Sicilian island sees record-high migrant arrivals by boat | CNN
Rome CNN — A record of more than 2,000 migrants arrived on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa in the past...
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World Athletics regulations on transgender women athletes risk human rights violations, rights groups say | CNN
CNN — Trans rights advocates have warned sports governing bodies that “blanket bans” on transgender women from competing in women’s...
Huge French pension reform protests give way to fiery overnight clashes | CNN Business
Paris CNN — More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday with protests turning violent...
French unions hold first national strike since government rammed through pension reform | CNN Business
Paris CNN — France’s powerful unions are coming out in force for a nationwide strike Thursday in a rejection of...
India’s Rahul Gandhi found guilty of defamation, given two-year sentence | CNN
A court in western India found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation on Thursday for a speech he made...
UN and US join chorus of condemnation against Uganda’s hardline anti-LGBT bill | CNN
CNN — The United Nations and United States on Wednesday added to international outrage over a hardline bill passed by...
Boris Johnson to be quizzed by lawmakers over claims he misled parliament | CNN
London CNN — Boris Johnson will on Wednesday hit back at claims he deliberately misled parliament while serving as British...
Netanyahu government makes first climbdown on plan to weaken Israel’s judiciary | CNN
Jerusalem CNN — The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change Monday to a key part of...
Trump and Le Pen backed these Dutch farmers — now they’ve sprung an election shock | CNN
CNN — A farmers’ protest party in the Netherlands has caused a shock after winning provincial elections this week just...
French workers may have to retire at 64 and many are in uproar. Here’s why | CNN
Paris CNN — Impromptu protests broke out in Paris and across several French cities Thursday evening following a move by...
Scientists parse another clue to possible origins of Covid-19 as WHO says all possibilities ‘remain on the table’ | CNN
CNN — There’s a tantalizing new clue in the hunt for the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. A new analysis...
Opinion: Was toppling Saddam Hussein worth it? The answer isn’t straightforward | CNN
Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice...
A quake of unthinkable proportions is due in Istanbul. Residents ask if the city is prepared | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
Protests erupt as French government forces through higher retirement age | CNN
Paris CNN — The French government has forced through controversial plans to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to...
China has shattered the assumption of US dominance in the Middle East | CNN
CNN — With a grandiose diplomatic flourish China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, in the process upending...
Australia, the UK and US are joining forces in the Pacific, but will nuclear subs arrive quick enough to counter China? | CNN
Canberra, Australia CNN — More than a year after the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia dropped the tightly...
China looms large as Biden makes submarine moves with UK, Australia | CNN Politics
San Diego CNN — President Joe Biden will be flanked on Monday by a 377-foot submarine – the USS Missouri...
UK ramps up defense spending by $6 billion ahead of key AUKUS submarine announcement | CNN
CNN — The United Kingdom will ramp up defense spending by $6 billion to “fortify” against growing threats from Russia...
China appoints Li Qiang, a trusted ally of Xi Jinping, as premier | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — China’s rubber-stamp legislature has appointed Li Qiang, a long-time aide of leader Xi Jinping, as premier,...
Anti-Netanyahu protesters in Israel block roads to airport in latest nationwide demonstration | CNN
Tel Aviv, Israel CNN — Protesters blocked the road to one of the main terminals of Israel’s central international airport...
