Kim cannot denuclearize, former N Korean diplomat says

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Single Covid case in Western Australia leads to 5-day lockdown for 2 million

Parts of Western Australia went into a five-day lockdown Sunday, after a hotel security tested positive for coronavirus.

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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained, says ruling party spokesman

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other top government figures have been detained, a spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy told CNN on Monday.

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COVAX head: It's not going to be all smooth sailing

The COVAX initiative is aiming to deliver up to two billion doses of coronavirus vaccine to poorer countries by the end of 2021. CNN's Ivan Watson speaks exclusively to Aurélia Nguyen, the head of COVAX.

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How lawmakers made it nearly impossible to legalize abortion in Honduras

This week, lawmakers in Honduras changed the country's constitution to make it virtually impossible to legalize abortion in the future -- an extreme election-year move that critics warn will further endanger women's health.

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Ongoing siege following car explosion at hotel gate in Somalia's capital

Somalia security forces are fighting armed gunmen to end a siege at a hotel in the east African country's capital Mogadishu on Sunday, according to police.

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'They were unjust to me,' says teenager freed after blasphemy sentence quashed in Nigeria

Omar Farouq had an argument last year with a colleague that would change his life.

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'Women's rights are being trampled:' Voices from Poland after near-total abortion ban

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Russian protesters rally in support of opposition leader Alexey Navalny

Demonstrations in support of detained Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny kicked off on Sunday in Russia's far east, as protesters turned out for a second successive weekend in defiance of authorities.

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UK prepares to welcome thousands of Hong Kongers fleeing national security law

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Pakistan battles 'tsunami' of Covid-19 patients with few vaccines in sight

Keeping vigil outside the hospital ward in Karachi, Daniyal Ameen watched his father breathing through a ventilator via a live video link from the intensive care unit (ICU).

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Manchester United star Marcus Rashford racially abused online

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has become the latest football player to receive racist abuse online and described the incident as "humanity and social media at its worst."

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Navalny's foundation asks Biden to sanction at least eight Putin allies

The foundation set up by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has called on US President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on at least eight high profile Russian figures it says are close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Former China Huarong chairman executed after bribery conviction

The former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co., Lai Xiaomin, was executed on Friday following his conviction on bribery charges by a court in Tianjin, the official People's Daily reported.

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Women in China are spurning men and babies and the government is worried

Two years ago, Joanne Su was anxious about turning 30 years old.

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A fight between the EU and UK reveals the ugly truth about vaccine nationalism

The UN General Assembly in September last year was a pivotal moment in the pandemic, when leaders began to show some unity as global deaths approached a million. They had learned hard lessons from the damage that hoarding protective equipment had done, they said. When a vaccine was developed, the world's most vulnerable would be first in line, they claimed.

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Violence and slurs from some of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews in battle over lockdowns

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Tunisian cabinet reshuffled after violent protests

Ten years after Tunisians toppled their regime and sparked uprisings across the Arab world, they are back on the streets of Tunis and other cities. Nighttime clashes and rioting have engulfed the streets of some of the impoverished areas. The unrest erupted earlier this month over poverty, unemployment and a deteriorating economic situation made worse by the pandemic.

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Robinhood to ease trading restrictions. GameStop stock soars 100%

GameStop traders sent the stock on a wild ride Thursday, and it looks set for another manic session Friday.

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Small blast goes off near Israeli embassy in New Delhi

A small blast went off close to the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital of New Delhi on Friday afternoon, damaging the windows of parked vehicles.

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Maskless crowds pack Australian Open tennis exhibition in Covid-free Adelaide

Thousands of cheering fans packed the stands on Friday to watch some of tennis' biggest stars warm up for the Australian Open -- with hardly a face mask to be seen.

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Europe has a vaccine shortage. So why is it fighting with AstraZeneca?

• EU and AstraZeneca fight over vaccine delays while death toll mounts

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What if China no longer needs Hollywood? That's bad news for the film industry

America has been the king of the box office for, well, forever. Not anymore.

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Thailand arrests 89 foreign tourists for violating Covid-19 rules

Thai police arrested 89 foreigners on suspicion of breaching coronavirus restrictions after raiding a party at a bar on a popular resort island in southern Thailand, police told CNN on January 29.

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Tokyo Olympics: Can vaccines save the Games?

In between a surging pandemic and a global scramble for vaccines, the fate of this year's Olympic Games has become shrouded in uncertainty.

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WallStreetBets founder on stock frenzy: I'm enjoying this from the sidelines

The co-founder of the subreddit WallStreetBets says he never expected the forum to become the force it is now, with hordes of amateur investors driving up stock prices in a showdown with Wall Street short-sellers.

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Toyota overtakes Volkswagen as world's biggest automaker

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Growing up wild: this photographer captures the beauty of Mexico's mountains

Growing up in the remote mountains of Sierra Gorda, Mexico, Roberto Pedraza Ruiz developed a serious case of biophilia.

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How Bangkok's Khao San Road evolved from a rice market into the world's most famous travel hub

Once upon a time, the locals peddled rice on Bangkok's Khao San Road. Lots of it.

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These three Pacific military flashpoints could shape Biden's entire China strategy

Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been swiftly dispelled.

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Pakistan's top court rules to free men previously convicted of kidnapping and murdering Daniel Pearl

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that four men convicted of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl should go free, a move described by the White House as an "affront to terrorism victims everywhere."

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One of the last privately owned Botticelli portraits sells for over $92 million

One of the last Sandro Botticelli portraits left in private hands sold at auction for more than $92 million USD (after fees) at Sotheby's New York on Thursday morning.

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Hundreds flee as volcano spews ash and smoke

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano on Java island erupted on January 28 spewing ash and smoke, and prompting authorities to warn of the risk of lava flows reaching roads, officials said.

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Concorde successor AS2 takes leap forward

The race is heating up to produce the first supersonic passenger aircraft to enter commercial service in more than 50 years.

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Could post-vaccine life mean we return to normal? Not yet

• Pulling off Tokyo 2020 will be a logistical nightmare ... and the clock is ticking • Live: WHO team to leave Wuhan quarantine

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What Poland's new restrictions on abortion mean for women

Poland's government put into effect Wednesday a ruling that outlaws the termination of pregnancies with fetal defects, resulting in a near-total ban on abortion in one of Europe's most devout Catholic countries.

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Apple just had a blowout quarter, thanks to iPhone 12 sales

Analysts have talked for at least a year about the potential for Apple's first 5G iPhone to drive a "supercycle" of device sales. On Wednesday, Apple's earnings report for the three months ended December 26 — the first since the iPhone 12 went on sale — offered an initial look at how actual sales are stacking up against that projection.

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Ex-Russian oil tycoon: I was one of the lucky ones

CNN's Matthew Chance speaks exclusively with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, who -- after falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin himself -- spent more than 10 years in a Russian jail. He says the US should impose tough sanctions on Putin to save Alexey Navalny from a similar fate.

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Peru orders lockdowns amid crippling second Covid-19 wave

Peru has announced new lockdowns for 10 of its 25 regions, including the capital Lima, as Covid-19 cases rise and hospitals reach a breaking point. The lockdowns will start on January 31.

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Survivor sounds alarm over 'echoes of the Holocaust'

Born in Berlin in 1930, Irene Butter endured the horrors of the Holocaust as a Jewish child coming of age in Nazi-occupied Europe. As the world pauses to remember the genocide that killed millions of Jews, Butter tells CNN's Clarissa Ward that we must stay vigilant to preserve democratic institutions amid emerging 'echoes' of the Holocaust.

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EU vaccine delivery dates weren't guaranteed, says AstraZeneca CEO

AstraZeneca is pushing back strongly against criticism from EU officials over delayed deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine.

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'Too little, too late': Dethroned Italian prince criticized over apology for King's role in rubber-stamping fascist laws

A letter from a descendent of Italy's wartime King, apologizing for his ancestor's role in enabling Mussolini's fascist policies during World War II, has been criticized by historians and Jewish groups after several decades of silence from members of the disbanded royal family.

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Yulia Navalnaya's husband was poisoned and detained. Now she is piling pressure on Vladimir Putin

"Why are you detaining me? Have I violated any laws?" demanded Yulia Navalnaya, as four policemen surrounded her on Saturday. She was on her way to a protest in Moscow, where thousands had gathered to demand the release of her husband, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, from jail.

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TikTok is laying off employees in India as the country doubles down on its ban

TikTok has been forced to lay off some of its workers in India as the country doubles down on what was already a monthslong ban on the app in the country.

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Zlatan scores, almost fights former teammate and gets red card in fiery derby

Talk about a busy evening. Zlatan Ibrahimović generated plenty of headlines on Tuesday in the Milan derby -- and then some.

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America's billionaires have grown $1.1 trillion richer

Billionaires are minting money during the pandemic, even as millions of Americans join the ranks of the poor.

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These countries are welcoming US tourists back

Once one of the world's most powerful travel documents, the might of the US passport has been diminished during the pandemic. With US Covid-19 cases now beyond the 25 million mark, some nations continue to view American vacationers warily.

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China is rehearsing for when it overtakes America

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Covid has killed 100,000 people in the UK. Experts say government is getting it wrong

• Scramble for vaccines gets ugly

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