Israel targets Gaza with airstrikes after intercepting rocket attack | CNN
CNN — Israel carried out airstrikes in Gaza early on Thursday after intercepting a rocket attack from the coastal enclave,...
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Australia’s new $5 note won’t feature King Charles | CNN Business
Brisbane CNN — Australia’s new $5 banknote will not feature Britain’s King Charles III, but rather a new design that...
US imposes visa restrictions on Taliban members involved in repression of women and girls | CNN Politics
CNN — The United States is imposing new visa restrictions on certain current and former Taliban members, non-state security group...
Pope Francis attracts more than one million worshippers to DRC Mass | CNN
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo CNN — More than one million people attended Pope Francis’ Mass in Kinshasa in the...
Netanyahu outlines vision for two-state solution — without Palestinian sovereignty | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
‘It’s all empty promises’: Palestinians feel betrayed by US, warn there’s only so much they can bear | CNN
Ramallah, West Bank CNN — Abu A’asem brews pot after pot of his specialty Arabic coffee, despite the pouring rain....
Britain hit by biggest day of strikes in a decade as pay disputes escalate | CNN Business
London CNN — As many as half a million workers are striking across Britain on Wednesday, closing schools, canceling university...
French workers bring Paris to a standstill in second mass strike over pension reforms | CNN Business
Paris/London CNN — French schools and transportation networks were heavily disrupted Tuesday for the second time this month, as unions...
Former Wagner commander describes brutality and incompetence on the frontline | CNN
Oslo, Norway CNN — A former Wagner mercenary says the brutality he witnessed in Ukraine ultimately pushed him to defect,...
Dead chickens and decomposing bodies: Inside South Africa’s power blackout ‘pandemic’ | CNN
Johannesburg, South Africa CNN — Car crashes, opportunistic criminals, rotting food, decomposing bodies, bankrupt businesses, and water shortages. Welcome to...
Cities are being cloned in the virtual world. Here’s what that means for the future | CNN
CNN — With space in our cities at a premium, and a majority of the world’s population expected to live...
Chinese province drops restrictions on unmarried people having children in bid to halt plummeting birth rate | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — China’s southwestern province of Sichuan will drop restrictions on unmarried people having children, part of a...
China’s economic activity expands for the first time in months as Covid ‘exit wave’ ends | CNN Business
Hong Kong CNN — Economic activity in China has expanded for the first time in four months as disruptions caused...
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro applies for six-month US tourist visa | CNN
CNN — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is seeking a six-month tourist visa to remain in the United States, the...
Pope Francis to visit two fragile African nations | CNN
CNN — Pope Francis starts a trip on Tuesday to two fragile African nations often forgotten by the world, where...
Blinken visit reaches new urgency as Israeli, Palestinian tensions boil | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
Former New Zealand rugby player Campbell Johnstone becomes first All Black to come out as gay | CNN
CNN — Former New Zealand rugby player Campbell Johnstone became the first All Black to come out publicly as gay,...
Drones attack military plant in Iran, Tehran says | CNN
CNN — Drones attacked a military plant in Iran’s central city of Isfahan, Tehran said on Sunday. “An explosion has...
10 children killed and seven injured in Pakistan after boat capsizes | CNN
CNN — Ten children were killed and seven were injured when a boat capsized on a lake in northern Pakistan...
Settlements to be ‘strengthened’ in wake of Jerusalem attacks, Israeli PM says | CNN
CNN — Israel will “take steps to strengthen settlement” in response to shooting attacks in Jerusalem Friday and Saturday, Prime...
