(CNN) Twelve of Europe's top soccer clubs have announced plans to form a so-called European Super League, in a move that looks set to rock the foundations of the sport's top competitions. Rumors of a proposed Super League have been circulating for years wit...
(CNN) Hair-raising footage released Monday shows the moment an Indian railroad employee rushed to save the life of a child who had fallen onto the tracks. The CCTV video, posted to Twitter by India's Ministry of Railways , showed a station worker at Vangani...
Moscow (CNN) Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has been moved from a penal colony to a regional hospital for prisoners east of Moscow as concerns grow over his health. Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) said in a statement Monday that the oppos...
For a week, the 29-year-old Chinese feminist was subject to incessant chauvinist and misogynist attacks on Weibo, one of China's most popular social media sites. Then, a barrage of vicious messages and comments descended, with trolls reporting their account...
Ko Surin, Thailand (CNN) — These days, Salamak Klathalay, like most of us, lives in a house, on land. Salamak is a member of Thailand's Moken ethnic group. Also known as the "sea gypsies" or chao ley -- Thai for "sea people" -- the Moken lay claim to an ast...
(CNN) The first super typhoon of the season in the West Pacific made a close approach to the Eastern Philippines this weekend. Monday morning, Surigae's maximum wind speed decreased to 140 mph (220 kph). While it is no longer a super typhoon, it is still a...
(CNN) An "out of control" fire has broken out in Cape Town's Table Mountain National Park on Sunday, according to South African officials, prompting the evacuation of hikers from the city's most famous landmark. More than 120 firefighters are battling the m...
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) At least 97 people were injured when a train went off the tracks near the city of Toukh, north of Cairo on Sunday, according to Egypt's Ministry of Health. More than 50 ambulances were dispatched by the Ministry of Health to rescue the in...
Moscow (CNN) Nearly a dozen Russian politicians have published an open letter to President Vladimir Putin, saying that he was personally responsible for the life of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who has been on a hunger strike in a penal colony in the Russ...
Most, if not all, CIA operators working in Afghanistan are almost certain to leave as well, current and former officials told CNN. Without the support of a conventional military presence, on-the-ground intelligence gathering becomes significantly more diffi...
Hong Kong (CNN) The US and China have agreed to cooperate on climate change after two days of high-profile meetings in Shanghai, despite rising tensions between the two countries. In a joint statement released on Sunday, Washington and Beijing said the clim...
São Paulo (CNN) Brazil has warned women to postpone pregnancy until the worst of the coronavirus pandemic has passed, saying that the variants of the coronavirus in Brazil have been more aggressive in pregnant women. "If possible, (the women should) postpon...
Photos: Prince Philip's life in pictures Britain's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, poses in his military dress uniform circa 1990. Hide Caption 5 of 50 Photos: Prince Philip's life in pictures Prince Philip was the youngest of five children and the on...
(CNN) Authorities in Myanmar will release 23,184 prisoners from jails across the country on Saturday under a New Year amnesty, a Prisons Department spokesman said. But few, if any, democracy activists arrested since the February 1 coup are expected to be am...
Photos: In pictures: Former Cuban president Raul Castro Cuba's president Raul Castro observes a welcoming ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 2016. Hide Caption 2 of 31 Photos: In pictures: Former Cuban president Raul Castro Castro speaks in 1959. H...
(Reuters) The French parliament on Thursday adopted legislation that characterizes sex with a child under the age of 15 as rape and punishable by up to 20 years in jail, bringing its penal code closer in line with many other Western nations. While the age o...
London (CNN Business) Millions of people around the world are expected to tune into Prince Philip's funeral service on Saturday, which will be broadcast by major television networks and streamed online. A ceremonial procession inside the grounds of Windsor...
Hong Kong (CNN) A Hong Kong court has sentenced several of the city's leading pro-democracy campaigners to between 8 and 18 months in prison over their roles in unauthorized assemblies at the height of the 2019 protests. Among those sentenced was Jimmy Lai,...
The double blow is that a picture is emerging that the AstraZeneca vaccine -- which appears to have caused a very rare, sometimes fatal, condition of severe clotting with low blood platelet counts -- may be affecting younger adults more than the elderly. De...
London (CNN) Much of Donald Trump's success early in his political career came from his promises to " drain the swamp " of Washington DC. Cameron was the Conservative prime minister from 2010-2016. Greensill, now insolvent, focused on supply chain financing...