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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — It seemed like the solution to Elaine Traverse’s financial problems, and a dog desperately needing a potty break led her to it. “I saw this trail, so I went up there and parked, and he took off running,” Traverse said. Traverse, who is disabled and can’t walk long distances,

By Larry Madowo, Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — At least nine people were killed in a shooting at a tavern outside the South African city of Johannesburg during Sunday’s early hours, police have said. Officers were searching for about a dozen suspects in the shooting, the force said, the motive for which was unclear. The

By Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea wants to join the undersea naval elite – and has received the blessing of US President Donald Trump to do just that. Having Seoul become the seventh country in the world operating nuclear-powered submarines – joining the United States, Russia,

From Reuters Milan (Reuters) — Italian police said on Saturday they had arrested 384 people and seized 1.4 tonnes (1.54 tons) of drugs in a large-scale operation against drug trafficking. In addition to the arrests, officers had put under investigation 655 individuals, including 39 minors, and confiscated 35 kilograms of cocaine and more than 40

By Sophie Tanno, and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — A Russian attack on Odesa region on Friday night has killed eight people and injured 27 more, according to Ukrainian authorities, as Moscow continues to target the Black Sea port city. According to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, the fatalities occurred as a result of a Russian

By Mostafa Salem, Ibrahim Dahman (CNN) — When Sheikh Mohammed Abu Mustafa stepped out of his mosque in southern Gaza after leading afternoon prayers in early November, a gunman on a motorcycle pulled up and shot him dead. It was a targeted assassination that an Islamist militant group said was carried out by local Israeli-backed

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — An oil and chemical tanker sanctioned by the United States has entered Venezuelan waters, ship tracking data showed, despite US President Donald Trump declaring a “total and complete blockade” of such vessels transiting the country. The Gambia-flagged ship, named the Hyperion, was seen near a refinery off Venezuela’s Amuay

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Bondi Beach, Sydney (CNN) — For Australia’s tiny Jewish population, Bondi Beach was a refuge within a vast country that offered sanctuary to families fleeing a seething hate that killed six million of their kind within the lifetime of some of their oldest members. For decades, they laid roots in a

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — ‘Twas the week before Christmas in a Montreal store, when Santa stole groceries, then walked out the door. A group of thieves wearing Santa Clause and elf costumes stole cartloads of groceries from a supermarket in Montreal on Monday night, with an activist group later claiming credit for what