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Kazakhstan follows Russia in banning ‘LGBTQ propaganda’

By Catherine Nicholls and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Kazakhstan’s lower parliament pushed ahead with anti-LGBTQ legislation Wednesday that appears to mirror Russian law, as the country’s president met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The new measures would ban the “dissemination of information containing propaganda of pedophilia and/or non-traditional sexual orientation” in public

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Members of the Bolivarian National Militia attend a military drill

Venezuela announces ‘massive mobilization’ of military forces as America’s largest warship sails into region

By CNN Staff (CNN) — Venezuela says it is launching a “massive mobilization” of military personnel, weapons and equipment in response to the build-up of US warships and troops in the Caribbean Sea. Land, air, naval and reserve forces will carry out exercises through Wednesday, according to Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, who described the

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum of the Knesset

Controversial death penalty and foreign media bills clear first reading in Israel’s parliament

By Tal Shalev, Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli parliament advanced two controversial bills on Monday, including one that would expand the use of the death penalty for convicted “terrorists” and individuals found guilty of nationalistically motivated murder. The death penalty bill, championed by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, passed its first

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A drone view of Complexa da Penha in Rio de Janeiro

Behind Rio’s deadly raid: Brazil’s billion-dollar criminal networks

By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat. Bodies scattered on blood-slicked streets. These could be scenes from a war zone.  But on October 28, they unfolded not on a desolate battlefield but on the outskirts of Rio

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Nawat Itsaragrisil (center) National Director of Miss Universe Thailand 2025 speaks next to contestants during the official Miss Universe 2025 welcome event in Bangkok

‘No one can shut our voice’: Miss Universe Mexico confronts mistreatment

By Anabella González, Sol Amaya, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A video of a Miss Universe contestant being berated by a male pageant director in Thailand has sparked widespread allegations of misogyny as well as global discussions about women empowerment and merits of the international beauty pageant. Nawat Itsaragrisil, president of Miss Grand International (MGI),

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Dave Bilinski

‘Professional marksmen’ kill flu-exposed ostrich herd in Canada, ending legal saga that attracted RFK Jr.’s attention

By Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday that it used “professional marksmen” to kill a flu-exposed ostrich herd in British Columbia, bringing to an end a nearly year-long legal saga that had attracted attention from conservatives in the United States, including US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “As

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