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Putin says Russia’s army is ‘always ready’ as country marks World War II victory

By Jessie Gretener, Sandi Sidhu, Sergey Gudkov and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said his forces were “always ready” to combat external threats, as he addressed crowds gathered at Moscow’s Red Square on Thursday to celebrate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Russia’s annual May 9 Victory

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South Korea’s birthrate is so low, the president wants to create a ministry to tackle it

By Jessie Yeung, Alex Stambaugh and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s leader on Thursday said he plans to create a new government ministry to tackle the “national emergency” of the country’s infamously low birth rate as it grapples with a deepening demographic crisis. In a televised address, President Yoon Suk Yeol said he

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‘Blast-furnace heat every day’: Record temperatures cancel classes, widening learning gaps across Southeast Asia

By Heather Chen and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — When temperatures in Cambodia hit a staggering 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in April, Sek Seila, an 11-year-old student studying in the capital Phnom Penh, was promptly sent home from school. Like hundreds of millions of other children in many parts of South

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Houston police chief retires suddenly after questions raised about more than 260,000 suspended investigations

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Houston’s police chief unexpectedly retired from the force Tuesday night amid questions about a department policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of cases to be suspended, including sexual abuse cases, according to the mayor’s office. Troy Finner had served as the chief of the Houston Police Department since 2021, capping off a 34-year career

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