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By Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — A group representing the families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza plans to boycott the government’s commemoration of the first anniversary of the October 7 attack, frustrated by the slow progress in negotiations to bring back their loved ones. “The Israeli government’s glaring inability to secure the hostages’ return

CNN By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Niamh Kennedy, Lauren Kent and Kara Fox, CNN Porticello, Italy (CNN) — The body of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been recovered from the sunken Bayesian superyacht, Italian interior ministry official Massimo Mariani told Reuters Thursday. Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah is still missing, Mariani said, and divers are still

By Esha Mitra, Salman Saeed, Anna Coren, Rebecca Wright and Lex Harvey, CNN New Delhi/Cumilla, Bangladesh (CNN) — Rescuers are scrambling to evacuate flooded communities after heavy rains inundated parts of Bangladesh and northeast India, killing at least 36 people and causing rivers on both sides of the border to reach extreme levels. Nearly 4.5

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, Niamh Kennedy, Lauren Kent and Kara Fox, CNN Porticello, Italy (CNN) — The body of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch has been recovered from the sunken Bayesian superyacht, Italian interior ministry official Massimo Mariani told Reuters Thursday. Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah is still missing, Mariani said, and divers are still searching

By Kostyantyn Hak, Olga Voitovych, Lauren Kent, Sergey Gudkov and Lizzy Yee, CNN Pokrovsk, Ukraine (CNN) — Parents are hiding their children from local authorities to avoid mandatory evacuation in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a strategically important location, amid warnings that Russian forces are advancing rapidly. Communities in and around Pokrovsk are being

By Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Polish leaders Thursday in a rare trip a day ahead of his expected visit to Ukraine – a first in the countries’ history. Modi’s tour comes weeks after he traveled to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a symbolic first

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Sphen, an Australian gentoo penguin who became an unlikely global symbol for equality, has died from apparent natural causes at age 11, the aquarium in Sydney where he resided said Thursday. Sphen rose to global fame in 2018 when he partnered with fellow male gentoo penguin Magic, after the

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s federal Conservative Party has removed a promotional video that was released over the weekend showing its leader speaking patriotically while Russian fighter jets fly in the sky, according to CNN affiliate CBC. The video purports to show classic down-home Canadian scenes and landscapes but has been widely criticized online

By Abeer Salman, Paul Murphy and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are having to flee yet again after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders – which experts warn are encroaching further on aid routes and humanitarian zones. People were seen in video walking or on donkey carts as they

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954 (some sources say August 31) Birth place: Kopys, Belarus Full name: Alexander Grigorievich Lukashenko Father: name unavailable publicly Mother: Yekaterina Lukashenko, milkmaid Marriage: Galina (Zhelnerovich) Lukashenko (1975-present) Children: with Galina (Zhelnerovich) Lukashenko: Viktor

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. Personal Birth date: September 11, 1965 Birth place: Damascus, Syria Father: Hafez Assad, late Syrian President Mother: Anisa Makhlouf al-Assad Marriage: Asma (Akhras) al-Assad (2000-present) Children: Karim, Zein and Hafez Education: University