100-year-old goes on trial in Germany accused of 3,518 Nazi war crimes
By Nadine Schmidt and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN The trial of a 100-year-old former SS guard starts Thursday in the German town of Brandenburg an der…
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UK high court finds Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed hacked ex-wife’s phone using spyware
By Hannah Ritchie, CNN The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, used agents of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to hack…
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CNN By Bethlehem Feleke, Barbara Arvanitidis and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN The capital of Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region was hit by at least…
Continue Reading Pope expresses ‘shame’ over Church response to sexual abuse survivors following French report
CNN By Delia Gallagher and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Pope Francis on Wednesday called a report detailing decades of abuse in the French Catholic Church…
Continue Reading Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. Facts On…
Continue Reading Pope expresses ‘shame’ over Church response to sexual abuse survivors following French report
By Delia Gallagher and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Pope Francis on Wednesday called a report detailing decades of abuse in the French Catholic Church…
Continue Reading Ethiopia used its flagship commercial airline to transport weapons during war in Tigray
Exclusive by Nima Elbagir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase and Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN Ethiopia’s government has used the country’s…
Continue Reading Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Auschwitz, says museum
By Sarah Dean Anti-Semitic graffiti has been found at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, staff from the museum said in a statement on Tuesday,…
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1956 Birth place:…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of David Cameron, former prime minister of the United Kingdom. Personal Birth date: October 9,…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Gerry Adams, former president of Sinn Fein, the leading republican political party in…
Continue Reading More than 200,000 children sexually abused by French Catholic clergy, landmark report finds
CNN By Saskya Vandoorne, Simon Bouvier and Sam Bradpiece, CNN Members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused more than 200,000 minors over…
Continue Reading More than 200,000 children sexually abused by French Catholic clergy, damning report finds
By Saskya Vandoorne, Simon Bouvier and Sam Bradpiece, CNN Members of the Catholic clergy in France sexually abused an estimated 216,000 minors over…
Continue Reading Canary Islands volcano increasingly aggressive as Spain’s leader announces emergency funds
CNN By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma is now erupting even more aggressively after weeks of gushing…
Continue Reading Canary Islands volcano increasingly aggressive as Spain’s leader announces emergency funds
By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma is now erupting even more aggressively after weeks of gushing…
Continue Reading French military aircraft banned from Algerian airspace amid diplomatic row
By Martin Goillandeau The French military says its planes have been banned from Algerian airspace amid a diplomatic spat between the two countries.…
Continue Reading Up to 3,200 pedophiles worked in French Catholic Church since 1950, independent commission says
By Simon Bouvier and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Between 2,900 and 3,200 pedophile clergymen have worked in the French Catholic Church since the 1950s, the…
Continue Reading John Kerry says emissions cuts are ‘do-able’ as ministers wrap last meeting ahead of COP26
By Nada Bashir, CNN US climate envoy John Kerry said Saturday that global targets to slash greenhouse gas emissions are “do-able,”…
Continue Reading Nicolas Sarkozy Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France. Personal Birth date: January 28, 1955 Birth…
Continue Reading UN Secretary-General rebuffs Ethiopia’s demand for senior UN officials to leave the country
By Eliza Mackintosh and Richard Roth, CNN The United Nations has rebuffed Ethiopia’s decision to expel seven senior UN officials as the…
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