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By Amy Cassidy and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Ambassadors from Russia and Belarus have been invited back to the Nobel Prize banquet after being excluded last year because of the invasion of Ukraine, the Nobel Foundation said. Iran has also been invited to the December event in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, after being

By Tim Lister, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A Russian military blogger who has written critically of Russia’s conduct in Ukraine was arrested in Moscow Thursday, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. The blogger, Andrey Kurshin, runs the Moscow Calling Telegram channel, which has some 87,000 subscribers. “A criminal case was

By Wayne Chang and Nectar Gan, CNN (CNN) — A self-made, septuagenarian billionaire with limited political experience has thrown his hat into one of the most consequential presidential elections of 2024, shaking up a race that could have huge ramifications far beyond its borders. Terry Gou, the founder of the world’s largest iPhone maker Foxconn,

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in India are determined to keep a lid on any monkey business ahead of world leaders jetting in next week, by placing life-size cutouts of angry langurs across the capital to dissuade smaller pesky primates from wreaking havoc or hogging the limelight while the nation takes center stage.

By Mariya Knight and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has opened more than 3,000 criminal cases over Russia’s alleged crimes against children in the country, including dozens of torture cases, Ukrainian prosecutors said Thursday. The allegations include “murders, mutilations, abduction of children, forced displacement, deportation, sexual violence against children and kidnapping,” Yulia Usenko, head

By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has reduced the prison sentence of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one, in a remarkable turn of events that caps an extraordinary decades-long political saga. Thaksin, the head of a famed political dynasty who had dramatically returned to

CNN By Tara Subramaniam, Taylor Ward, Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Schools and businesses closed while hundreds of flights were canceled in Hong Kong and other parts of southern China on Friday as Typhoon Saola swept close to the coast, bringing strong winds and heavy rain in what could be

By Tara Subramaniam, Taylor Ward, Nectar Gan, Jessie Yeung and Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The strongest typhoon Hong Kong has seen in five years ripped through the city and other parts of southern China, knocking down trees and scaffolding and causing hundreds of flights to be canceled. Saola had been a super

By Hande Atay Alam and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN (CNN) — A Saudi court has sentenced a retired teacher to death over his comments online, say his brother and advocacy group Human Rights Watch. Muhammad al-Ghamdi, a 54-year-old retired Saudi teacher, was sentenced “following 5 tweets criticizing corruption and human rights violations,” his brother Saeed bin

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Authorities raced to capture five million bees released yesterday after a truck carrying several crates of hives fell onto a roadway in Ontario, Canada, Halton Regional Police Constable Ryan Anderson told CNN. Halton Regional Police received a call shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday, after the straps attached to the

By Niamh Kennedy, Nimi Princewill and Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — The military junta in Niger has canceled the visa of the French ambassador and instructed police to expel him, after ordering the diplomat last week to leave the country. In the letter shared by local media on Thursday and attributed to the Nigerien Ministry

By Mariya Knight and Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — A new video published by pro-Wagner PMC Telegram channel Grey Zone on Wednesday appears to show Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin claiming to be in Africa shortly before his death. It is unclear when or where the video was shot, but Prigozhin seems unbothered about his safety

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Scientists have decoded an ancient aroma by identifying the ingredients used in Egyptian mummification balms — and resurrected the scent. Those eager to sample this whiff of the past will be able to find what the researchers have dubbed “the scent of the eternity” during an upcoming exhibition at