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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Elon Musk was star guest this year at an annual conference organized by Italian PM Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party. He arrived against the backdrop of an ice-skating rink and an ancient castle in Rome with one of his 11 children to tout the value of

By Hilary Whiteman, Anna Coren and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Karachi, Pakistan (CNN) — Arzo is so weak she spends most of her day lying on a thin mattress in a dimly lit room under a ceiling fan that steadily circulates the polluted air of Pakistan’s largest city. To pass the time, she watches makeup

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — It’s impossible to know what Mars looked like billions of years ago, but one robotic explorer’s intrepid sleuthing is giving astronomers a peek into the past. The NASA Perseverance rover just marked 1,000 days on the red planet. Percy has completed its investigation of an ancient river delta that

CNN By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Fresno, California (CNN) — At some point in the dawn of humanity, a smarter-than-average homo sapien moved a rock away from the fire for warmth and invented the thermal battery. Over a million years later, as humanity struggles to evolve past fossil fuels in time to avoid

By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Fresno, California (CNN) — At some point in the dawn of humanity, a smarter-than-average homo sapien moved a rock away from the fire for warmth and invented the thermal battery. Over a million years later, as humanity struggles to evolve past fossil fuels in time to avoid climate

By Ruba Alhenawi and Sophie Tanno, CNN Kuwait (CNN) — The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, has died aged 86 after ruling the Gulf state for three years. Sheikh Nawaf had been admitted to hospital in November following an emergency health issue, according to state news agency KUNA. The 86-year-old’s condition was

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have discovered a previously hidden ecosystem with an expansive system of lagoons in the salt plains of Puna de Atacama, an arid plateau in Argentina — with giant stromatolites that could provide a glimpse into the earliest life on Earth and possibly even on Mars, according to new

By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine is developing a “drowning not waving” problem. It is struggling to say clearly how badly the war is going. Giving a candid public assessment of how poorly a conflict is going can be an unwise move as it can result in morale and support draining. After Obama boosted troops in Afghanistan, public

CNN By Jeremy Diamond, Mohammad Al Sawalhi and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Nimer Abu Ras’ wrists are bruised and lacerated. His hands are swollen. He is one of hundreds of Palestinian men and boys who have been detained, many of them stripped and blindfolded, in recent weeks by Israeli forces conducting clearing operations in

By Jeremy Diamond, Mohammad Al Sawalhi and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Nimer Abu Ras’ wrists are bruised and lacerated. His hands are swollen. He is one of hundreds of Palestinian men and boys who have been detained, many of them stripped and blindfolded, in recent weeks by Israeli forces conducting clearing operations in northern

By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — A multi-million-pound investment in a luxury property in London that went wrong, a once powerful Vatican cardinal secretly recording a conversation with the pope and a female security consultant accused of spending church funds on fashion brands. No, this isn’t the plot of a new historical thriller but what has

By Andrew Carey and Tamar Michaelis, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Family members of the three hostages killed inside Gaza by Israeli troops had spoken regularly to Israeli TV and news websites since October sharing their feelings and appealing for their relatives’ safe release. “During the day I’m busy with communications and PR. At night,

CNN By Andrew Carey and Tamar Michaelis, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Family members of the three hostages killed inside Gaza by Israeli troops had spoken regularly to Israeli TV and news websites since October sharing their feelings and appealing for their relatives’ safe release. “During the day I’m busy with communications and PR. At

By Eric Cheung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Taiwanese citizen Nancy Hsieh received a message from her relatives online: To stop the virus from entering your lungs, all you need to do is drink lots of water with salt and vinegar. But she knew immediately this was false