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By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — Soccer icon David Beckham exchanged beekeeping tips with King Charles, he said, when the pair met ahead of the former England captain being named ambassador for The King’s Foundation. Beckham met the King at Highgrove Gardens in the Cotswolds, England, where he also met students of the King’s

By Eugenia Yosef, Sophie Tanno and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to resign and bring down the governing coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he accepts a peace proposal laid out by US President Joe Biden. Biden unveiled on Friday what he said was a three-phase Israeli proposal

By Niamh Kennedy and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric dam, the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), is in “critical condition” after it was hit in a Russian strike on Ukraine’s key energy facilities, authorities say. The head of the Zaporizhzhia region military administration, Ivan Fedorov, told Ukrainian television that the power plant can

By Brad Lendon, Ivan Watson and Simone McCarthy, CNN Singapore (CNN) — China’s support to Russia will extend the war in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday, as he called on countries across the Asia-Pacific to join an upcoming peace summit he accused Russia of trying to thwart. Zelensky made the comments in Singapore during

By Kathleen Magramo and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — North Korea said it was stopping sending trash-filled balloons to South Korea after Seoul reported hundreds more airborne waste deliveries floating across the border. North Korea’s vice-defense minister Kim Kang Il said that the country will “temporarily halt dropping trash over the border,” after claiming to

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Caen, France (CNN) — At 99 years old, Jack Foy is considered the youngster among his group of friends that fought in World War II. But their advanced age isn’t going to stop them from making the transatlantic journey to honor their fallen comrades on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On

By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Berlin (CNN) — Removing a long-time defense minister from his post is nothing out of the ordinary. Arresting five of his senior staff, however, is clearly more than just a search for fresh blood — especially in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. After the shock ouster, two weeks ago, of Sergei Shoigu as

By Simone McCarthy, Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN Singapore (CNN) — Taiwan is pursuing independence incrementally and those who support it will “end up in self-destruction,” China’s new defense minister warned Sunday in a wide-ranging speech at a security summit in Singapore where the extent of regional tensions was on stark display. Minister of

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s Chang’e-6 lunar lander successfully touched down on the far side of the moon Sunday morning Beijing time, in a significant step for the ambitious mission that could advance the country’s aspirations of putting astronauts on the moon. The Chang’e-6 probe landed in the South Pole-Aitken Basin,

By Jacob Lev, Zayn Nabbi and Thomas Schlachter, CNN Wembley Stadium (CNN) — London’s Metropolitan Police said 53 arrests were made during the UEFA Champions League final at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday. Five people were arrested for invading the pitch and the “majority of others for attempts to breach security,” the police force

CNN By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Few teams have faced down Real Madrid in a Champions League final with as much conviction as Borussia Dortmund displayed at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night. In the end, however, the result was the same as it always is. Despite suffering and defending for the vast majority of