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Many thought it would happen like this. But to see it so fast, so stark, brings no comfort in the prediction. The last five days have brought Afghanistan to arguably the most perilous place in the last two decades.

Children and teens in the United States now get more than two-thirds of their calories from ultra-processed foods, an analysis of almost two decades worth of data has found.

• Analysis: Kids are at the center of the GOP's bid to politicize the pandemic• China has punished dozens of officials for failing to control the Delta outbreak• Australia expands Covid-19 lockdown as Sydney records its highest daily case count • Americans must stay vigilant despite high vaccination rates

Police in Thailand have arrested a 27-year-old man who they say confessed to killing a Swiss tourist on the resort island of Phuket.

Actress Christina Applegate has announced that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Way to sell that Fenty Beauty perfume, Rihanna!

The Olympic Games transcend gravity and Earthly boundaries. Watch astronauts from around the world compete in their own version of the Games on the International Space Station, including events such as synchronized space swimming.

Quentin Tarantino has a message to parents: Watch how you talk to your kids.

A baby born weighing just 212 grams (7.5 ounces) -- about as heavy as a softball or an apple -- has finally left hospital after more than a year and arrived at her family home.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is cutting back on new investments in China as the country's private sector continues to face a historic regulatory crackdown.

As restrictions are gradually lifted, traveling abroad will be a high priority for many people. But for a disabled person, getting away on holiday can seem like a distant dream -- with or without a pandemic.

• Australia's Parliament House graffitied after release of IPCC climate change report • Human influence is main driver of worsening hurricanes, flooding and heatwaves, report says

The climate crisis is accelerating at unprecedented pace, according to a new United Nations state-of-the-science report. It is "a code red for humanity," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres — and given that the report concludes the entirety of the warming is due to human greenhouse gas emissions, avoiding the worst of its consequences is up to us.

A patient with the rare, but highly infectious Marburg virus disease has died in Guinea, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) statement on Monday. It's the first case of the Ebola-like virus in West Africa.

Unaccompanied migrant children at a temporary facility in Pecos, Texas, reported poor conditions, including undercooked food, long wait times for medical attention and prolonged stays, according to court declarations filed Monday.

Scientists have warned for decades that we were changing the climate in a way that would have devastating impacts on the planet and our lives. A landmark report on Monday showed that's already happening, and faster than we expected.

Alphonso Davies has packed a lot into his life for a 20 year old.

America is being forced yet again to learn the same, repetitive lesson of the pandemic: Fighting a raging, evolving virus with cynicism-laced politics rather than medical data only leads to the same result -- a prolonged national nightmare.

Virginia Roberts Giuffre has filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew for alleged sexual abuse, according to federal court documents filed Monday.

Former New Zealand Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore has died, the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) confirmed in a statement.

Caring for younger kids is often intensely physical, but with older kids, it can be intensely emotional. Why? Because there are just so many decisions to make, and in a world with a shrinking middle class, rising home prices, and a fiery social, political and natural climate, everything feels high stakes.

As the world battles historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods, a landmark report from global scientists says the window is rapidly closing to cut our reliance on fossil fuels and avoid catastrophic changes that would transform life as we know it.

Nearly a thousand structures have been impacted by the Dixie Fire, the second largest in California's history. And with much of the fire not yet contained, thousands more are at risk.

India's 1.38 billion-strong population is beaming with pride.

Natural silence -- the kind when you hear nothing but the sound of nature around you -- is becoming increasingly scarce. The rumblings of man-made noise can be heard even in the remote corners of national parks and deep in the Arctic Ocean.

America's most popular fashion doll Barbie has received widespread criticism on social media for not featuring an Asian Barbie in their collection dedicated to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The blue-collar barricade looms as the most stubborn obstacle to President Joe Biden enlarging his base of support.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's closest confidants spent the weekend trying to convince the Democrat to resign, sources tell CNN, an effort that comes amid fallout from a report that found he sexually harassed multiple women.

One of the world's largest salt lakes is evaporating at an alarming pace and threatening the livelihoods of those who live nearby. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.

The Taliban have seized the city of Taloquan in northeastern Afghanistan, marking the fifth provincial capital to fall under their control in just a matter of days, a local journalist confirmed to CNN on Monday.

Covid-19 vaccines are protecting more than half the US population from current strains, experts say. But if too few people get vaccinated, the virus will be allowed to continue to spread -- and the result could be an even more dangerous variant, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.

For all those alarmed by the assaults on democracy in the 2020 election cycle and its aftermath, it will come as a great relief that the rule of law is pushing back.

A burst of new disclosures exposing the extraordinary efforts by ex-President Donald Trump to steal power after his election defeat constitute a grave warning about the future and his potential bid to recapture the White House.

CNN's Brian Stelter and John Avlon say it's important for the media to continue covering former President Donald Trump's last days in office because the full picture of Trump's "pathetic" coup attempt to overthrow democracy is just now starting to emerge.

As the rate of Covid-19 vaccinations climbed and new infection numbers plummeted in spring, many Americans thought they were in for a carefree summer.

The Taliban has seized control of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, local officials told CNN on Sunday. It is the first major city to fall to the insurgent group since they began their offensive in May, and marks a big blow to the Afghan government.

CNN's Jim Acosta calls out GOP members' reluctance to push their supporters to get vaccinated as vaccination rates stall and the Delta variant continues to cause coronavirus cases to surge.