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Analysis by Brad Lendon and Simone McCarthy, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — China has built the world’s largest naval fleet, more than 340 warships, and until recently it has been regarded as a green-water navy, operating mostly near the country’s shores. But China’s shipbuilding reveals blue-water ambitions. In recent years it has launched large

By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — As South Korea struggles to get young people interested in marriage and kids, authorities are trying a new tack: importing foreign workers to carry some of the household burden. The government on Friday announced a pilot program allowing 100 foreign domestic helpers to

CNN By Tara Subramaniam, Taylor Ward, Nectar Gan, Jessie Yeung and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The strongest typhoon Hong Kong has seen in five years ripped through the city and other parts of southern China, knocking down trees and scaffolding and causing hundreds of flights to be canceled. Saola had been a

By Maya Szaniecki, Niamh Kennedy and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — French authorities will be “uncompromising” in their enforcement of a new ban on abayas in schools, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday, following the decision to ban the robe-like garment in the upcoming academic year. The ban, which was announced by France’s education minister,

By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Mohamed Al-Fayed, the outspoken Egyptian tycoon who transformed the fortunes of two London institutions, the Harrods department store and Fulham Football Club, and waged a war of words with Britain’s royals after his son was killed in a car crash alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, has died, according to

CNN By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Tami Manis is officially all business at the front and party in the back after her mullet, measuring 5 feet 8 inches (nearly 173 centimeters), was confirmed as the longest female one in the world. The 58-year-old last cut the back of her hair on February 9 1990,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Facts Started as an al Qaeda splinter group. Also known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Islamic State (IS). ISIS aims to create an Islamic state called a caliphate across Iraq, Syria and beyond. The

By Chris Liakos, Nimi Princewill and Claudia Colliva, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people were killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this week during demonstrations against the United Nations’ mission in the country. Protesters in the eastern city of Goma on Wednesday criticized the UN’s Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO), the East African Community and

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Scientists say they have found a link between human-related greenhouse gas emissions and polar bear reproduction and survival rates for the first time in a new study, potentially overcoming a barrier to protecting the species. Polar bears live in 19 populations across the Arctic and are found in Canada,

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A new crater has appeared on the moon, and it was likely created when Russia’s uncrewed Luna 25 mission crashed into the lunar surface. Images taken by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and released by the agency on Thursday reveal the fresh crater. The Luna 25 spacecraft, Russia’s first lunar

By Nadine Schmidt Berlin (CNN) — A 98-year-old former Nazi concentration guard has been indicted on charges of aiding and abetting the murder of more than 3,300 people during the Holocaust, German authorities said on Friday. The man’s name was not made public by prosecutors, in accordance with German privacy laws. The public prosecutor in

By Mostafa Salem and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — A French Moroccan national has died and another was detained by Algerian authorities after an incident off the coast of Algeria, according to a French diplomatic source. A family member who says he witnessed the incident told local Moroccan media that two men had been shot

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN London (CNN) — The Great Fire of London in 1666, which razed 436 acres of the mostly-timber city and lasted for four days, was so devastating it secured its place in the history books. But a key part of this historic blaze, which destroyed 13,200 houses and 87 of the city’s