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A woman from the Pokrovsk area boards an evacuation train amid continuing Russian advances towards the city.

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Russian forces close in on key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. But fleeing is hard – even for those who can afford it

Millions in this country are stranded by flooding. Many blame their neighbor

Israel launches ‘preemptive’ strikes in Lebanon as Hezbollah fires back hundreds of rockets

British safety adviser for Reuters?killed in Russian strike on Ukraine hotel

Live Updates Israel and Hezbollah trade fire in major flare-up

The Middle East may have backed off?from the brink of a regional war – for now

Divers enter Porticello harbor near Palermo, with the body of Hannah Lynch at the back of the boat on Friday.

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Italian authorities open manslaughter investigation into superyacht sinking

Floods kill more than 30, impact millions in Bangladesh and northeast India

Fires on board Greek-flagged tanker after Houthi attack in Red Sea, says maritime agency

Hezbollah: What weapons does it have? A visual guide

American detained in Turkey suspected of murdering Russian woman, state media reports

Kyiv’s incursion into Russia sends a defiant message to its Western backers: We can win this war

ISIS-affiliated inmates kill four prison officers at Russian penal colony

How Gaza’s hospitals became battlegrounds

How the climate crisis fuels gender inequality

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<p>Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll talks with Fareed about his new book “The Achilles Trap,” which tracks how the U.S. continually misread the actions of Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the Iraq war.</p>

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<p>Bianna Golodryga speaks to Haaretz journalist Amos Harel and Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution about the ongoing ceasefire talks in Cairo — and why so many players involved are not interested in a deal.</p>

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Video On GPS: Why a Middle East peace deal may not happen 7:06

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Video Kim Dozier explains what’s ‘notable’ about Hezbollah’s strikes 1:34

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Police officers stand in front of a secondary school building in Sanski Most, northwest of Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, after a school employee shot and killed three people. (AP Photo/Edvin Zulic)

Three killed in shooting in school in western?Bosnia

Alain Delon’s family refuse to put down pet dog the actor wanted to be buried with

Ukraine advances in Russia as Moscow mayor accuses Kyiv of ‘one of largest ever’ drone attacks

Russian soldier defects to Ukraine after spying for resistance group for months

World’s oldest person, Maria Branyas Morera, dies aged 117

Former co-defendant of British tycoon missing in luxury yacht sinking dies after being struck by car

Middle East

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A leaked photograph of an enclosure where detainees in gray tracksuits are seen blindfolded and sitting on paper-thin mattresses. CNN was able to geolocate the hangar in the Sde Teiman facility.

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‘They told me to strip.’ Former Palestinian detainee says he was sexually abused in an Israeli prison

Israel says it is prepared for any retaliatory attack from Iran or Hezbollah

Children are drinking from puddles and wading through sewage pools, as Israel pummels water systems in Gaza

Taliban bans the sound of women’s voices singing or reading in public

Questions mount over six hostages’ fate in Gaza after IDF finds gunshot wounds

Greek-flagged oil tanker poses ‘environmental hazard’ after attack in Red Sea

World in photos

TOPSHOT - This aerial view shows customers having dinner during an event organised by Polish restaurant service of Belgian origin 'Dinner in the Sky', which uses a crane to hoist its guests, table, and waiting staff 50 meters into the air, in Warsaw on August 17, 2024. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images)

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The week in 33 photos

People in Stockholm, Sweden, watch the super blue moon rise behind Nacka on Monday, August 19.

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In pictures: The rare super blue moon

People watch as a Super Blue Moon rises behind Nacka, in Stockholm, on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)

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In pictures: The rare super blue moon

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Africa

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A handout image shows aid trucks with relief material for Sudan's Darfur region, at a location given as the border of Chad and Sudan, released on August 21, 2024.

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Humanitarian aid resumes in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur after 6-month border closure

African health officials hopeful mpox shots will start within days as WHO says outbreak is ‘not the new Covid’

Man suspected of murdering 42 women escapes from police custody in Kenya

Sudanese government agrees to reopen key border crossing for humanitarian aid

Americas

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A member of the Tactical Aeronaval Operations (OTA) group monitors during a deportation process of migrants to Colombia at Albrook 'Marcos A. Gelabert' International Airport in Panama City, Panama, 20 August 2024. The Panamanian government deported the first group of 29 migrants who crossed the Darien illegally, as established by a memorandum of understanding between the governments of Panama and the US.
Panama deports 29 migrants who crossed the Darien to Colombia, Panama City - 17 Aug 2024

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Panama to launch deportation flights to China and India, as well as regional neighbors

Brazil will restrict entry of some Asian migrants, aiming to curb flows to US and Canada

Canada’s Conservative Party removes patriotic video mistakenly showing Russian fighter jets

Nicaragua forces 1,500 church and civil society groups to close

Asia

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‘Are we not eating tonight?’ Myanmar’s military junta accused of using hunger as a ‘weapon’ by blocking vital food aid

Drugmakers at fault over toxic cough syrup, Indonesia court finds

Plane carrying 9 people crashes in forest near Thailand’s capital

Indonesia?scraps plan to change election law amid protests

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The Cyclone roller coaster in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood.

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NYC’s famous Cyclone roller coaster closed indefinitely

You’ve come across a bison in the wild. It’s looking at you. Do you know what to do next?

A grizzly bear was standing on his back and went in for the ‘kill bite.’ He survived to tell the story

The world’s best city for nightlife, according to Time Out

How it all went wrong for tourism

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Iconic Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $24?million

The VW Beetle evokes memories of years gone by, but in Mexico it’s still part of the present

All the fashion Ella Emhoff wore this week at the Democratic National Convention

Huge 2,492-carat diamond, believed to be world’s second-largest, unearthed in Botswana

Beyoncé launches whiskey inspired by ‘moonshiner’ great-grandfather

Weather

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Hurricane Hone approaches Hawaii early Sunday morning.

Hone strengthens into a hurricane as it threatens Hawaii with fire and floods

2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Fast Facts

New forecast reveals when and where hurricane season could get active after Ernesto

Ernesto restrengthens to a hurricane as dangerous beach conditions continue along East Coast

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Gaza faces ongoing devastation despite peace talks 2:52

A body bag is brought ashore at Porticello harbor, Sicily, August 23, 2024.

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Final body, believed to be that of tech tycoon’s daughter, recovered from wreck of sunken Sicily superyacht

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Protecting Cape fur seals from plastic pollution 3:59

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kyiv by train on August 23.

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India’s Modi arrives in Ukraine for talks with Zelensky weeks after Putin meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches during a joint press conference after Russian-Hungarian talks at the Senat Palace of the Moscow's Kremlin on July 5, 2024 in Moscow, Russia. Hingarian Prime Minister Orban arrived to Moscow after his talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

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Ukraine’s march into Russia exposes Putin’s crisis management problem

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A still from a video shows a volcano erupting in southwestern Iceland on Thursday, August 22.

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Volcano spews red-hot lava in new eruption on volatile Iceland peninsula

Roxanne Tickle pictured leaving the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney.

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Australian transgender woman wins landmark case against female-only app

Ukrainian servicemen fire artillery toward Russian positions in an undisclosed area in the Pokrovsk district of Ukraine.

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Parents hide children from mandatory evacuations as Ukraine says Russia advancing fast on key city

How yoga, mindfulness, and meditation help CNN Heroes take their work to the next level

A humpback whale trapped in a rope in Sydney Harbour has been freed after a rescue mission.

Whale tangled in fishing debris freed in Sydney Harbour

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‘Shrapnel was flying everywhere’: Ukrainians flee shattered city as Russians close in 1:42

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Is it possible to build cities that are resilient to earthquakes and flooding? Architecture firm Foster + Partners hope to do just that with their masterplan for the city of Antakya, in southeastern Turkey (pictured here in a rendering).

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An earthquake ravaged this city ‘beyond imagination.’ Now it’s being rebuilt to withstand any natural disaster

Why turning cities into ‘sponges’ could help fight flooding

Operating theaters, bowling alleys and home cinemas: Not happy with safe rooms, the super-rich are building luxury fortresses

The next world’s tallest building could be a 3,000-feet-high battery

How this fashion designer transformed a ‘tragic disaster’ into a picturesque home

Sports

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John T. Morgan Academy football player, Caden Tellier posing for a picture.

Alabama teen dies after head injury during high school football game

Umpire at Yankee Stadium taken off on a gurney after being struck by broken bat

‘As open as I’ve ever seen it’: Which ‘cranky’ star will be crowned US Open champion in New York?

Lando Norris beats Max Verstappen at Dutch Grand Prix to set up intriguing F1 title race

Tech

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Elon Musk’s AI photo tool is generating realistic, fake images of Trump, Harris and Biden

ChatGPT on App Store displayed on a phone screen is seen in this illustration photo taken in Poland on June 5, 2024.

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OpenAI worries people may become emotionally reliant on its new ChatGPT voice mode

Chief Technology Officer of X Elon Musk speaks onstage during the "Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk" session in Cannes, France on June 19, 2024.

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How Elon Musk has turned X into a pro-Trump machine

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