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The phone connection between a Venezuelan prison cell and Houston, Texas, crackles and fades.

Pierre-Henri Dumont, Member of the French National Assembly representing the port city of Calais, France, speaks with CNN's Bianca Nobilo about the death of 27 people who were trying to cross the English Channel.

Santosh Singh's earliest memory is of tilling soil on his family's farm. Now, the 70-year-old farmer's eyes gleam with pride as he recalls watching his grandson do the same.

The first fossil evidence of a pine cone sprouting seeds has been preserved in 40 million-year-old amber.

I delight in finding the perfect gift for a loved one and experience joy in thoughtful personal purchases. But I bristle against spending for the sake of spending, especially for manufactured "holidays" like Black Friday.

Dow futures plunged and oil fell 5% on Friday as the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant rattled global markets.

More than 70,000 homes and businesses in Southern California lost power on Thanksgiving as the region battles dangerously dry conditions and high winds, with gusts topping 70 mph in some areas.

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The festive season is typically time for pigs in blankets, but at one British golf club, some oinkers have been creating quite a stir.

A helicopter with vegan seats, a private jet with a sundeck and garage, and a hotelier's plan to hold discos at 35,000 feet -- all three concepts were unveiled at the Dubai Airshow last week among a host of others designed to lure VIP travelers back to the sky.

The Solomon Islands government has advised all public servants to stay at home as violent protests continued for a third day on Friday, with crowds gathering at the Prime Minister's residence.

China's stringent zero-Covid policy has allowed authorities to catch thousands of imported coronavirus cases. But, occasionally, it might help catch a fugitive too.

"The past is never dead," Nobel Prize winning novelist William Faulkner once wrote. "It's not even past."

Crystal Palace Park, in south London, still hosts the world's first dinosaur sculptures. They were created in the 1850s based on what were, at the time, very recent scientific discoveries: fossils, unearthed in England just decades earlier.

At least 11 people died in an accident at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia on Thursday, local authorities said, as emergency workers tried to rescue dozens more miners who were still trapped deep underground.

Long-time International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound has said that he is "puzzled" by the reaction to a video call between three-time Olympian Peng Shuai and IOC president Thomas Bach.

South Africa's health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that appears to be spreading rapidly in parts of the country.

Five US lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Thursday to meet with government officials, defying Beijing to visit the contested island.

Britney Spears sitting down with Oprah Winfrey for a televised conversation would undoubtedly generate huge interest.

After jokingly asking his friends for money on his birthday, Nigerian-American artist Davido says he raised more than $600,000 for Nigerian orphanages.

CNN's David McKenzie reports on the UK adding six African countries to the "red list" over a new variant South African scientists believe could evade immunity and be more transmissible than previous variants.

CNN's Richard Quest plays video games with the head of Xbox Phil Spencer who talks about the future of the company as they celebrate the console's 20th anniversary.

British and French leaders have ramped up a war of words over dangerous crossings of the English Channel after at least 27 people died making the sea journey Wednesday, bringing to a head simmering tensions in the migration crisis.

At a screening of Dwayne Johnson's new film, "Red Notice," The Rock personally selected Navy veteran Oscar Rodriguez as the recipient of a one-of-a-kind gift.

There were few memorable moments at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow earlier this month, but a video address by the foreign minister of Tuvalu, speaking in a suit while knee-deep in tropical waters, is a hard one to forget.

We're living through a life-changing pandemic, an assault on democracy and a reckoning with racial justice. But it's the economy and inflation souring the overall mood for Americans.

The International Olympic Committee's Dick Pound tells Christiane Amanpour the IOC is satisfied that Peng Shuai is "alive and healthy and not under coercion"

Thousands of people are raising money online for a Missouri man who served 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

For Sandeep Arora, home is the ancient city of Jalandhar in India's Punjab region. His wife, son and parents live there, but he hasn't seen them since March 2020.

Shops in the United Kingdom could run short of wine and liquor ahead of Christmas because there aren't enough drivers to make deliveries.

Global police agency Interpol has elected UAE Inspector General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, who has been accused of overseeing torture, as its new president.

Snowboarder Marko Grilc has died following an accident in the Austrian ski resort of Sölden, two of his sponsors have confirmed.

The "Afghan Girl" made famous after featuring on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985 has been granted refugee status by Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, according to an Italian government press office statement.

A British man has become the first patient in the world to be fitted with a 3D printed eye, according to Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.

CNN's John Berman asks Dr. Anthony Fauci about Covid-19 vaccine boosters for kids and teenagers six months after their second vaccine shot.

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CNN's Cyril Vanier reports from a beach near Calais, France, after at least 27 people died when their boat capsized marking one of the largest losses of life in the English Channel in recent years.

A Michelin-star restaurant in northern England housed in a 14th century building has suffered significant damage after its thatched roof caught fire.

A season-high tally and getting two fans ejected -- a return from suspension was always going to make LeBron James the center of attention, but even by his standards, Wednesday night was eventful.

A Massachusetts judge vacated Tyrone Clark's 1974 rape conviction after the commonwealth failed to preserve evidence and the victim in the case, unsolicited, raised serious doubts about her identification of the defendant, according to a news release from the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.

Numbers of sunflower sea stars have crashed in recent years, but researchers in California are working to restore the species.

Almost 2 million workers in Europe's biggest economy are set for a big pay rise.

The holidays still happen in space, they just look a little bit different. But the sentiments are the same.

A rare Roman mosaic has been unearthed on a British farm in a "remarkable" discovery.

CNN's Will Ripley reports on China's ongoing efforts to censor media reports on the sexual assault allegations made by tennis star Peng Shuai against a retired top Communist party official.

• What comes next after jury finds three men guilty for Arbery's murder

A Norwegian broadcaster said two of its journalists were arrested by Qatari officials after reporting on the treatment of workers ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

There were lighthearted jibes about physiques, then a facial expression became a viral internet meme.

At least eight civilians were killed and 17 others injured, including 13 school children, after a suicide car bomb exploded in Somalia's capital Mogadishu Thursday morning, according to state media.