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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Space scientists seeking to understand the enigmatic origins of powerful cosmic rays have detected an extremely rare, ultra-high-energy particle that they believe traveled to Earth from beyond the Milky Way galaxy. The energy of this subatomic particle, invisible to the naked eye, is equivalent to dropping a brick on

CNN By CNN’s Becky Anderson, Zeena Saifi and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — A four-day truce between Israel and Hamas will begin on Friday morning, with civilian hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released later in the afternoon, Qatar announced Thursday, hours after the deal was originally meant to take effect. The pause in fighting

By Laura Paddison and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — It began with a law about heat pumps. It ended with stones being thrown at politicians and a surge in popularity for the far right. For an example of how climate change is increasingly becoming a flashpoint in the culture wars, Germany is a good place

By Tara John, CNN Hebron, West Bank (CNN) — Palestinian educator Tarik Betar has known only a life of repression and indignity, he told CNN, with longstanding restrictions, checkpoints and curfews, put in place by the Israeli military in the 1990s, meaning he is unable to walk across his street in the West Bank city of Hebron. Betar,

By CNN’s Radina Gigova and Xiaofei Xu CNN – The Netherlands woke up Thursday to an unexpected victory for Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party (PVV) – a forecast win that has triggered shockwaves in the Netherlands and could have reverberations across Europe and beyond. The provisional outcome based on 98% of

By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea said Thursday it will deploy new military hardware along the military demarcation line that separates it from the South after Seoul partially pulled back from a 2018 agreement designed to ease tensions along the border, state-run media reported. North Korea acted

By CNN’s Becky Anderson, Zeena Saifi and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — A four-day truce between Israel and Hamas will begin on Friday morning, with civilian hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released later in the afternoon, Qatar announced Thursday, hours after the deal was originally meant to take effect. The pause in fighting will

CNN By Simone McCarthy, Rob Picheta, David Shortell, Oren Liebermann and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Israel and Hamas have reached a deal for a four-day pause in fighting and the release of at least 50 women and children held hostage in Gaza, marking a major diplomatic breakthrough nearly seven weeks after the start of

By Caitlin Danaher and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A highly venomous snake is on the loose after escaping a home in Tilburg, the Netherlands on Monday afternoon, a municipality spokesperson told CNN on Wednesday. Local authorities are warning people to keep their distance and avoid approaching the poisonous green mamba, which is between 1.8

By Abeer Salman, Nima Elbagir, Barbara Arvanitidis, Alex Platt and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Nearly seven weeks into the war, Israel and Hamas have agreed on a deal that would see the return of 150 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails in exchange for the release of at least 50 women and children held in Gaza, during

CNN By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — You wouldn’t know if you tasted it, but Epic OneWater Brew is a beer with a peculiar ingredient: it’s made with water recycled from the showers, sinks and washing machines of a residential building. The beer is safe to drink, thanks to a series of treatments that include

By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — You wouldn’t know if you tasted it, but Epic OneWater Brew is a beer with a peculiar ingredient: it’s made with water recycled from the showers, sinks and washing machines of a residential building. The beer is safe to drink, thanks to a series of treatments that include microfiltration

By Tara John, Clarissa Ward and Brent Swails, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — After enduring nearly seven weeks of uncertainty about the fate of family members kidnapped by Hamas, relatives of hostages were left with hope and a new set of anxieties after Israel and the militant group reached a breakthrough deal on Tuesday that would

By Sania Farooqui and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Rescuers in India drilled past the halfway mark on Wednesday in efforts to reach workers trapped in a partially collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas. Forty-one labourers became trapped in India’s northern Uttarakhand state after part of the passageway to the tunnel’s entrance gave way on November

By Arya Jyothi, CNN (CNN) — Susan Murabana’s life-changing moment happened at 22 years old, when she looked through a telescope for the very first time. Suddenly, Saturn and its yellow-gold rings were more than just an illustration in a textbook; they were real and the experience was powerful. The opportunity came while she was

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a pause in fighting, alongside the release of some of the hostages held by the militant group, in return for Palestinian prisoners jailed by Israel. The truce will begin at 7 a.m. local time (midnight ET) on Friday, and civilian hostages

By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN (CNN) — In late September, Zimbabwe’s environment minister signed away control over a staggering amount of land — almost 20% of his country — to a little-known foreign company. Blue Carbon was a small, new outfit, not even a year old, but its chief was no fledgling entrepreneur:

By Brad Lendon, Gawon Bae and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea on Wednesday said it had put its first spy satellite into orbit and vowed further launches to defend against what it called its “enemies’ dangerous military maneuvers.” Analysts said if the spacecraft works, it could provide significantly improve North

By Simone McCarthy, Rob Picheta, David Shortell, Oren Liebermann and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Israel and Hamas have reached a deal for a four-day pause in fighting and the release of at least 50 women and children held hostage in Gaza, marking a major diplomatic breakthrough nearly seven weeks after the start of a

By Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — The top two lawmakers on the US Senate’s space and science subcommittee are pushing federal regulators to accelerate the approval of commercial space launches, arguing that the current pace could cost the United States its edge in the new space race. In a letter sent last week to the