In battered Lebanon, an ancient Christian community awaits the new pope

A monastery overlooking the Mediterranean will be one of the stops on Pope Leo XIV’s three-day visit to Lebanon, a country of complex sectarian politics and long-running conflict.

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Oscar for ‘Shakespeare in Love,’ dead at 88

The award-winning British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard has died, according to his talent agency United Agents. He ...

Ukraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea

Ukrainian underwater drones have struck two tankers belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, according ...

FDA official plans to change vaccine approval process, claiming that Covid-19 shots caused child deaths

A senior Food and Drug Administration official on Friday said the agency will change its vaccine approval process, alleging that Covid-19 vaccination resulted in the deaths of 10 children.

Altadena small businesses reopen doors after devastating fires

Small Business Saturday was the perfect time for Altadena business owners to reopen their doors, as the California neighborhood attempts to recover and rebuild after fires devastated the area earlier ...

AI is upending millions of jobs. Can universal basic income fill the gap?

AI is eliminating jobs at a historic pace. Former 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang explains why he believes universal ...

Russia launches largest aerial assault on Ukraine in a month as Kyiv delegation heads for US peace talks

Russia launched its largest barrage of drones and missiles in a month across Ukraine, killing at least three people, ...

Slain National Guard member’s ex-boyfriend said she felt ‘mixed’ about DC deployment

Adam Carr, the former boyfriend of US Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom — the National Guard member killed in an ambush-style attack in Washington, DC — spoke to CNN’s Gabe Cohen about her deployment to DC.

Rare look inside a Hezbollah tunnel

As a US-imposed deadline approaches demanding Lebanon disarm the militant group Hezbollah by the end of the year, CNN’s Ben Wedeman gets rare access into a Hezbollah tunnel now under control of the ...

Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque

Pope Leo XIV visited the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday during his first foreign trip since becoming pontiff. Leo will then travel to Lebanon as part of an ongoing effort to promote ...

A blue schoolbag in a mass grave. Sri Lanka’s bloody past is re-emerging from the soil

Many of the gravesites that pockmark the north and east of the country are believed to contain the victims of atrocities committed during the civil war. Caught between warring rebel fighters and the ...

K-shaped economy and inflation boost Black Friday sales by 4.1% from last year, online spending jumps 9.1%

US retail sales on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, climbed 4.1% compared with last year, according to data released Saturday by Mastercard SpendingPulse. Online shoppers alone ...