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By Laura Sharman, Yumi Asada, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s prime minister has joined more than 50 of her fellow female legislators to push for more ladies’ toilets in parliament, saying recent increases in women’s representation have led to long queues for the bathroom. Just two cubicles currently serve 73 female members at Tokyo’s male-dominated House

By Simone McCarthy, Rosa de Acosta, Joyce Jiang, CNN Beijing (CNN) — Welkin Lei has been doing some paper-napkin calculations in his spare time. As the 30-year-old from Beijing and his wife consider whether to have a second child, they face a question of resources. Caring for their three-year-old son requires hiring childcare while they’re

By Mauricio Torres, Gonzalo Zegarra, Germán Padinger, Jhasua Razo, CNN (CNN) — In a perpetually changing Latin America, there was only one certainty in the last 25 years: a socialist and oil-rich Venezuela and its constant confrontation with the United States. This year, tensions reached unprecedented levels following a US military buildup in the Caribbean,

James Frater, CNN Edinburgh, Scotland (CNN) — As “Auld Lang Syne” takes its annual spin around the globe on New Year’s Eve, its chorus belted out by revelers young and old, Edinburgh’s Poet Laureate Michael Pedersen says the song’s enduring power lies not in tradition alone, but in its uncanny ability to bind people together.

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Finland has detained a ship and its crew after a critical undersea telecommunication cable connecting the country to Estonia was damaged Wednesday, Finnish authorities said. Finnish police said in a statement that the vessel suspected of causing the damage was found with its anchor chain lowered into the sea

By Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s Queen Camilla has spoken publicly for the first time about how she had to “fight back” after being assaulted by a stranger on a train when she was a teenager. “When I was a teenager, I was attacked on a train,” Camilla told BBC Radio 4’s “Today”

By Helen Regan, Hira Humayun, Eugenia Yosef and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Several international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), face being barred from working in Gaza from Thursday for failing to comply with Israel’s new restrictions for aid groups operating in the devastated enclave. Israel said Tuesday it will suspend the operations

CNN By Tim Lister, Daria Tarasova-Markina, and Mitchell McCluskey (CNN) — Russia has repeated claims that Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Monday targeting one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residences, with the military offering new comments on the alleged attack. The Russian defense ministry also published video of a soldier standing over some

CNN By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of women lined up for a marathon on Iran’s resort island of Kish in early December wearing matching shirts and leggings with hair tied loosely behind their backs. In a country where ignoring dress codes could land you hefty fines and prison sentences, the runners turned their

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of women lined up for a marathon on Iran’s resort island of Kish in early December wearing matching shirts and leggings with hair tied loosely behind their backs. In a country where ignoring dress codes could land you hefty fines and prison sentences, the runners turned their focus

By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday that it was pulling out its remaining forces in Yemen, after Saudi Arabia bombed the war-torn country’s port city of Mukalla following accusations that two ships from the UAE had delivered weapons and combat vehicles to separatist forces. Saudi Arabia accused the UAE,

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Before the horrors of October 7, Aya Shahar never considered leaving her busy life in the bustling metropolis of Tel Aviv and moving south to an agricultural life in a kibbutz near the Gaza border. “It wasn’t the future I planned for myself,” Shahar told CNN. But after Hamas-led

Story by Associated Press Dhaka, Bangladesh (AP) — Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, whose archrivalry with Sheikh Hasina defined the country’s politics for a generation, has died, her political party said in a statement Tuesday. She was 80. She had faced corruption cases she said were politically motivated, but in January 2025, the Supreme

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of British singer, songwriter and actor David Bowie. Personal Birth date: January 8, 1947 Death date: January 10, 2016 Birth place: London, England Birth name: David Robert Hayward Jones Father: Hayward Jones, publicist Mother: Margaret Mary (Burns) Jones Marriages: Iman (1992-2016, his death); Angela

By Tim Lister, Daria Tarasova-Markina, and Mitchell McCluskey (CNN) — Russia has repeated claims that Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on Monday targeting one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residences, with the military offering new comments on the alleged attack. The Russian defense ministry also published video of a soldier standing over some drone

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua escaped with minor injuries in a car crash that killed two of his friends and team members on Monday, according to Nigerian authorities and his promoter. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. (5 a.m. ET) on a busy stretch of

By Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing demands for a British-Egyptian human rights activist to be deported and his UK citizenship to be revoked after social media posts emerged in which he called for “Zionists” to be killed, prompting criticism of successive British governments that campaigned for his release

By Gul Tuysuz, CNN Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) — ISIS militants opened fire on police during an overnight raid in Turkey’s western Yalova province on Monday, killing three people and injuring eight others, according to authorities. Turkish authorities said six ISIS members were killed and five other people were detained in the operation which lasted more than

By Simone McCarthy, Wayne Chang, Yong Xiong, Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — China’s military mobilized army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan for two days of military drills aimed at sending a “serious warning” against any push for Taiwanese independence and “external” forces interfering with the island. The exercises – dubbed “Justice Mission-2025” –

By Alessandra Freitas, CNN At least 13 people have died and 98 were injured after a train derailed in Mexico on Sunday, according to the Mexican Navy. There were 250 people on board. The derailment occurred in Asunción Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca, on the train’s main line between Veracruz and Salina Cruz. In a statement, the navy