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By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — San Diego’s newest giant pandas are acclimating well to their new state-side home, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said Tuesday. The zoo shared first-look photos of the pair, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, who are the first giant pandas to enter the United States in 21 years, according to the

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The Australian government is appointing the country’s first envoys to fight antisemitism and Islamophobia in an attempt to prevent further fraying of social cohesion over the war in Gaza. Announcing the positions on Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that conflict between Israel and Hamas in the

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — One of Iran’s newest warships capsized in port over the weekend while undergoing repairs, an incident that could damage key warfighting systems and put the ship out of commission for up to half a year, a naval analyst said. The 311-foot-long frigate Sahand was at a dock in the

By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Yet again, tens of thousands of people in Gaza are on the move, as the Israeli military issues fresh evacuation orders for a number of areas in Gaza City. Over the past 10 days, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has issued instructions for hundreds

By Helen Regan, Mariya Knight and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized his Indian counterpart’s visit to Moscow as a “huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts,” on the same day that a Russian missile smashed into a children’s hospital in Kyiv. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia on Monday for his first visit to the country since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a sign that the two nations remain close despite the Kremlin’s deepening dependence on China. During his two-day visit, Modi is expected to attend

By Nadeen Ebrahim, Ibrahim Dahman, Eugenia Yosef and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Optimism about an Israel-Hamas ceasefire-hostage agreement waned this week as Israel set conditions for the deal and Hamas warned that Israeli actions in Gaza could jeopardize the talks. Last week, a US official told CNN that a framework agreement is “in place”

By Isaac Yee, Ivana Kottasová and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Belarus and China kicked off 11-day joint military training exercises Monday, Belarus’ defense ministry said – with activities taking place just miles from the border of Poland, a NATO and European Union member. The joint anti-terrorist training “Attacking Falcon” exercises in Belarus would see

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — On Sunday night, joy: French voters had, once again, kept the far right out of power. On Monday morning, uncertainty: A hung parliament, shaky alliances and the threat of turbulent years ahead. President Emmanuel Macron called France’s snap parliamentary election to “clarify” the political situation. But after the shock

By Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — As the presidential race in the United States heats up, many other countries around the world are also conducting pivotal elections in 2024. More than 70 nations – home to nearly half the world’s people – have already or will soon select their own leaders at the polls, according