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By Dalal Mawad and Claudia Colliva, CNN Paris (CNN) — It’s 6.30 a.m. on a late summer morning in Paris. Amid the rumbling coming from the Stalingrad Métro station, in the northeast of the French capital, hundreds of migrants, mostly men, sleep crammed under an overpass. Some rest on pieces of cardboard and old mattresses

By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea showcased an arsenal of advanced weaponry in a military parade on Tuesday, rolling tanks and missiles down the streets of its rain-soaked capital during the first event of its kind in a decade. The parade, held to mark the 75th Armed

CNN By Kathleen Magramo and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A floating barrier installed by China to prevent Filipino boats from fishing in a disputed area of the South China Sea has been removed, Philippine authorities said Monday, in the latest flashpoint between Manila and Beijing over their competing maritime claims. Video released by the

By Wayne Chang and Jessie Yeung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — A Chinese dissident who has been living in a Taiwanese airport since Friday has pleaded for the United States or Canada to grant him asylum after he fled Thailand saying he feared being deported back to China. Chen Siming, known for his annual commemorations

By Helen Regan, Radina Gigova and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN (CNN) — Russian warships were still launching attacks on Ukraine following the claim from Kyiv that the commander of Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet was killed Friday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky praised the arrival of US Abrams tanks to the country. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy

By Kathleen Magramo and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A floating barrier installed by China to prevent Filipino boats from fishing in a disputed area of the South China Sea has been removed, Philippine authorities said Monday, in the latest flashpoint between Manila and Beijing over their competing maritime claims. Video released by the Philippine

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — After successfully delivering NASA’s first asteroid sample collected in space, the OSIRIS-REx mission, now renamed OSIRIS-APEX, is embarking on a new journey — this time to study an asteroid that will closely approach Earth in just a few years. Apophis, a space rock roughly 1,200 feet (366 meters) across, will

By Eyad Kourdi (CNN) — Sixteen officials in Libya have been detained amid an investigation into the deadly collapse of two dams after heavy rain in the coastal city Derna earlier this month, according to a statement by the Libyan attorney general’s office. Thousands of people died in ensuing floods. “The investigating authority initiates a

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — This weekend may have marked the beginning of spring in the Southern Hemisphere, but it felt like the peak of summer across several countries in South America, where temperatures pushed above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil have all experienced record September temperatures, with

By Jorge Engels and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN London (CNN) — London’s Metropolitan Police said it has launched an investigation into allegations of “non-recent” sexual offenses in the United Kingdom, after a joint investigation by British media outlets revealed the comedian Russell Brand was accused of rape and sexual assault. “Following an investigation by Channel 4’s

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50,000 mattresses sold exclusively at Costco have been recalled due the to risk of mold exposure. Federal safety regulators said Monday the mattresses could have been exposed to water during the manufacturing process, potentially leading to health risks for consumers with compromised immune systems or some allergies.