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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a spacecraft built by a partnership of 16 nations: United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, Brazil, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Information on ISS crews and expeditions can be found here. Statistics

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San Suu Kyi Father: Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army. Helped negotiate Burma’s independence from Britain.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The oldest examples of swimming jellyfish, which lived in Earth’s oceans 505 million years ago, have been discovered high within the Canadian Rockies. Researchers found 182 fossils encased within the rock of the famed Burgess Shale fossil site. The fossils belong to a previously unknown species of jellyfish, called

By Hande Atay Alam, CNN (CNN) — American Lindsay Shiver, accused of conspiring to kill her husband with two co-defendants in the Bahamas, remains in jail after being granted $100,000 bail on Wednesday, her lawyer told CNN. Lindsay Shiver’s alleged co-conspirators, Terrance Adrian Bethel and Farron Newbold Jr., were released on $20,000 bail, her lawyer

By Jennifer Henderson, Paula Newton and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are separating, Trudeau announced on his Instagram account Wednesday. Trudeau said after “many meaningful and difficult conversations” with Sophie, “we have made the decision to separate.” “As always, we remain a close family

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A heavy metal festival in Germany has been forced to halt admissions after heavy rain turned the site into a mud bath. The Wacken Open Air festival is an annual event which takes place in fields outside the village of Wacken in northern Germany, attracting tens of thousands of

By Celine Alkhaldi and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Just weeks ahead of the one-year anniversary of the mass protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian authorities are considering a draconian new bill on hijab-wearing that experts say would enshrine unprecedentedly harsh punitive measures into law. The 70-article draft law sets out a

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in the Mexican city of Chihuahua have moved to ban performances of songs that “promote violence against women,” citing high levels of domestic violence. The city council unanimously approved the measure on July 26, according to Mayor Marco Bonilla, who said fines for non-compliance would range from 674,000

By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — A Scottish court ruled Wednesday that a rape suspect who has been accused of faking his own death can be extradited to the US to face charges, according to UK news agency PA Media. Nicholas Rossi, 35, currently faces a string of accusations in separate US states. On Wednesday,

By Gawon Bae and Laura Paddison, CNN Seoul (CNN) — At least 16 people have died from heat-related illnesses in South Korea as the country swelters under a prolonged heat wave with temperatures above 38 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) in some parts of the country. The deaths, which have all happened since May, far exceed