crime. Eastern Cape provincial police said in a statement it was investigating the

By Christopher Lamb, Antonia Mortensen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis’ condition is “slightly improving” and he continues to have no fever, the Vatican said on Thursday evening, adding that he carried out work activities after receiving Eucharist this morning. A spokesperson for the Vatican said Thursday that the pope’s slight improvement in

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has accused the Trump administration of “serious regression” in its position on Taiwan, after the State Department removed a line from its website stating that the US does not support Taiwan independence. In what it called a “routine” update to its online fact sheet on US

By Yoonjung Seo and Edward Szekeres, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron was found dead at her home in Seoul on Sunday, nearly two years after she retreated from the public eye following a drunk driving conviction. She was 24. Kim’s body was discovered by a friend, according to police.

By Christian Edwards, Helen Regan, Michael Rios and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Reeling from shocks delivered by the Trump administration last week, European leaders held emergency talks in Paris on Monday as US and Russian officials prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending the war in Ukraine – without European or Ukrainian

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — New photos show the damage to a US Navy aircraft carrier sustained in a collision with a merchant ship last week. The warship USS Harry S. Truman docked at a US naval facility in Souda Bay, Greece, for repairs over the weekend following the incident near the entrance to

By Alex Marquardt, Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Talks between the United States and Russia over the war in Ukraine are set to begin Tuesday, multiple sources have told CNN. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz are all traveling

By Gonzalo Zegarra, Federico Joffre and Sofía Benavides, CNN en Español (CNN) — Argentine President Javier Milei is facing calls for impeachment after promoting a little-known cryptocurrency, whose price soared then collapsed after his endorsement, leading to losses for thousands of investors. The news has caused a major scandal in Argentina, with the opposition accusing

By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — It was nearly 30 years ago when Rosember Lopez received a life-altering diagnosis: He was HIV positive. With scant government resources for HIV support at the time in Mexico, Lopez joined advocacy groups to secure the funding he needed for medication to help him survive. “In the first years

By Dana Karni and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Pro-Palestinian NGO the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, seeking a warrant for his arrest, the group said on Sunday. In a statement, HRF called for an arrest warrant for Sa’ar for