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Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon's Majdal Zoun village on October 24.

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More than 130 Israeli reservists sign letter refusing to fight in Gaza and Lebanon

Cyclone Dana lashes eastern India as hundreds of thousands evacuate

Live Updates October 24, 2024 news on the wars in the Middle East

As North Korea, Iran and China support Russia’s war, is a ‘new axis’ emerging?

Dinosaur fossils discovered in Hong Kong for the first time

Commuters travel in a bus as it rains in Seoul on October 22, 2024.

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A loneliness epidemic is spreading worldwide. Seoul is spending $327 million to stop it

Washington’s Arab allies engage with Iran as US efforts to stem Middle East violence falter

Gisele Pelicot, French victim of mass rape, hopes trial will help other women

As Israel ramps up war on multiple fronts, nobody knows what Netanyahu’s endgame is

Israel has killed multiple Hezbollah leaders. Here’s who they were – and the key players that remain

‘The world doesn’t see us:’ What a militia chief said while holding me captive in Darfur

Israel’s war could set Gaza back 69 years, UN warns

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How Gaza’s hospitals became battlegrounds

How the climate crisis fuels gender inequality

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Video ‘We have to let some die’: Doctor says Gaza hospital is out of blood, medication 3:17

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Helen Davey was killed when the mattress section of an ottoman bed fell on her.

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Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed

British content creator dies trying to climb Spain’s highest bridge

Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna dies in Russian detention, Kyiv says

Alex Salmond, leading figure in Scottish independence movement, dies at age 69

‘The Kursk operation has become normalized:’ As Ukraine’s Russia incursion enters third month, Putin is trying to downplay it

Kremlin confirms Trump sent Russia Covid-19 tests, after former president denied Bob Woodward claim

Middle East

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The Israeli military has forced Palestinians to enter potentially booby-trapped houses and tunnels in Gaza to avoid putting its troops in harm’s way, according to an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier and five former detainees who said they were victims of the practice. <strong>Image blurred at source</strong>.

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The Israeli military has used Palestinians as human shields in Gaza, soldier and former detainees say

Video shows damage to Netanyahu’s beach house as Hezbollah claims drone attack

She survived the October 7 terror attack. A year later, she took her life. Her family blames the state for not helping.

‘We don’t want aid. We want dignity.’ Air-dropped aid kills 3-year-old Palestinian boy in southern Gaza, family says

‘He got out of Gaza, but Gaza did not get out of him’: Israeli soldiers returning from war struggle with trauma and suicide

Fethullah Gulen, Turkish cleric once blamed for failed coup attempt, dies at 83

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FILE - South Florida head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Charlotte, March 2, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 21: People admire a pigeon sculpture along the High Line on October 21, 2024 in New York City. Unveiled last Wednesday, the hand-painted sculpture by Colombian-French artist Iván Argote is titled "Dinosaur" and celebrates the pigeon's distant past as the birds descended from dinosaurs. New York City and much of the Northeast are experiencing unusually high temperatures this autumn, with temperatures expected to reach near 80 in Manhattan this afternoon. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Gallery The week in 32 photos

TOPSHOT - A monkey is pictured outside the Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple in Dambulla on October 14, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Gallery The week in 36 photos

Vanderbilt fans tear down the goal post the after team's 40-35 win over No. 1 Alabama in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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Africa

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Olugbenga Agboola- Founder and CEO- Flutterwave

Flutterwave CEO GB Agboola on rebuilding trust, and strengthening Africa’s payments future

Toll rises to 153 from Nigeria fuel tanker explosion

How Mobihealth is driving a telemedicine revolution in Africa

Why Rema decided 2024 was the year to rep his city

Americas

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A motorcyclist drives around trucks blocking the road as heavily-armed gangs, which control most of the capital, continue trying to gain territory forcing residents to flee their homes, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

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US to evacuate 20 embassy staff from Haiti following car attack and intensifying gang violence, say sources

Cuban power grid collapses for fourth time as hurricane arrives

Venezuela’s Maduro appoints to his Cabinet a close ally pardoned by the US in a prisoner swap

Cuba hit by second nationwide blackout amid worsening energy crisis

Asia

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Video provided to CNN by the Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security appears to show North Korean soldiers receiving Russian uniforms and equipment at the Sergeevka Training Ground in the Far East of Russia.

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Are North Koreans fighting in Ukraine? Here’s what we know

Firefighters battle huge blaze tearing through New Zealand wetland home to threatened species

India and China have struck a deal that could ease border tensions ahead of expected leader meeting

Chinese blockade would be act of war, Taiwan says

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Three people sit on a wall overlooking Barcelona, Spain.

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How to talk about politics when traveling abroad

This man left the US for what he thought would be a six-month trip to Japan. 32 years later, he’s still there

Disney World hikes prices for its annual passes by up to $100

Historic Biltmore Estate suffers ‘extensive’ damage in some places after Helene thrashes North Carolina

Lonely Planet’s top places to go in 2025

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‘Proof of how hard I fought’: Why Olivia Munn chose to show her mastectomy scars in new Skims campaign

Painting by AI robot Ai-Da could fetch more than $120,000 at auction

These are 2024’s top trending Halloween costumes, according to Google

Curators are unraveling the mysteries of the belated art icon Tamara de Lempicka

Polish police investigating after treasure trove of Bronze Age artifacts mysteriously surfaces

Weather

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An aerial view shows a coast guard rescue boat evacuating residents to safer gounds in Polangui town, Albay province south of Manila, Philippines on October 23, 2024. Torrential rains driven by the storm have turned streets into rivers, submerged entire villages and buried some vehicles up to their door handles in volcanic sediment knocked loose by the downpour.

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Tropical Storm Trami brings severe flooding and landslides to the Philippines, at least two dozen dead

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‘Here we go again’: Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 3 and aims at Helene-weary Florida

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German police busted a pizzeria in the city of Düsseldorf, Germany that delivered a side order of cocaine, eventually leading to the raid and arrest of multiple individuals in a drug ring.

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German police bust drug ring that delivered pizza – with a side of cocaine

Displaced Palestinians evacuate from Jabalya refugee camp.

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Live Updates October 22, 2024 news on the wars in the Middle East

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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part virtually in the 2023 BRICS summit in Johannesburg.

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The West wants Putin isolated. A major summit he’s hosting shows he’s far from alone

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Migrants walk on the US side of the border wall in Jacumba Hot Springs, California, on June 5, after crossing from Mexico.

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Young Indians have been making a ‘do or die’ journey to live the American dream

Video ‘I don’t want aid; my son is gone’: Aid drop kills three-year-old in Gaza 2:35

Smoke rises during a Russian drone strike on Kherson city on July 26, 2024.

Russia is deliberately attacking civilians in southern Ukraine with drones, residents say

Giulia Manfrini, a surfer who died off the coast of Indonesia's West Sumatra after being pierced by a sharp-billed fish.

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Italian surfer dies after being impaled by fish off the coast of Indonesia

Chung Euisun, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group and Ashish Chauhan, chief executive officer of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. during the listing ceremony of Hyundai Motor India Ltd. at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Mumbai, India, on October 22, 2024.

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Hyundai India shares drop 6% on market debut after record IPO

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Architecture around the world

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Super-thin skyscraper, just one apartment wide, planned for Dubai

‘Hotel in nature’: Inside the world’s best new skyscraper

Construction of world’s tallest skyscraper resumes after years-long hiatus

These buildings would have transformed skylines, but they were never built

Queen Victoria’s favorite Tuscan villa for sale for more than $55 million

Sports

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FILE - South Florida head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim looks on during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Charlotte, March 2, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

USF men’s head basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim dead at 43

Broncos wide receiver Josh Reynolds victim of shooting last week in Denver

Bridegrooms and Bums: How the Dodgers went from Brooklyn’s darling to Los Angeles’ colossus

Five things to watch out for in Week 8 of the NFL season

Tech

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X on App Store is seen in this illustration photo taken in Poland on June 29, 2024.

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X changed its terms of service to let its AI train on everyone’s posts. Now users are up in arms

A security guard stands next to a sign at Meta headquarters on February 02, 2023 in Menlo Park, California.

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Meta fires employees for spending food allowances on personal items like acne pads and wine glasses

photo illustration by Alberto Mier/CNN

Swiping right ahead of the election: Popular dating apps have new features to show off political views