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CNN By Billy Stockwell, Yumi Asada, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, injuring more than two dozen people and prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people. The earthquake struck at 11:15 p.m. local time around 44 miles off the northeast coast of

By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — International leaders and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, announced $1.9 billion Monday in funding to advance polio eradication, but a large funding gap remains after high-income countries’ reductions in foreign aid. The funding gap for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative through 2029 now stands at $440 million, according to a

By Tala Alrajjal, CNN Damascus, Syria (CNN) — “Raise your head up high, you’re a free Syrian” goes the chorus of the Arabic song that has become the unofficial anthem of the new Syria. It’s everywhere in the capital Damascus – blasted out from loudspeakers in the markets, chanted at celebrations in the main square

By Billy Stockwell, Yumi Asada, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Monday, injuring more than two dozen people and prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people. The earthquake struck at 11:15 p.m. local time around 44 miles off the northeast coast of the

CNN By Kocha Olarn, Rhea Mogul and Ally Barnard, CNN (CNN) — Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodia on Monday as a new wave of fighting erupted between the Southeast Asian neighbors, leaving a peace plan presided over by US President Donald Trump just two months ago in danger of collapse. Both sides accused the other

By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet. The boxes contained more than 60 precious cultural artifacts, including a rare Inuit sealskin kayak, which were taken from First Nations, Inuit, and

By Kara Fox, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Tim Lister, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reaffirmed that Ukraine is not willing to concede territory to Russia, as talks over a US-proposed peace plan continue without a clear end in sight. “We definitely do not want to give anything up. That is what we are

By Kocha Olarn, Rhea Mogul and Ally Barnard, CNN (CNN) — Thailand launched airstrikes against Cambodia on Monday as a new wave of fighting erupted between the Southeast Asian neighbors, leaving a peace plan presided over by US President Donald Trump just two months ago in danger of collapse. Both sides accused the other of

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Hamas is willing to discuss “freezing or storing” its weapons, a senior official said on Sunday, amid concerns that the nascent ceasefire deal between Israel and the militant group could collapse. Speaking to the Associated Press in Qatar on Sunday, Bassem Naim said that Hamas is “very open minded”