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By Mariya Knight and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in the city of Moscow are offering a record signing-on bonus for new recruits to fight in Ukraine, in the latest sign of a scramble to boost Russian troop numbers. The financial sweetener comes as President Vladimir Putin struggles to recruit soldiers for his army as Russia’s

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A reality show contestant who killed and ate a protected bird has been let off with a warning after New Zealand wildlife officials said cast members were tired, hungry and placed in a “unique” situation. Spencer “Corry” Jones, an American white water river guide, killed and ate the large, flightless weka during

By Helen Regan, Taylor Ward, Eric Cheung and Isaac Yee, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — A powerful typhoon made landfall in northeastern Taiwan early on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring hundreds of others as authorities closed financial markets, schools and offices. Conditions in Taiwan worsened as Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rainfall, gusty

By Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Alex Marquardt, CNN Washington (CNN) — Palestinian-American doctor Jiab Suleiman arrived in Jordan last month ahead of an emergency medical mission into Gaza, which he was due to oversee. The Ohio-born orthopedic surgeon had already led two trips into the besieged strip since the Israel-Hamas war broke out in October and

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — An interim deal to smooth deliveries to Philippine marines marooned on a ship at a hotly disputed reef in the South China Sea appears to be in doubt after Manila and Beijing gave opposing accounts over what they had agreed to. Fears of a conflict with global implications

By Sahar Akbarzai and Juliana Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — At least nine people are dead and four are missing after a fishing vessel sank in the South Atlantic about 200 miles off the coast of the Falkland Islands, Spanish authorities said Wednesday. The fishing vessel, FV Argos Georgia, had 27 people onboard when it took

By Joseph Ataman and Emmanuel Miculita, CNN Paris (CNN) — A Russian national has been detained and placed under preliminary investigation in Paris over fears he was preparing to disrupt the Olympic Games, the local prosecutor’s office told CNN Tuesday. French authorities conducted a search of the man’s residence under an administrative order, during which

By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Two people were killed and at least 13 injured Tuesday when an elevated walkway collapsed in a condemned Italian slum notorious for its links to organized criminal groups. The Italian Fire Brigade said a 29-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were killed in the collapse at the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West. It became a symbol of East/West relations during the Cold War. The Wall The Berlin Wall began as a border of barbed

By Anna Chernova and Nathan Hodge, CNN (CNN) — A Moscow court has sentenced exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar in absentia to eight years and a half years in prison for disseminating “fake news” about the Russian army, the latest conviction in Russia’s campaign of legal retribution against independent and opposition media. Zygar was found

By Nimi Princewill, Mek Tekeste and Louis Mian, CNN (CNN) — The death toll from two landslides in a remote region of southern Ethiopia on Monday has risen to 229, according to local authorities. The communication affairs department of Gofa Zone said Tuesday that 148 males and 81 females had been killed. A local official,

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — Violence against women and girls in England and Wales has reached “epidemic levels,” UK police have warned, saying forces should prioritize their response to the issue in the same way as they do terrorism and organized crime. In a major report, police estimate that at least one in

By Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of Palestinians have been killed and thousands more forced to flee after Israel launched a fresh ground assault against what it said were Hamas targets in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Monday that it was