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By Sahar Akbarzai and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The devastating wildfires tearing across large parts of Chile are believed to be the country’s deadliest on record, according to the United Nations disaster agency, as firefighters struggle to contain more than 160 blazes after days of burning. The fires have claimed at least 123 lives

CNN By Scott McLean, İpek Yezdani and Guray Ervin, CNN Southern Turkey (CNN) — Five days after a devastating earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria last year, the world witnessed a miracle: Sezai Karabas and his 6-year-old daughter Sengul were pulled out of the rubble of his collapsed apartment block in Gaziantep province without a scratch. He may have looked like the

By Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Kenyan Christian cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 29 other suspects were charged with the murder of 191 children on Tuesday morning by the Malindi High Court. The children’s bodies were exhumed from Shakahola forest in eastern Kenya last year where Mackenzie and his associates are accused

By Gul Tuysuz, CNN Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — One person was killed in an attack on the Istanbul court house in addition to the two attackers, according to state news agency Anadolu. The victim was critically wounded and died at the hospital because of her injuries, the agency added. Two of the attackers, a woman

By Helen Regan, Kareem Khadder, Abeer Salman, Khadder Zaanoun, Celine Alkhaldi and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN (CNN) — Demands for answers are mounting over the fate of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who became trapped in a car with her dead relatives after it came under Israeli fire in Gaza more than a week ago. Mystery also

By Niamh Kennedy, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III’s shocking cancer diagnosis was “caught early,” British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday. “Thankfully, this has been caught early and now everyone will be wishing him that he gets the treatment that that he needs and makes a full recovery,”

By Marc Stewart and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Blizzards and freezing rain have brought massive disruption to China’s peak Lunar New Year travel rush, leaving drivers stuck in cars on icy highways and passengers struggling to rebook canceled trains and flights. The severe winter weather comes as Chinese travelers make an estimated record 9

CNN By Marc Stewart and Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Blizzards and freezing rain have brought massive disruption to China’s peak Lunar New Year travel rush, leaving drivers stuck in cars on icy highways and passengers struggling to rebook canceled trains and flights. The severe winter weather comes as Chinese travelers make an estimated record

By Scott McLean, İpek Yezdani and Guray Ervin, CNN Southern Turkey (CNN) — Five days after a devastating earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria last year, the world witnessed a miracle: Sezai Karabas and his 6-year-old daughter Sengul were pulled out of the rubble of his collapsed apartment block in Gaziantep province without a scratch. He may have looked like the luckiest

By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Virgin Galactic is grounded after the company said a small part unintentionally detached from the mothership of its rocket-powered space plane on its latest space tourism flight. The loss of the part, called an alignment pin, did not impact the safety of the mission, according to the company. The

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has started treatment in London. The shock diagnosis comes a week after the 75-year-old British monarch left hospital following a separate procedure for an enlarged prostate. Here’s what we know. How was the cancer identified? Charles’

By Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Near Odesa, Ukraine (CNN) — All it took was six sea drones, powered by jet skis, to fell a Russian guided missile ship last week, according to a rare interview with the secretive Ukrainian unit behind the attack. Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence said at the time that

By Paula Newton, Lindsay Isaac and Jason Hanna, CNN (CNN) — New information uncovered during a reopened investigation led to sexual assault charges being brought last week against five professional hockey players, four of whom are playing in the NHL, Canadian police said Monday, six years after the offense was allegedly committed. The case against

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Personal Birth date: February 20, 1951 Birth place: Glasgow, Scotland Birth name: James Gordon Brown Father: John Brown, Church of Scotland minister Mother: Jessie Elizabeth “Bunty” (Souter) Brown Marriage: Sarah Macaulay (August 3, 2000-present) Children: James Fraser,