Twelve ivory towers burned in Kenya on Saturday, sending thick plumes of ash and smoke over Nairobi National Park as elephant and rhino tusks smoldered.



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Americans' memories of the killing of Osama bin Laden will forever be tied to a few iconic images.

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A Hindu tailor was hacked to death in Bangladesh on Saturday, the latest victim in a series of similar attacks in this South Asian nation.



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As part of revising its nuclear emergency plan, the Belgian government says it will distribute iodine pills to more of its citizens in the event of a nuclear emergency, Health Ministry spokesperson Els Cleemput told CNN on Friday.

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The Rio Olympics are less than 100 days away and it seems South Korean athletes are taking no chances when it comes to the threat of contracting the Zika virus.

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To most people in the Northern Hemisphere, May Day conjures images of brightly colored twirling ribbons and promises of warm days ahead. That's not the whole story, though: May Day is also a day of protests and riots that traces its modern roots back to a world-changing explosion in Chicago.

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A lifelong educator and advocate for children, Principal Diane Daprocida of P.S. 94, an elementary school in the Bronx, says she has been waiting for one thing since she started running the school 10 years ago.

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Bella the cat's family says she's always been a sweet and loving pet, but the kitty has apparently become a menace to the British postal service.

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Chances are baby boy Saw Jet Star will raise more than a few brows when he's old enough to explain the story behind his unique moniker.



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There are many points during a presidential campaign which the pundits characterize as a turning point in the race. We love to look for the game-changing events that push the competition in one direction or another.

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On Tuesday night, Donald Trump argued that, "If Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she'd get 5% of the vote. ... The only thing she's got going on is the women's card."

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China is planning to build nuclear reactors that will take to the sea to provide power in remote locations, possibly including the controversial man-made islands in the contested waters of the South China Sea.

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Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded, contaminating vast swaths of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia as well as several European countries.

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Last Saturday night, the Dutch journalist Ebru Umar was reportedly resting at her vacation home in the Turkish resort town of Kusadasi when she heard a knock at the door. Umar, a fierce critic of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was about to become an example of the very practices against which she has been fulminating in her newspaper columns and her Twitter account.



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Better late than never -- even if it's 24,604 days late.



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Alexander Prokhorenko was battling to free the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. But he found himself surrounded by Islamic militants. He feared that he would be captured, tortured, killed and his body mutilated.

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Firefighters rushed to an emergency in eastern China -- but nothing was ablaze.

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ISIS claimed responsibility for a car bomb that police said killed at least 24 people and wounded dozens more east of Baghdad Saturday.



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At least three people died and scores of people were trapped after a building collapsed Friday night in Kenya's capital, CNN affiliate KTN reported.

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A South African court ruled Friday that prosecutors acted "irrationally" when they decided to drop more than 700 corruption and fraud charges against President Jacob Zuma in 2009.

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China and Russia are renewing concerns over U.S. proposals to deploy a missile defense system in South Korea following a stream of nuclear tests, missile launches and provocative statements by North Korea.

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CNN asked three Bangladeshi bloggers to share their views on the string of attacks on writers, bloggers and publishers from the country.

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The largest scientific experiment has gone offline because of a foreign intruder.

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In Syria, the blood continues to flow, civilians continue to die and the tears keep falling.

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The first commercial test for Zika virus has received emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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The Rio Olympics are less than 100 days away and it seems South Korean athletes are taking no chances when it comes to the threat of contracting the Zika virus.

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Poachers slaughtered a record number of rhinos last year in Africa as demand for their horns skyrockets in Asia.

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Activists have hailed the announcement that Hong Kong will phase out the sale of ivory in the city, a major bastion of the trade.

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Over 1,300 pounds of bronze Roman coins dating to the 3rd century A.D. have been unearthed by construction workers digging a trench in Spain.

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The U.S. Army has reversed a decision to discharge a Green Beret for kicking and body slamming an Afghan police commander accused of sexually assaulting a boy.

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Prince William and Kate Middleton celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary today.



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After Donald Trump gave a much-anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday, some of the most glowing reviews that he received were from a place that doesn't often see eye-to-eye with American politicians.

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An airstrike on a pediatric hospital in Syria has killed 27 people, including children, rights groups say, as the U.N. warns that a nationwide "cessation of hostilities" is under serious threat of collapse.



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A human rights group says 27 people were killed in an airstrike that hit a hospital in Syria, killing one of the last remaining pediatricians in Aleppo.

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The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, as an organized military force in Iraq and Syria, is losing — even losing badly. This does not mean the end of ISIS, and we may see organized (as in Libya and Afghanistan) and unorganized (as in Paris and San Bernardino) bands carrying the ISIS label and banner for some time yet.

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North Korea fired a mid-range missile but it "seems to have failed," a South Korean Defense Ministry official said. The missile was fired about 6:10 a.m. local time on Thursday (5.40 p.m. Wednesday ET), the official said.

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If opening ceremonies define a nation, Rio's could be chaos.



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When her country signed on to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, Dilma Rousseff was there from the beginning.

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The Olympic torch has been lit in southern Greece, kicking off the countdown to Rio 2016.

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This year, Brazil is scheduled to open its arms to people from all over the world for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Editor's Note: Donald Trump laid out his foreign policy vision on Wednesday. Here's what he said -- and how countries around the world have reacted to Trump's comments in the past. We will update this story with fresh reaction as we get it.



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For a moment in 2011, it appeared that the revolution worked. Thousands upon thousands of demonstrators who had massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square succeeded in toppling a dictator who had ruled for nearly 30 years.

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Donald Trump says that allies of the U.S. must pay more for their defense or be prepared to defend themselves during a foreign policy speech.

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If Olympic opening ceremonies should capture the atmosphere in a host nation, then Rio 2016's curtain-raiser should be interesting.

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For most of the last 157 years, the great bell known as Big Ben has sounded the hour in London, its reassuring and sonorous gong pealing out over the Thames, part of the sonic landscape of the city.

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Terror suspect Salah Abdeslam was extradited Wednesday from Belgium to France to face trial over his alleged role in the Paris attacks, authorities said.

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ISIS is facing cash and manpower shortages, the deputy commander of the counter-ISIS coalition said Tuesday.

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A suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive Wednesday evening near Ulu Mosque in the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa, according to the Bursa Governorship.

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Worried about people glued to their phones while they walk down the street?



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More than 100 million years ago, something curious happened.

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Zeus, Shakira, Ricardo and their fellow felines are ready to embark on a trip of a lifetime.

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Orbiting a tiny planet at the far reaches of our solar system is an even tinier, pitch-black moon, NASA's Hubble telescope has revealed.

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Write sci-fi novel? Check. Sell rights to Steven Spielberg? Check. Frankenstein the ultimate '80s driving machine? Check. Author Ernest Cline is living his dream.

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About the only thing that can be counted on around the clock at Gustavo Diaz's home these days is the gas stove.

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Havana Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino, a key figure in the secret negotiations that led to the restoration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, stepped down Tuesday as the Catholic Church's top official on the communist-run island, a Vatican statement said.

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About the only thing that can be counted on around the clock at Gustavo Diaz's home these days is the gas stove.



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Havana Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino, a key figure in the secret negotiations that led to the restoration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, stepped down Tuesday as the Catholic Church's top official on the communist-run island, a Vatican statement said.

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The U.S. has adopted a unique Israeli battlefield tactic in its fight against ISIS: exploding a missile above a building to warn civilians inside that it's about to be bombed.

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Philippines-based Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf have made international headlines with the kidnapping and subsequent murder of Canadian national John Ridsdel, whose remains were found the day after a ransom demand deadline expired.

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Families of victims in the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium disaster sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" after a jury found fans' behavior did not cause deaths.

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Victims' families hope to learn more about what happened that day in 1989. CNN's Alex Thomas reports.

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Members of an independent panel created by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to look into the 2014 disappearance of 43 Mexican college students say they're leaving the country with their job unfinished because of government roadblocks.

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A marine supply store sticker and engine serial number helped authorities identify the boat of two Florida teens who went missing at sea last summer.

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It's an organization with an unrivaled performance track record that's helped deliver numerous gold medals, but British Cycling finds itself embroiled in a potentially damaging sexism row.

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President Barack Obama announced Monday an additional 250 special operations forces will be sent to Syria in the coming weeks in a speech in Hannover, Germany, in an effort to stem the influence and spread of ISIS.

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It's the ancient equivalent of "don't worry, be happy."

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As night falls, the curfew comes into effect. Nobody is allowed on the streets. Anxiety hangs in the air.

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New South Wales police have arrested a 16-year-old on suspicion of plotting a terror attack, Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said in an early-morning press conference Tuesday.

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Next to a crumbling nuclear reactor destroyed in an explosion 30 years ago, an unprecedented project in the history of modern engineering is being built.

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As U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Europe for a summit likely to focus on repairing Libya's dysfunctional state, CNN's International Diplomatic Editor examines why those hundreds or thousands of miles from its borders should be concerned about what is happening there.



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North Korea is on a roll. Just four months into 2016, it has tested a nuclear device (its fourth), launched a satellite that uses rocket mechanisms for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMS), fired multiple short-range missiles, and now claims the first successful launch test of a submarine-launched-ballistic missile (SLBM) with a flight distance of about 30 kilometers (18 miles).

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I knew the day might come. The news still hurt.

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In a cold world, President Barack Obama has found some warmth in Germany.

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Twenty-two fighters have been killed in ongoing clashes between Kurdish Peshmerga and Shiite militia members in northern Iraq, local security officials say, a development that complicates the fight against ISIS in the region.

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Bangladeshi police have detained a university student in connection with the hacking death of a professor. But why the teacher was stabbed in the neck remains unclear.

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Papa Wemba, one of Africa's most flamboyant and popular musicians, has died, according to a statement from a music festival in Ivory Coast.

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With his immaculate flight suit and perfect American accent, Major "Face" Hama looks every inch the U.S. "Top Gun" pilot. But this is Iraq, not California.

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On April 25, 2015, the Nepal earthquake changed the life of 10-year-old Maya Gurung. A few days later, a second quake altered her life's trajectory again. This time, in a way no one could have imagined.



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Nepal then and now: CNN's Moni Basu recalls the earthquake devastation of 2015 — and what she discovered in her return to the Himalayan country one year later.

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The Amazon River, known for its array of wildlife from pink dolphins to flesh-eating piranhas, has revealed a new treasure -- a massive coral reef that stretches for some 600 miles, scientists say.

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North Korea has fired what is believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday.

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London's diversity was on full display Saturday during a town hall discussion hosted by President Barack Obama, who faced questions on gay and transgender rights and offered advice to the Black Lives Matter movement during his second day in the British capital.

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The sun is slowly beginning to set on Barack Obama's presidency.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European Union officials visited a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border Saturday, one month after helping finalize a controversial EU plan to cope with the largest migration crisis since World War II.



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ISIS claims it shot down a Syrian air force jet east of Damascus on Friday and captured the pilot, according to Amaq, the media agency affiliated with the terrorist group.

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Three days after a huge explosion at a Mexican petrochemical plant, the death toll stands at 28, officials said.

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Japan joined the exclusive stealth jet club Friday with the successful test flight of its first radar-evading aircraft -- a prototype called the X-2.

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Secretary of State John Kerry made history earlier this month by becoming the first sitting cabinet official to visit Hiroshima, where he paid his respects to the victims of the atomic bomb dropped by the United States on the Japanese city at the end of World War II.

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The Cuban government said it would scrap a long-standing ban on letting people born in Cuba come to the island by cruise ship, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported Friday.

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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a fiery 32-year-old from Chad, took the podium here at the United Nations on Friday morning in front of nearly 200 world leaders.

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The death toll from Saturday's magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Ecuador swept past 600 Friday evening, surpassing an unwanted milestone in the worst disaster the country has seen in decades.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt sent vast armies across the Atlantic. John F. Kennedy thumbed his nose at communism in Berlin. And Ronald Reagan chose the same iconic city to call on Mr. Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."



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Not everyone in Britain, it is safe to say, welcomes the intervention of an American president in what's viewed as the internal politics of the United Kingdom.

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The Cuban government said it would scrap a long-standing ban on letting people born in Cuba come to the island by cruise ship, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported Friday.

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The attorney for two former hostages told CNN that her clients have identified Brussels bomber Najim Laachraoui as an ISIS jailer of foreign hostages in Syria.

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The United Nations on Friday will mark Earth Day in a historic way.

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Sure, there are plenty of reasons to be terrified about the future of the planet: melting ice sheets, intensifying heat waves, vanishing rainforests, falling temperature records, dying elephants, bleached out coral and kids in China don't know the sky is blue.



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Yoram Bauman learned about the idea that would change his life, and the course of the world, as a nerdy undergraduate at Reed College.

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Friday is Earth Day and there is a lot to celebrate. Schoolchildren across the country will be honoring our natural environment and learning about what steps we need to take to preserve our resources, just as they did when the holiday started on April 22, 1970. According to the Energy Information Administration, since 1970, the United States has become more efficient for each dollar of GDP in how it uses energy.

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At the height of his stardom, Prince was ubiquitous, a marquee star who sold out stadiums, stole the silver screen and slayed fans with his bare-chested sass and sexuality.

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Ankole-Wartusi cows are among the most prized in the South Sudan, and could fetch $500. For some, this means protecting them at all costs.

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"Slavery is repugnant to all faith communities - and all faith communities of faith can help end slavery once and for all," writes Maurice Middleberg, of Free The Slaves.



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It's a new chapter in Brazil's deep political crisis, which at times reads like a tropical telenovela. The South American country now has a new president, although it will only be for a few days.

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On the day that the Olympic flame is lit we shift our lens to Brazil, the hosts of the 2016 Olympic Games, to bring you an alternative, cultural guide to the country that gave the world Gisele, Pelé and Walter Salles. Watch the video above for your A to Z of Brazil.

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The host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics was hit with a setback Thursday when a large portion of a multimillion-dollar seaside bike path collapsed, killing two people and injuring three others.

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Here is a look at the life of Prince, a multitalented entertainer famed for his eclectic sound, glittery wardrobe and provocative lyrics.

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In a 1999 interview with CNN, Prince reveals who his musical inspiration was and when he knew he wanted to be a musician.

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In a 1999 interview with CNN, Prince explains why he decided to take the step to replace his name with a symbol.

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Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been charged with attempted murder in a shootout with police in Brussels days before his capture last month.

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In a rare interview, a North Korean official told CNN's Will Ripley that remarks made by Donald Trump about Japan and South Korea arming themselves with nuclear weapons are "absurd and illogical."

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A newly released North Korean propaganda film portrays the nation engaging in a nuclear war with the United States. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.

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The death toll from a huge explosion at a Mexican petrochemical plant that forced the evacuation of surrounding neighborhoods has risen to 13, authorities said.

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North Carolina and Mississippi's controversial new laws affecting LGBT rights are already threatening to cost the U.S. states millions in lost business and tourism.

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The Olympic torch has been lit in southern Greece, kicking off the countdown to Rio 2016.

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From the Prime Minister to her grandson to those who might be referred to as commoners, the British are paying tribute Thursday to Queen Elizabeth II on her 90th birthday.



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What do you do when it's increasingly clear that one of your longtime Middle East partners doesn't share either your values or many of your interests?

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The death toll from a huge explosion at a Mexican petrochemical plant that forced the evacuation of surrounding neighborhoods has risen to 13, authorities said.

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A huge explosion at a petrochemical plant near the Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos Wednesday killed three people, injured more than 100 and prompted evacuations in the area, authorities say.

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Despite the wishful thinking of legislators and financial markets alike, there is a high risk Brazil's crisis will get worse, writes Brian Winter.

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At first glance it's a ceremony which would look at home in Dorne or Mereen -- but this is no magic spell conjured by the Lord of Light in the fantasy television series Game of Thrones.

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Did Saudi King Salman snub President Obama by not meeting him at the airport? CNN's Nic Robertson reports on the rising tension between the two countries.

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U.S. President Barack Obama looks to mend relations with the Saudi Arabian government as tensions over legislation rises. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.

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As many as 500 migrants may have died Saturday when a large ship sank in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy, the United Nations refugee agency announced Wednesday.



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Imagine every man, woman and child leaving home in 29 states, mostly in the U.S. West and Midwest. That's everyone west of Ohio and Kentucky and north of Texas, all the way to California.

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Pope Francis spoke of empathy and mercy as he met Saturday with migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos. Then to demonstrate his message, he took 12 of them to the Vatican with him aboard the papal plane.

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President Barack Obama lands in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as the U.S. alliance with the Mideast powerhouse, long lubricated by barrels of oil, is being questioned on both sides like never before.

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An Australian mother and television crew charged over the alleged kidnapping of two children in Lebanon will be released from prison Wednesday, the woman's attorney told CNN.



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Fidel Castro on Tuesday once again did what no else in Cuba can and addressed his mortality.

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Mexico will be taking legislative steps to legalize the use of medicinal marijuana, and its government will consider penal code changes to decriminalize possession of small quantities or cannabis for personal use.

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The death toll from Saturday's magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Ecuador now is at least 480, with 2,500 more injured, Ecuador's state-run Andes news service reported Tuesday, citing the country's Interior Ministry.

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The death toll from Saturday's magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Ecuador now is at least 480, with 2,500 more injured, Ecuador's state-run Andes news service reported Tuesday, citing the country's Interior Ministry.

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Swiss snowboard champion Estelle Balet has been killed in an avalanche.

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The crash of a huge C-130J cargo plane that killed 14 people in Afghanistan in October is being blamed on the misuse of a night-vision goggles case, according to a U.S. Air Force investigation report.

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A Philippines presidential candidate under fire for his comments on gang rape has disowned an apology issued by his party and vowed he would "never really apologize" for the remarks, CNN Philippines reports.

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The third defendant in the 2014 murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir has been convicted after an Israeli court rejected a last-minute insanity defense Tuesday.

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With a decisive 64-12 vote in parliament this month, France asserted its determination to put an end to the exploitation of women and girls through prostitution. The United States and the rest of the world should follow suit.

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Two pieces of debris recovered from beaches in Mozambique -- one found last December and the other in February -- almost certainly came from missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said Tuesday.

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This year, Brazil is scheduled to open its arms to people from all over the world for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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This year, Brazil is scheduled to open its arms to people from all over the world for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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A top U.S. diplomat has expressed her "great sorrow" after a vehicle in her convoy struck and killed a young boy during an official visit to Cameroon.



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Two separate close encounters between the Russian and U.S. militaries in recent days have left many wondering if future incidents could result in an armed clash.

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China's apparent landing of a military jet on a man-made island in the disputed waters of the South China Sea drew a protest from the U.S. military Monday.

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Australia's deputy prime minister -- who once threatened to euthanize dogs belonging to Johnny Depp and Amber Heard -- has mocked the actors' videotaped apology for failing to declare the Yorkshire terriers when entering the country last year.

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President Barack Obama is embarking on a global swing Tuesday to encourage partners in the Gulf and Europe to scale-up the fight against ISIS.

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The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an explosion near the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan that has left several dead and many others injured. Journalist Sune Engel Rasmussen reports.

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The stakes in Afghanistan, never low, are rising as the Taliban launches its spring offensive. Fred Pleitgen speaks with Anwar ul-Haq Ahady.

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Archbishop John Wester says U.S. v. Texas isn't just about presidential power but about the lives of up to 6 million immigrants who could be saved from deportation

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Thousands of Ecuadorians awoke Monday from a second night sleeping outside or in temporary shelters following a weekend earthquake that killed at least 272 people and collapsed overpasses and buildings.

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Several million earthquakes occur annually, but most are unnoticed because they're so small, the U.S. Geologic Survey says.

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When Carnival Corp. announced plans for a cruise ship from its Fathom line to sail from Miami to Havana in May, Francisco Marty jumped at the opportunity to surprise his kids with a trip back to their native land.

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See images of the devastation from a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Ecuador on Saturday, April 16.

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An unknown number of people are trapped in the debris of Ecuador's biggest earthquake in decades. The death toll has risen to 233 and more 1,500 are injured, an emergency management official said Sunday.

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Weeks of raucous debates inside Brazil's Congress and rival protests outside came to a head Sunday as the country's lower house prepared to vote on whether to impeach the President.

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Vietnamese girls are being drugged, tricked and trafficked into China, where they are sold as child brides.

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Turkey has been fighting Kurdish rebels for more than 30 years, and the conflict has only intensified since a fragile ceasefire ended last summer.



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A tornado ripped through the southwestern Uruguay city of Dolores, killing four people and leaving hundreds injured, government officials said.

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The cemetery on the Greek island of Lesbos is small. It has ancient cypress and olive trees, marble mausoleums and angels carved from alabaster. There are also more than 120 dirt graves marked only with chunks of broken marble.

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Rescue crews searched desperately through rubble Sunday for survivors of a magnitude-7.8 earthquake that struck coastal Ecuador.



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Amateur video captures shoppers reacting to a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Guayaquil, Ecuador.

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A 7.8 earthquake struck near the coast of Ecuador, the country's vice president, Jorge Glas, told the nation Friday night in a televised address. Glas said a state of emergency was now in effect and added that preventive evacuations in coastal areas were underway because of possible tsunami risks.

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An unknown number of people are trapped in the debris of Ecuador's biggest earthquake in decades. The death toll has risen to 238 and more than 1,500 are injured, officials said Sunday.

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A U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane was barrel-rolled by a Russian jet over the Baltic Sea during a routine flight in international airspace, U.S. European Command said Saturday, but Russia disputed that account.

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Like many buildings in Mashiki town, Kiyomi Matsuoka's wooden house withstood Thursday's quake. But not the magnitude-7.0 one that mercilessly hit two days later.

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Weeks of raucous debates inside Brazil's Congress and rival protests outside came to a head Sunday as the country's lower house prepared to vote on whether to impeach the President.

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A tornado ripped through the southwestern city of Dolores in Uruguay, killing four people and leaving hundreds injured.

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More than three dozen migrants have been returned to Cuba after the U.S. Coast Guard found them drifting at sea.

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A magnitude-7.8 earthquake occurred Saturday evening on the coast of Ecuador, according to the United States Geological Survey.

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It looks eerily familiar. And yet so different.

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The United States is transferring nine detainees from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said Saturday.

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Bernie Sanders is taking a sledgehammer to the political status quo on Israel.



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Pope Francis traveled to the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday to meet with migrants and refugees fleeing war and violence in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders met with Pope during his visit to the Vatican, the senator told CNN.

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After a series of powerful earthquakes hit Japan, emergency crews are scrambling to rescue survivors trapped in rubble as aftershocks sway Kyushu region.

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Russia is deploying its ballistic missiles and attack submarines in numbers, range and aggression not seen in two decades, according to a top U.S. Navy official.

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A tornado ripped through the southwestern city of Dolores in Uruguay, killing four people and leaving hundreds injured, government officials said.



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Jamaica's governor-general proposes a constitutional amendment "to replace Her Majesty The Queen with a Non-Executive President as Head of State" in the Caribbean nation.

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The impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff is on. Brazil's Supreme Court votes 8-2 to reject an attorney general motion to block impeachment proceedings against the country's leader.



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Jamaica's governor-general proposes a constitutional amendment "to replace Her Majesty The Queen with a Non-Executive President as Head of State" in the Caribbean nation.

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The most powerful message from the Nigerian students' kidnapping is that there is an enormous human toll to all this, writes Frida Ghitis.

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In February 2016, I interviewed 16-year-old Zara John, who was freed from Boko Haram by the Nigerian military in March 2015. She told me how much she relished her life with the Islamist militant commander to whom she was married off while in captivity for about a year, how he had taken care of her and provided all her needs.

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The only way to defeat terrorism is for Muslims and the rest of the world to cooperate more closely and to promote solidarity, writes Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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The U.S. is fully capable of killing terrorists. But a more successful approach would also entail a U.S. commitment to international justice, writes Eric Weitz.



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The momentum toward a world free of nuclear weapons has withered, warns Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.

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The ongoing crisis over the deportation by Kenyan authorities of 45 Taiwanese nationals to China has sparked consternation in Taipei and accusations of international kidnapping worldwide.

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The house had collapsed. Rescuers were told there was a baby inside, but aftershocks from the magnitude 6.2 earthquake on Japan's Kyushu island prevented the use of heavy equipment at the site.

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The voice behind the "Mind the gap" and "Stand clear of the doors" announcements on the London Underground has died, aged 62.

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The United States has deployed tactical aircraft capable of attacking ISIS's ability to communicate closer to the front lines of the battle against the terrorist group.



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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has announced an "enhanced military alliance" between the United States and the Philippines, and expressed concerns over China's activities in the South China Sea.

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Tired of having the country's name butchered into Czecho or Czechland, the Czech Republic seeks a more concise name to end the confusion for English speakers.

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The real-life Elsinore castle that was the setting in Shakespeare's Hamlet is available to rent for one night.

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Unarmed Russian fighter jets made two extremely close overflights this week of the USS Donald Cook, sailing in the Baltic Sea, CNN has learned.

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Ever wonder what the fuss over the Panama Papers is all about?

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The Zika virus causes microcephaly and other birth defects, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

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