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By David McKenzie and Sarah Dean, CNN Freetown, Sierra Leone (CNN) — When it comes to chimpanzee toddlers, girls rule. Skippy climbs with her hands and feet into the forest canopy, swinging through the spindly vines. The boys: they prefer to cuddle with their human carer. They are all orphans, rescued from across Sierra Leone and

CNN By David McKenzie and Sarah Dean, CNN Freetown, Sierra Leone (CNN) — When it comes to chimpanzee toddlers, girls rule. Skippy climbs with her hands and feet into the forest canopy, swinging through the spindly vines. The boys: they prefer to cuddle with their human carer. They are all orphans, rescued from across Sierra Leone

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Microscopic fragments of protein and DNA recovered from bones discovered in 8-meter-deep cave dirt have revealed Neanderthals and humans likely lived alongside one another in northern Europe as far back as 45,000 years ago. The genetic analysis of the fossils, which were found in a cave near the town

By Vasco Cotovio, Yulia Kesaieva, Radina Gigova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s military intelligence says it sank a Russian warship off the coast of Crimea overnight into Thursday, landing the latest in a series of blows to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet after mounting a “massive” missile attack on the occupied peninsula hours earlier.

By Benjamin Brown and Ingrid Formanek, CNN (CNN) — About six million people in more than 200 towns, villages and cities in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia will be banned from washing their cars or filling swimming pools as the regional government on Thursday declared a state of emergency due to a water shortage

By Larry Madowo and Faith Karimi, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — It had been three months since Maggie Mbitu was found dead at Boston’s airport, and authorities seemed no closer to finding the man suspected of killing her and fleeing the country. But this week, they finally got a break. On Monday night an undercover

By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Sonia Lemos doesn’t know how she will put food on the table until the next harvest, two months from now. Lemos, 42, is a seasonal worker from northern Argentina. Six months a year, she harvests yerba, the leaves of a native South American shrub that are the basis of

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured scintillating images of 19 spiral galaxies — and the millions of stars that call them home — in unprecedented detail never seen before by astronomers. Webb’s singular ability to observe the universe in different wavelengths of infrared light, such as near-infrared and

By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman and Amir Tal, CNN (CNN) — The main United Nations agency in Gaza has warned it “most likely” will have to halt its work in the war-torn enclave and across the Middle East by the end of the month after donors paused funding over allegations some of its staff were

By Nell Lewis, CNN London (CNN) — A South African entrepreneur who designed a smart locker system that improves access to healthcare has won a major award for African engineering. Neo Hutiri is the creator of Pelebox, a system of internet-enabled lockers that dispense medication for chronic conditions to patients, helping to cut down queues

By Sophie Tanno, Chris Liakos and James Frater, CNN (CNN) — Protesting farmers descended on the heart of the European Union on Thursday as leaders across the bloc held a crucial meeting at which they agreed new funding for Ukraine. Demonstrators rolled into Brussels in their tractors in the early morning hours before gathering outside

By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — The European Union agreed a funding deal worth more than $50 billion for Ukraine in a crucial summit on Thursday that comes at a pivotal moment in the war. The funds had been blocked since December after Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban had vetoed the deal at a previous

By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has executed a couple for throwing two toddlers out of a high-rise apartment window, in a case that provoked nationwide outrage. The man and his girlfriend were found guilty of killing the children from his first marriage by staging an accidental fall from a residential tower

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