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By Sophia Saifi, Azaz Syed, Asim Khan and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — A Pakistan election candidate was shot dead while campaigning on Wednesday, as violence escalates a week before polls open. Rehan Zeb Khan, an independent candidate affiliated with former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was shot in a

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Heavy snow and rain is forecast to hit central and eastern China in the coming days, threatening travel plans for hundreds of millions of Chinese workers heading home for the Lunar New Year. Also known as the Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year holiday traditionally sees the

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Nearly three dozen countries are seeking entry into the China and Russia-backed BRICS economic group, member state South Africa said Wednesday, weeks after the body expanded its membership for the first time in more than a decade. Thirty-four countries have submitted an expression of interest in joining the

By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A dozen United States and Japanese warships, including two US aircraft carriers, have been putting on a show of military might this week in the Philippine Sea east of Taiwan. Analysts say the joint exercises show the US Navy can respond to contingencies across a broad

CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A dozen United States and Japanese warships, including two US aircraft carriers, have been putting on a show of military might this week in the Philippine Sea east of Taiwan. Analysts say the joint exercises show the US Navy can respond to contingencies across a

By Angela Dewan, Ella Nilsen and Lou Robinson, CNN (CNN) — Off the Siberian coast, not far from Alaska, a Russian ship has been docked at port for four years. The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power plant, sends energy to around 200,000 people on land using next-wave nuclear technology: small modular reactors.

By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — London police are searching for a man suspected of throwing a corrosive substance on multiple victims including a woman and two children in a “horrific incident” on Wednesday night. In a statement, Metropolitan Police said the suspect was seen fleeing the scene in south London’s Clapham district following the

By Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukraine’s popular army chief Valery Zaluzhny was called to a meeting at the president’s office on Monday and told he was being fired, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, following weeks of growing speculation over tensions between Volodymyr Zelensky and his top

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A region of the moon that’s at the center of a new international space race because it may contain water ice could be less hospitable than once thought, new research

By Joseph Ataman, Frederik Pleitgen and Victoria Butenko, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Aid to Ukraine is frozen in US Congress, and Kyiv could be dealing with a Trump presidency more sympathetic to Moscow. But Ukraine’s spy chief isn’t losing any sleep over the US. “I don’t worry much about it,” Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s defense

By Anna Chernova, Yulia Kesaieva, Lauren Kent and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war, in the first such swap since the deadly crash of a Russian military plane that Moscow claimed was carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 207 Ukrainian service members