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By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — As an extreme drought grips Mexico, leading to crop losses, a lack of water and higher food prices, the government is trying to bring desperately-needed rain by turning to a controversial technology: cloud seeding. In July, the country kicked off the latest phase of a cloud seeding project that

By Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Nearly half of Ukrainians held in Russian detention centers in Kherson were subjected to widespread torture including sexual violence, according to a report published Wednesday. The report reveals analysis of an initial pool of 320 cases of detention in Kherson, across more than 35 identified detention centers. It was

By Brad Lendon, Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN (CNN) — China has revealed two new leaders of its People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force this week in a surprise shake-up that has raised questions about the inner workings at the top of the military branch overseeing the nation’s powerful arsenal of nuclear and ballistic missiles.

By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s highly secretive civilian spy agency has launched a public account on a major social media platform to call on “all members of society” to join its fight against espionage, offering rewards and protection for those who provide information. The Ministry of State Security oversees intelligence and

By Kathleen Magramo, Wayne Chang and Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — Severe flooding in Beijing was caused by the heaviest rainfall in 140 years, according to local meteorologists, and there’s little reprieve for the region as Typhoon Khanun lashes Japan with wind and rain. Between Saturday and Wednesday morning, 744.8 millimeters (29 inches) of rain

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of François Hollande, former president of France. Personal Birth date: August 12, 1954 Birth place: Rouen, Normandy, France Birth name: François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande Father: Georges Hollande, a physician Mother: Nicole Tribert, a social worker Marriage: Julie Gayet (June 4, 2022-present) Children:

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Personal Birth date: August 17, 1926 Death date: November 30, 2022 Birth place: Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China Birth name: Jiang Zemin Father: Jiang Shijun Mother: Wu Yueqing Marriage: Wang Yeping Children: Jiang Miankang and Jiang Mianheng Education: Shanghai Jiao

By Karol Suarez and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap, a mountainous rainforest region that connects South and Central America, has broken a new record, according to immigration officials in Panama. The Panama migration authority’s deputy director Maria Isabel Saravia told media that 2022’s already-high number of

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Euclid space telescope, designed to investigate some of the universe’s biggest mysteries, has captured its first glimpses of the cosmos. The spacecraft’s two instruments took the preliminary test images, revealing scintillating starry views that prove everything onboard is in tip-top shape. “After more than 11 years of designing

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Voyager mission team at NASA has been able to detect a signal from Voyager 2 after losing contact with the spacecraft, which has been operating for nearly 46 years. “We enlisted the help of the (Deep Space Network) and Radio Science groups to help to see if we

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Six days since American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were kidnapped from the community ministry where she works in Haiti, information about their capture and whereabouts remains unclear as the aid group works with authorities and partners in the United States and Haiti to secure their freedom, it

By Chris Lau and Sania Farooqui, CNN (CNN) — A mysterious cylinder that washed ashore in Western Australia is debris from an Indian space launch, authorities in both countries have said, ending a flurry of speculation over the object’s origin. The cylinder was part of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle that the Indian Space Research

By Joseph Ataman, Larry Madowo, Caitlin Hu, Shirin Faqiri and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of European nationals are being evacuated from Niger in the wake of a military coup that has plunged the West African nation into a political crisis and rattled the region. Two Airbus A330 planes dispatched by France arrived

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 Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Family and fans bade farewell to singer and actress CoCo Lee at her funeral in Hong Kong on Monday, celebrating a decades-long career that included dozens of successful albums, movies and television shows across the globe. Lee, a multilingual artist and one of the first Chinese singers

By Alex Stambaugh and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Myanmar’s ruling military junta has pardoned Aung San Suu Kyi on five charges for which she was previously convicted, reducing the lengthy sentences handed down to the deposed, democratically elected leader after generals seized control of the Southeast Asian nation. The pardon was announced by Aung

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China will place export controls on drone and drone equipment in order to “safeguard national security and interests,” its commerce ministry announced Monday, in a move that could impact the war in Ukraine. The restrictions on equipment will require vendors to seek permission to export certain drone

By Kathleen Magramo, Berry Wang and Mengchen Zhang, CNN (CNN) — Deadly downpours have triggered landslides and floods that swept away cars and destroyed roads in Beijing, as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri unleashed the heaviest deluge in a decade over parts of northern China. Two days of rainfall have overwhelmed riverbeds around the western