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By Chris Lau, Yosuke Tomita, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — An Australian snowboarder has died on a trip with friends to Japan after her backpack became caught in a ski lift leaving her suspended in midair, according to Japanese police and the lift operator. Nagano Omachi Police said the 22-year-old tourist suffered from cardiac arrest after

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — An Iranian man who was detained in connection to anti-government protests and reportedly sentenced to death has been released on bail, according to a rights group and Iranian state media. Erfan Soltani, 26, was arrested last month as demonstrations roiled the country, sparking a violent crackdown by authorities. He

By Djenane Villanueva, Max Saltman, Laura Sharman, CNN San José, Costa Rica (CNN) — Conservative populist Laura Fernández claimed victory in Costa Rica’s presidential race, with early results also pointing to her ruling party securing a majority in an election overshadowed by crime and political apathy. Amid persisting violence from criminal groups in a country

By Daria Tarasova-Markina, Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — At least 12 people have been killed and eight others wounded after a Russian drone struck a bus in Ukraine’s southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region on Sunday, authorities said. Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, said Moscow had launched a “large-scale attack” on its coal mines in the region,

By Frederik Pleitgen, Joseph Ataman, Claudia Otto CNN Tehran, Iran (CNN) — Even with US forces poised to strike Iran, the country’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told CNN Sunday that he was “confident that we can achieve a deal” with the United States on Tehran’s nuclear program. “Unfortunately, we have lost our trust (in) the

CNN By Frederik Pleitgen, Joseph Ataman, Claudia Otto CNN Tehran, Iran (CNN) — Even with US forces poised to strike Iran, the country’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told CNN Sunday that he was “confident that we can achieve a deal” with the United States on Tehran’s nuclear program. “Unfortunately, we have lost our trust (in)

By Tal Shalev and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt began a trial phase on Sunday ahead of its planned reopening that will allow a limited number of Palestinians to leave the war-torn enclave and completes the first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire plan. The crucial crossing, which has

By Svitlana Vlasova, Victoria Butenko and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Nets once used to protect tulips in the Netherlands are getting a new lease of life – protecting Ukrainian soldiers and civilians from Russian drones. So are discarded fishing nets and all sorts of mesh that can stop a drone from hitting its target.

CNN By Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Ravinder Kumar wades through ankle-deep sludge every day to leave his home in Sharma Enclave in northwest Delhi – yet inside the brick tenement, he does not have a drop to drink. Surrounded by filth, the 55-year-old twists his plastic taps regularly, hoping