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By Gawon Bae and Jessie Yeung, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to jail for using artificial intelligence to generate exploitative images of children, the first case of its kind in the country as courts around the world encounter the use of new technologies in creating abusive sexual

By Jonny Hallam, Mariya Knight, Simone McCarthy and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — At least one person was killed and 162 people were injured in a massive warehouse explosion in the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent early on Thursday morning, health officials said. The situation at the scene of the warehouse explosion in Tashkent, Uzbekistan is “under

By Olga Voitovych, Vasco Cotovio, Fred Pleitgen, Yulia Kesaieva, CNN (CNN) — Fighters who had previously fought in Ukraine for the Russian mercenary group Wagner have returned to the battlefield in the east, according to the Ukrainian military. Wagner mercenaries had withdrawn from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut in May as they handed control

CNN By Paula Newton, CNN Ottawa (CNN) — Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized on behalf of Canada’s parliament Wednesday, referring to the “deeply embarrassing” incident last week that saw the chamber applaud a Ukrainian veteran who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II. “This was a mistake that has deeply

By Paula Newton, CNN Ottawa (CNN) — Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized on behalf of Canada’s parliament Wednesday, referring to the “deeply embarrassing” incident last week that saw the chamber applaud a Ukrainian veteran who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II. “This was a mistake that has deeply embarrassed

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A building block of life may exist inside the global ocean on Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons. Two independent teams of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe the frozen surface of Europa, and each analysis of the space observatory’s detections revealed an abundance of carbon

By Katharina Krebs, Anna Chernova and Clare Sebastian, CNN (CNN) — The Russian admiral whom Ukraine forces said died in a strike on occupied Crimea last week has appeared in a video posted by a Russian military channel Wednesday – the second video released in as many days which has cast further doubt on Kyiv’s

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Amr Moussa, Egyptian diplomat, ambassador and former minister of foreign affairs. Personal Birth date: October 3, 1936 Birth place: Cairo, Egypt Father: Muhammad Moussa Marriage: Laila (Badawy) Moussa (1968-present) Children: Hazem Moussa; Hania Moussa Education: Cairo University, L.L.B., 1957 Timeline 1958-1972 – Works

By Jenna Schnuer, CNN (CNN) — Pangolins are among the world’s most heavily poached animals. The elusive creatures are under threat, but the discovery of a mysterious species that’s new to science could help conservationists fight against their extinction, researchers say. There are eight previously known species of pangolin — four found in Asia and

By Inke Kappeler and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — Germany announced Wednesday that it is ramping up its border controls with neighboring Poland and the Czech Republic to “limit human trafficking,” as the country faces fierce debate on its migration policy while asylum applications surge. Police will carry out “additional flexible checks and mobile controls

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Sicilian mob boss Matteo Messina Denaro, widely thought to be the last godfather of his kind, was buried Wednesday in a private funeral in Castelvetrano, Sicily. But he won’t be the last leader of Italy’s most famous Mafia organization. The mobster will likely be remembered for his

By Amy Croffey, CNN (CNN) — The biggest-ever drug seizure in the history of Ireland was intercepted off the coast of Cork in the southeast of the country on Tuesday, Irish police said. Cocaine weighing 2,253 kg, worth an estimated 157 million euros ($165 million), was seized from the vessel “MV Matthew” traveling from South

By Chris Liakos, CNN Paris (CNN) — The French ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itte, has returned to Paris, the French Foreign Ministry told CNN on Wednesday. “Our ambassador to Niger returned to Paris today, as decided by the President of the Republic on Sunday,” the ministry said. According to the ministry, French Foreign Minister Catherine

By Yong Xiong and Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s ousted foreign minister Qin Gang had an extramarital affair with a high-profile Chinese television presenter who had a child through surrogacy in the United States, the Financial Times reported Tuesday citing multiple unnamed sources, deepening intrigue around the unexplained disappearance and removal of

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has fled to Armenia, with many thousands more still scrambling to evacuate, a week after the breakaway region surrendered following a lightning Azerbaijani offensive. More than 50,000 people – including 17,000 children – had fled by Wednesday morning, after Azerbaijan lifted a 10-month blockade

By Nadeen Ebrahim and Nechirvan Mando, CNN Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — A popular Iraqi TikTok personality was shot dead on Monday in Baghdad, an Iraqi security source told CNN. Known on social media as “Noor BM,” 23-year-old Noor Alsaffar had over 370,000 followers collectively on Instagram and TikTok. Alsaffar mostly posted short videos showing dresses,

By Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court has started hearing petitions against a new law making it harder to declare a prime minister unfit for office. Eleven of the 15 Supreme Court judges were hearing Thursday’s arguments. Within two months, the court would have heard arguments on three cases that challenge laws

CNN By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has finally returned to Earth, feeling the pull of the planet’s gravity for the first time in more than a year. Rubio and his two Russian colleagues — cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin — parachuted to a landing in

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The UN Refugee Agency has rebuked UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman over her claims that world leaders have failed to reform the global refugee system due to fears of being branded as “racist or illiberal” and that the asylum framework is creating “huge incentives for illegal migration.” The United

By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — Record-breaking NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has finally returned to Earth, feeling the pull of the planet’s gravity for the first time in more than a year. Rubio and his two Russian colleagues — cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin — parachuted to a landing in Kazakhstan