Blinken visit reaches new urgency as Israeli, Palestinian tensions boil | CNN
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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,...
German parliament officially commemorates LGBTQ victims of Nazi regime for first time | CNN
Berlin CNN — The German parliament for the first time on Friday focused its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people...
Confidence in London’s police force crumbles as sex crime cases against officers pile up | CNN
London CNN — In a distinguished 30-year career with London’s Metropolitan Police, Dal Babu has seen his fair share of...
Hundreds of child asylum seekers have gone missing in UK, government admits | CNN
CNN — Hundreds of child asylum seekers have gone missing since the British government started housing minors in hotels due...
It’s ‘now or never’ to reverse Japan’s population crisis, prime minister says | CNN
Tokyo CNN — Japan’s prime minister issued a dire warning about the country’s population crisis on Monday, saying it was...
At least 78 people die as winter temperatures plunge in Afghanistan, Taliban says | CNN
CNN — At least 78 people have died in freezing conditions in Afghanistan in the last nine days, a Taliban...
Top UN female envoys meet Taliban in Kabul to discuss ban on women aid workers | CNN
CNN — Some of the United Nations’ most senior female officials have been meeting Taliban leaders in Kabul to discuss...
Warning issued over ‘dragon’s breath’ viral video trend | CNN
CNN — Indonesia is warning people against consuming liquid nitrogen after more than 20 children were harmed eating a street...
Taiwan to allow women into military reserve force training as China fears grow | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Taiwan’s military on Tuesday rolled out plans to allow women to volunteer for reserve force training...
London police officer admits to dozens of offenses against women, including 24 cases of rape | CNN
London CNN — A serving officer in London’s Metropolitan Police has admitted to 49 offenses, including 24 counts of rape...
Chester Zoo announces birth of critically endangered Western chimpanzee | CNN
CNN — Extremely rare – and extremely adorable. The Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England, has welcomed the birth of a...
Australia pulls out of Afghanistan cricket series over Taliban’s restrictions on women | CNN
Sydney CNN — Australia’s men’s cricket team has withdrawn from a series of upcoming matches against Afghanistan in protest over...
Lovie Smith said the NFL had ‘a problem’ about Black coaches. A year later he was fired and the league is being criticized yet again about its lack of diversity | CNN
CNN — When Lovie Smith was hired by the Houston Texans in February 2022 as the team’s new head coach,...
Tokyo is so crowded the government is paying families to leave | CNN Business
Tokyo CNN — Japan is offering to pay families to move out of its overcrowded capital, in an effort to...
‘It’s like a constant gamble:’ Ukrainian couple await birth of twins in wartime Kyiv | CNN
CNN — Kateryna and her husband Oleg endure what every citizen of Kyiv must – long blackouts, hours without any...
Hindu woman’s mutilated body found in Pakistan | CNN
Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — The mutilated body of a Hindu woman was found in a field Thursday in southeastern Pakistan,...
Kabul professor tears up diplomas on live TV to protest Taliban ban on women’s education | CNN
CNN — A Kabul professor tore up his diplomas live on television in Afghanistan in protest over the Taliban’s barring...
UN halts some aid programs in Afghanistan after Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers | CNN
CNN — The United Nations announced Wednesday it has suspended some of its “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan in the wake...
Iranian woman takes part in international chess tournament without mandatory hijab | CNN
CNN — Iranian chess player Sara Khadem, also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, took part in an international tournament without a...
