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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi Fast Facts

(CNN) – Here is a look at the life of Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.Personal:Birth date: June 25, 1972Birth place: Tripoli, LibyaBirth name: Saif al-Islam

Number of refugees hits five-year high, UNHCR report reveals

(CNN) – More than 68 million people were forced to flee their homes last year as a result of war, violence and other forms of persecution, according to a new report from the UN’s refugee agency. T

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Putin invites ‘comrade’ Kim Jong Un to visit Russia

(CNN) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met with a senior North Korean official in Moscow on Thursday and invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Russia. “I would like to re-extend, and

Albert Einstein railed against racism. Now, his travel diaries reveal he had a racist streak

(CNN) – A series of travel diaries written by famed physicist and anti-racism campaigner Albert Einstein — and now published in English for the first time — reveal that the scientist held racist an

World Cup Fast Facts

(CNN) – Here’s a look at the World Cup football (soccer) tournaments. The World Cup is organized by FIFA, the Federation Internationale de Football Association. Men’s and women’s tournaments are held

Three ‘baby’ planets found forming around newborn star

(CNN) – In the constellation of Sagittarius, three infant planets have been found orbiting a young star 330 light-years from Earth. These are the first planets to be found using the powerful ALMA tel

Pope Francis Fast Facts

(CNN) – Here is a look at the life of Pope Francis, the current pope and first non-European pontiff of the modern era.Personal:Birth date: December 17, 1936Birth place: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Detained Americans Fast Facts

(CNN) – Here’s a look at some recent cases of foreign governments detaining US citizens. For information about other missing Americans, see Robert Levinson Fast Facts or POW/MIA in Iraq and Afghanist

Holocaust survivor who treated Anne Frank in a concentration camp is dead at 95

(CNN) – It was February 1945, and the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany had been overrun by typhus. Gena Turgel, then 22, arrived with her mother and began working at the camp’s hospital

US sanctions Libyan smugglers after CNN investigation

(CNN) – The United States imposed sanctions against six men for their involvement in human trafficking and smuggling of migrants in Libya in a case first exposed by a CNN undercover investigation.

France, Germany slam Trump’s G7 statement U-turn

(CNN) – France and Germany have criticized President Donald Trump for threatening to pull the United States out of a joint statement with key G7 allies.Trump tweeted Saturday that he had instructe

Former Vatican diplomat indicted on child pornography charges

ROME (CNN) – A former diplomat at the Vatican Embassy in Washington has been indicted by a Vatican court on allegations he possessed child pornography, the Vatican said Saturday.Monsignor Carlo Alb

This computer can do more calculations per second than the world’s population could do in a year

(CNN) – Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to make 200,000 trillion calculations in a single second! Meet Summit, the world’s most powerful supercomputer. Afte

Anthony Bourdain shone a different light on the Middle East

(CNN) – Anthony Bourdain brought cuisines from around the world to viewers who might never otherwise have contemplated them. But his shows were always about so much more than that.After his death

Zacarias Moussaoui Fast Facts

(CNN) – Here’s a look at the life of convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui, who is serving a life sentence in prison without parole for his part in plotting the 9/11 attacks. Personal:Birth date

Venezuela named world’s most dangerous country again, poll finds

(CNN) – Venezuela ranked as the most dangerous country in the world for the second straight year according to a new Gallup survey, falling below conflict-torn nations including Afghanistan and South

World Oceans Day 2018 — the live blog

(CNN) – From Paris to Hong Kong, and Quito to Malé, on June 8, 2018, students around the world are celebrating World Oceans Day by taking part in CNN’s #ZeroPlasticLunch.We asked people to strip

Our children’s plastic lives seen through lunches

(CNN) – If children anywhere should care about plastic in our oceans, it’s those in the Maldives, a country that is 99% water and 1% land. From the tourism that generates 37% of all jobs on this idyl

Terrorist Attacks by Vehicle Fast Facts

(CNN) – Here is some background information on terror attacks involving vehicles used as deadly weapons by radicalized individuals or terror groups.Facts:Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch encouraged its W

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