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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Human actions have pushed the world into the danger zone on several key indicators of planetary health, threatening to trigger dramatic changes in conditions on Earth, according to a new analysis from 29 scientists in eight countries. The scientists analyzed nine interlinked “planetary boundaries,” which they define as thresholds

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Zimbabwe’s recently re-elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing outrage after appointing his son as deputy minister to the country’s finance ministry. Mnangagwa’s 34-year-old son, David, was among 26 officials sworn in as cabinet ministers Tuesday despite public anger when the list of the nominees was made public on Monday.

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tafeghaghte, Atlas Mountains (CNN) — Wearing an elegant holiday outfit and sunglasses, Chadia Halimi looked a bit out of place in the dusty camp on the edge of Tafeghaghte, a mountain village in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains that was leveled in last week’s earthquake. “It’s not the holiday I planned,” the

By CNN Impact Your World (CNN) — Devastating floods from Storm Daniel have left at least 5,000 people dead and around 10,000 more missing in Libya. The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 30,000 people have also been displaced. Heavy rains from the storm caused two dams in the northern city of Derna

By Mostafa Salem, Celine Alkhaldi, Hamdi Alkhshali, Laura Paddison and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Emergency teams are working to find survivors and retrieve bodies after a massive flood hit Libya’s northeast three days ago, killing at least 11,000 people and leaving 10,000 missing. Eyewitness footage shared on social media showed the devastation after the

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Following a civil war and a political standoff that has lasted almost a decade, Libya is struggling to deal with a catastrophic flood that is believed to have killed at least 5,300 people and left over 10,000 missing in the country’s northeast. Split between two rival administrations since 2014

By Tim Lister, Josh Pennington, Olga Voitovych and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Two Russian warships were damaged after Ukraine launched an extensive assault on a Russian ship repair base in Crimea early Wednesday morning, officials said, in what appears to be Kyiv’s most ambitious strike on the port since the war began. Russia’s Defense

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — A huge bushfire raging for over a week in central Australia has come dangerously close to the popular tourist town of Tennant Creek, as authorities warn that changing wind conditions could pose a risk to residents. Acting Northern Territory Chief Minister Nicole Manison declared an emergency situation for the