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US intelligence agencies have assessed that Saudi Arabia is now actively manufacturing its own ballistic missiles with the help of China, CNN has learned, a development that could have significant ripple effects across the Middle East and complicate the Biden administration's efforts to restrain the nuclear ambitions of Iran, the Saudis' top regional rival.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the ball is in NATO's court when asked about increasing fears of war in Ukraine during his annual press conference on Thursday morning.

In an interview with ABC, President Biden was asked whether he would run for president again in 2024. CNN's John Berman discusses with CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein.

On Tuesday, the central Chinese city of Xi'an recorded 52 new Covid-19 cases. By Wednesday, authorities had imposed strict lockdown measures on its estimated 13 million residents.

Kamila is almost 3 years old, but she weighs just 11 pounds (5 kilograms). Her wrinkled skin sags off her skeletal limbs and stretches around her distended belly.

Amid an unprecedented level of hunger among vulnerable children, one doctor tells CNN's Anna Coren the desperation is the worst he's ever seen in Afghanistan.

With Iran on the cusp of building a deliverable nuclear weapon and with a growing perception that the United States may no longer be the staunch and reliable ally that many, especially in Europe and the Middle East, had long welcomed, the beginning of a realignment of traditional allies is beginning to take shape.

Lissette Monzon still feels a little guilty about a "crazy" purchase she made three years ago.

The climate crisis took a catastrophic toll across the globe in 2021. From the Arctic to Louisiana and to China's Henan province, signs that climate change is already altering our weather were everywhere.

The World Bank has cut its forecasts for China's economic growth this year and next, as the world's second largest economy faces mounting headwinds from the new Omicron variant to a severe property sector downturn.

Dozens of people are feared missing after a landslide early on Wednesday at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, according to a civil society group and media reports.

2021 saw the elevation of Chinese President Xi Jinping as the country grows stronger and richer but moves further away from western democracies in ideology. CNN's David Culver takes a tour around the city of Beijing and reflects on what 2022 may have in store for the country's relations with the US.

Israel is to begin rolling out a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine with immediate effect for people ages 60 and over, medical workers and people with suppressed immune systems, the Prime Minister's Office announced Tuesday, following a recommendation from the country's panel of coronavirus experts.

A Harvard University professor was convicted by a federal jury on Tuesday of lying to the US about his involvement with China's government, the Justice Department announced.

Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said that Fox News host Jesse Watters should be fired for using violent language at a conservative conference to encourage attendees to ambush him in hopes of creating a viral moment.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is calling on Fox News to fire host Jesse Watters after he told a group of conservatives to "ambush" Fauci with questions and "go in for kill shot" - rhetorical language that the nation's top infectious disease doctor and President Biden's chief medical adviser believes goes too far. Fox News has responded to Fauci, who is no stranger to attacks. CNN's Randi Kaye reports.

An unprecedented fossil of a baby dinosaur curled up perfectly inside its egg is shedding more light on the links between dinosaurs and birds.

The men were shot as they slept outside, having spent their days underground, choking in the Sahel dust, digging and panning for gold.

President Biden said the state of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US is "absolutely" not regressing back to how it was in March 2020.

The ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has been ordered to pay his ex-wife Princess Haya bint al-Hussein more than $728 million (£500 million), in one of the largest divorce settlements ever handed down by a UK court.

Chinese live-stream shopping influencer Huang Wei, known as Viya, has been hit with a whopping $210 million penalty for tax evasion and kicked off social media.

Dr. Fauci says he was happy to hear that former President Trump had received a Covid-19 booster, but that the crowd responding in boos highlights the divisiveness of the pandemic in American society. Fauci also responded to comments made by Fox News' Jesse Watters.

CNN's Erica Hill speaks to special agent Roy Dotson of the US Secret Service, who has been tapped to lead an investigation into the billions of dollars of Covid-19-related fraud.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains the difference between four coronavirus variants the CDC has at one point described as "Variants of Concern."

Scientist and TV personality Bill Nye discusses climate change and Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, which scientists say could collapse in the next five years.

Former police officer Kim Potter, who's said she mistook her firearm for her Taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop this year near Minneapolis, could take the stand Friday in her trial over the 20-year-old Black man's killing.

Roger Stone, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, met briefly Friday with the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot and asserted his Fifth Amendment rights to every question asked, he said.

Russia has continued to amass new troops near Ukraine's border in recent days, despite President Joe Biden urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to de-escalate tensions during a virtual meeting last week.

Trump administration officials made "deliberate efforts to undermine the nation's coronavirus response for political purposes," a House oversight committee led by Democrats said in a report released Friday.

A House oversight committee report reveals that the Trump administration made deliberate efforts to undermine the nation's Covid-19 response. CNN's John King joins New Day to discuss.

Ten years ago, the world watched as a young Kim Jong Un solemnly walked beside his father's hearse on a snowy morning in Pyongyang as distraught North Koreans wailed in grief.

An Israeli man has died in a shooting in the West Bank, according to the Israeli army and emergency responders.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala's new center-right government took office on Friday facing soaring inflation and energy costs, record budget deficits and the dragging Covid-19 pandemic.

Unnerved by surging prices, the Bank of England on Thursday became the first major central bank to hike interest rates since the pandemic began. The US Federal Reserve will follow in the coming months, with three rate hikes expected next year.

As the Omicron variant sweeps through the United Kingdom, pushing daily coronavirus infections to their highest level on record, British businesses are shutting their doors again — but not because of government instructions.

Boris Johnson's Conservatives on Friday lost control of a parliamentary seat they have dominated for nearly 200 years, ratcheting up the pressure on Johnson from his lawmakers, who are in mutinous mood after a series of crises and scandals.

Former Trump communications director Alyssa Farah speaks to CNN's Alisyn Camerota about the text she sent to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on January 6.

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As the calendar turns to 2022, Senate races are about to kick into much higher gear, with ad spending increasing ahead of the first primaries in May and just a few more fundraising quarters for candidates to prove they're serious