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By Nodoka Katsura and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A beachgoer who was swept 80 kilometers (50 miles) out to sea in a floating ring has been rescued off Japan’s east coast some 36 hours after she went missing, authorities said. The Chinese woman, aged in her 20s, was saved by two tanker crew members, who

By Christian Edwards and Bianna Golodryga, CNN (CNN) — When the Gaza sunshine was at its hottest, Andrey Kozlov said the Hamas fighters would cover him with blankets, leaving him to stew in his sweat. When he asked about his family, they would say they had forgotten him. When they pulled the blindfold from his

CNN By Christian Edwards and Bianna Golodryga, CNN (CNN) — When the Gaza sunshine was at its hottest, Andrey Kozlov said the Hamas fighters would cover him with blankets, leaving him to stew in his sweat. When he asked about his family, they would say they had forgotten him. When they pulled the blindfold from

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Australia has charged two Russian-born Australian citizens with preparing for an espionage offense after allegedly obtaining military information that they planned to hand to Russian authorities. The married couple had been in Australia for more than 10 years and were arrested Thursday at their home in Everton

By Abel Alvarado and Gerardo Lemos, CNN (CNN) — Panama has placed barbed wire across several routes in the Darién Gap, the country’s Ministry of Public Security said in a statement Thursday, in a bid to block migrants making their way north. At least five passages near Panama’s border with Colombia have been shut using barbed

By Catherine Nicholls, Sugam Pokharel and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — London police have arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with human remains found in two suitcases in the southwestern city of Bristol. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement that the man was arrested in south London on Friday and taken into custody –

By Eugenia Yosef, Lauren Izso, Jeremy Diamond and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) internal investigation into the failures to protect the kibbutz of Be’eri on October 7 found that the Israeli military “failed in its mission to protect the residents” and “was not prepared for the extensive infiltration scenario” by

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series. Personal Birth date: July 31, 1965 Birth place: Gloucestershire, England Birth name: Joanne Rowling Father: Peter Rowling, aircraft factory manager Mother: Anne (Volant) Rowling, lab technician Marriages: Neil Murray (December 26, 2001-present); Jorge

By Barbie Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Officials in southern Italy have broken up an alleged racket selling fake olive oil, confiscating 42 tons of the extra virgin variety worth almost $1 million. Seven people are accused of criminal conspiracy, adulteration of food substances intended for marketing, fraud in public military supplies and adulteration of food for export,

By Sophie Tanno and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — A fire broke out in the spire of the cathedral in the French city of Rouen on Thursday morning. The blaze erupted at the top of the spire of the gothic Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Rouen, in the northern region of Normandy. Images

By Larry Madowo, Niamh Kennedy and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Kenyan President William Ruto has fired almost his entire cabinet after weeks of anti-government protests, he announced Thursday. Only Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi have been left in their posts, the president said. The decision was taken “upon reflection,

By Catherine Nicholls and Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — Figures from across the United Kingdom have offered their condolences to a BBC sport commentator, after his wife and two daughters were killed by an alleged crossbow attacker, in deaths that again drew attention to the epidemic of violence against women. Carol Hunt, 61,