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Yu Zidi has been one of the main talking points at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.

China’s 12-year-old swimming sensation Yu Zidi becomes youngest medalist in World Aquatics Championships history

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — China’s Yu Zidi has already burst onto the swimming scene, but the 12-year-old made more history at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Thursday. Yu became the youngest ever medalist at the competition after being part of China’s bronze medal winning team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay in Singapore.

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President Donald Trump speaks in front of a map of Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense system in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20 in Washington

Pentagon schedules first major test for Golden Dome missile defense system just before 2028 election, sources say

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has scheduled its first major test of the multibillion-dollar Golden Dome missile defense system for just before the 2028 election, according to two sources familiar with the matter, setting an aggressive deadline for military officials to prove they can turn President Donald Trump’s vision for

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In this August 2024 photo

‘House is gone. Cars are gone’: Paul Whelan’s life one year after his release from a Russian prison

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — For Paul Whelan, returning to life in the United States after more than half a decade of Russian imprisonment has been “interesting” – and not without its challenges. “You’re literally starting over,” he told CNN ahead of the one-year anniversary of the sweeping US-Russia prisoner exchange deal that secured

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