National-World

By Jorge Engels and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN London (CNN) — London’s Metropolitan Police said it has launched an investigation into allegations of “non-recent” sexual offenses in the United Kingdom, after a joint investigation by British media outlets revealed the comedian Russell Brand was accused of rape and sexual assault. “Following an investigation by Channel 4’s

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50,000 mattresses sold exclusively at Costco have been recalled due the to risk of mold exposure. Federal safety regulators said Monday the mattresses could have been exposed to water during the manufacturing process, potentially leading to health risks for consumers with compromised immune systems or some allergies.

By Rob Picheta, Radina Gigova and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has claimed it killed the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, in one of Kyiv’s boldest attacks yet on the occupied peninsula of Crimea. The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces said in an update that Friday’s attack killed Viktor Sokolov along with 33 other

By Christian Edwards and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Nonna Poghosyan spent Monday morning walking around her family home in Nagorno-Karabakh “trying to understand what to take, what is the most important stuff I can fit into my suitcase.” Her nine-year-old twin children had been upstairs, deciding which of their belongings they would have to

By Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — Brian May has once again proven why he is rock royalty. Not only is he the Queen guitarist, but he is also an astrophysicist who recently helped NASA return its first ever asteroid sample to Earth. May said he was “immensely proud” to be part of the team that

CNN By Tim Lister and Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s playgrounds are becoming parade grounds. At schools from the Pacific to the Black Sea, children in nursery grade don uniforms and take part in marching practice. Older kids are being taught how to dig trenches, throw grenades and shoot with real ammunition. In schools

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — The sole survivor of a poisoning involving suspected death cap mushrooms that killed three others in Australia has been released from hospital following a remarkable recovery that could now help police piece together what happened. Ian Wilkinson, a 68-year-old reverend, was left critically ill in late July after eating

By Alex Stambaugh, Lucas Lilieholm and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — A Mafia boss who spent nearly three decades evading law enforcement before he was arrested in January has died while receiving medical treatment, according to Italian media reports. Matteo Messina Denaro, who is thought to have ordered dozens of Mafia-related murders for the

By Paula Newton and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons has apologized after celebrating a Ukrainian veteran who fought for a Nazi military unit in World War II. In a speech Friday during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the Canadian parliament, Speaker Anthony Rota recognized and lauded 98-year-old

By Sahar Akbarzai, Rhea Mogul and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Intelligence gained by the “Five Eyes” network led to Canada’s public accusation that the Indian government may have played a role in the assassination of a Sikh separatist activist on Canadian soil, the US Ambassador to Canada said Sunday. I’m “confirming that there was