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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A NASA astronaut on her inaugural spaceflight and two cosmonauts launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft toward the International Space Station Friday, marking the first time Russia has launched astronauts to the orbiting outpost in nearly a year. The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — How do you feel when you read the same word many, many, many times? Do people have an equal number of hairs in both their nostrils? Does electrifying your tongue change the taste of the food you are eating? The scientists who researched these questions are among the

By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates foiled an attempt to smuggle 13 tonnes of the addictive amphetamine captagon – worth more than $1 billion – hidden in a shipment of doors and decorative building panels, the country’s Ministry of Interior said in a statement on Thursday. The Dubai Police

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Chris Liakos, Claudia Colliva and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Lampedusa has seen an influx of migrants with 7,000 people arriving in two days, prompting its mayor and the United Nations refugee agency to warn the Italian island is becoming overwhelmed. The island – whose population is under 7,000 – has

By Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Derna, Libya (CNN) — Driving into Derna in the early hours was like arriving in a ghost town. The city, decimated by flash floods that tore through homes and streets earlier this week, was eerily quiet. Even at night, damage and destruction could be seen everywhere you looked. In the light

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday skirted questions on the whereabouts of the country’s defense minister, amid mounting speculation the recently promoted general has been placed under investigation. Li Shangfu, who was appointed defense minister in March, has been absent from public view for more than two weeks,

By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — It’s only a fleeting visit but it speaks volumes about the heir to the British throne’s growing international role within the royal family. Prince William will touch down in New York on Monday for a two-day visit – primarily to attend the second Earthshot Prize

By Angus Watson and Chris Lau, CNN Sydney (CNN) — A 47-year-old woman has died after being tasered by police in New South Wales in the second deadly incident so far this year involving the weapon in Australia. NSW Police allege the woman threatened a member of the public and then police officers with an

By Rebecca Cairns, CNN (CNN) — Dotted across rolling green fields at Bramham Park, a rainbow of plastic sheets flapped in the wind. The country estate, which had hosted around 100,000 revelers at the Leeds Festival in late August, stood empty — except for the remnants of their tents. It’s a scene that, every summer,

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — An Australian teacher who killed his wife so he could start a new life with a teenage student has been sentenced to an extra year in prison for a crime committed when the girl was 16 years old. Chris Dawson, 75, sat with his head in his