By Ana DeOliva, CNN Doha, Qatar (CNN) — Nine years ago, the UN established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which included ending poverty and hunger. Yet last year, nearly 750 million people faced hunger — an increase of around 152 million compared to 2019. The G20 Leaders’ Summit in November marked the launch of the
Continue Reading By Clarissa Ward, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A missing US man has been found in Syria, where he says he was kept in prison for months after entering the country as a pilgrim. Travis Timmerman spoke to several outlets Thursday, after locals saw him walking barefoot in the streets of southern
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Masnaa, Lebanon’s border with Syria (CNN) — Nadia’s eyes were full of tears as she crossed the border from Syria to Lebanon. She was finally going to see her son. A 14-year-old boy the last time she saw him; he is now 22 and living in Germany. Her son left the
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, Steve Almasy, Andy Rose, John Miller, Brynn Gingras and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Marked shell casings from the assassination scene match the gun found on the suspect. His fingerprints match some key items investigators found nearby. And he was arrested this week – after going silent from his mom and friends
Continue Reading By Gawon Bae, Jerome Taylor, Helen Regan and Lex Harvey, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea’s ruling party has thrown its support behind attempts to impeach embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol over his ill-fated decision to declare martial law that sparked a political crisis and widespread public anger in the country. The announcement
Continue Reading By Lauren Izso, CNN (CNN) — A ten-year-old boy has been killed in a shooting attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the Hadassah Medical Center, after an assailant opened fire at an Israeli civilian bus. Three others were injured when the bus was shot, according to authorities. A manhunt is underway for the
Continue Reading By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to undergo an additional medical procedure on Thursday as part of his treatment following the emergency surgery he had Tuesday to drain a bleed on his brain. Medics from Sao Paulo’s Sírio-Libanês Hospital will perform an endovascular procedure on Thursday
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By Hanna Park, Elizabeth Wolfe, Josh Campbell and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Weeks of mysterious drone sightings across New Jersey are prompting heightened security concerns – and mounting frustrations – from residents, military personnel and federal, state and local officials. While the state’s governor says there’s no threat to public safety, other state officials
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Hannah Kobayashi “has been found safe,” her family said Wednesday, more than a week after police declared her voluntarily missing amid fears she may have been abducted. “We are incredibly relieved and grateful that Hannah has been found safe,” Kobayashi’s sister, Sydni, and mother, Brandi Yee,
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Personal Birth date: March 11, 1931 Birth place: Melbourne, Australia Birth name: Keith Rupert Murdoch Father: Keith Murdoch, journalist and newspaper publisher Mother: Elisabeth (Greene) Murdoch, philanthropist Marriages: Elena Zhukova (2024-present); Jerry Hall (2016-2022, divorced); Wendi (Deng) Murdoch (1999-2013,
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CNN By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Speaking publicly for the first time since his acquittal, Daniel Penny said he restrained Jordan Neely on a subway car last May for more than five minutes because Neely was “extraordinarily strong” and Penny was worried he would get up and attack him or someone else. “Part of
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CNN By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of the Assad regime has prompted a punishing military response from Israel, which has launched airstrikes at military targets across Syria and deployed ground troops both into and beyond a demilitarized buffer zone for the first time in 50 years. The Israeli military on Tuesday said
Continue Reading By Sophie Tanno, Kostyantyn Hak and Darya Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — Russian forces are now just three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the outskirts of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after making advances Wednesday, according to Ukrainian mapping service DeepState. They have also destroyed or captured Ukrainian positions near the city, a Ukrainian army
Continue Reading By Karina Tsui, Amanda Musa and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A Wisconsin man who officials say faked his own death and fled to Eastern Europe was charged with a misdemeanor count of obstructing an officer Wednesday after he turned himself in to authorities. Ryan Borgwardt, who was reported missing in August, flew back to
Continue Reading CNN By Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Improving weather conditions in Southern California on Wednesday raised officials’ hopes that firefighters could rein in the Franklin Fire, which forced evacuation orders or warnings for 20,000 residents in the Malibu area, including some celebrities, and more than 8,000 homes and businesses. At
Continue Reading By Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Improving weather conditions in Southern California on Wednesday raised officials’ hopes that firefighters could rein in the Franklin Fire, which forced evacuation orders or warnings for 20,000 residents in the Malibu area, including some celebrities, and more than 8,000 homes and businesses. At its
Continue Reading CNN By Tim Lister, Kareem Khadder and Nechirvan Mando, CNN (CNN) — A social media video surfaced Wednesday allegedly showing a warehouse in Syria stacked with captagon, an illicit drug that had transformed the country into a narco-state under former President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. The large warehouse was reportedly located at the headquarters of a
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Kareem Khadder and Nechirvan Mando, CNN (CNN) — A social media video surfaced Wednesday allegedly showing a warehouse in Syria stacked with captagon, an illicit drug that had transformed the country into a narco-state under former President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. The large warehouse was reportedly located at the headquarters of a military
Continue Reading By Masoud Popalzai and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — The Taliban’s refugee minister was killed in a suicide bombing carried out by ISIS in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, according to officials. Khalil Haqqani is the uncle of current Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who leads the powerful Haqqani network, a division of the
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