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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for "immediate and concerted action" to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year.

Late last August, a solar-powered drone called Zephyr almost beat one of aviation's most enduring records.

Japan's prime minister issued a dire warning about the country's population crisis on Monday, saying it was "on the brink of not being able to maintain social functions" due to the falling birth rate.

If you are a man or woman approaching 50, look down at your middle. If you're like many people, you might have to lean over a bit to see your feet. Yes, it's the dreadful midriff bulge — that expanding waistline that can often creep up on you as you age, much like a receding hairline or extra wrinkles.

During a recent excursion to the icy plains of Antarctica, an international team of researchers discovered five new meteorites — including one of the largest ever found on the continent.

Lunar New Year is traditionally a celebration of hope, renewal and reconnection with loved ones. Instead, Asian Americans woke up Sunday to the horrific news of yet another mass shooting the day before affecting our community — this one taking place at a ballroom dance studio in the suburban immigrant enclave of Monterey Park, California. The town of 60,000 is about two-thirds Asian and nearly 50% of Chinese ethnicity.

Millions of players in China have lost access to the iconic "World of Warcraft" franchise and other popular video games, as Blizzard Entertainment's servers in the country went offline after two decades.

A few weeks ago, Mick Jagger posted a holiday message to his Instagram feed while wearing a deep red paisley shirt, its pattern whirling with canary yellow and inky black details. The piece had something nostalgically glamourous about it: Decadent yet comfortable, it was as befitting of Jagger's bohemian rockstar aesthetic as it was his timeless presence. "Maybe he got it for Christmas," joked Emily Adams Bode Aujla, creator of the garment and founder of its eponymous label, Bode, over a Zoom call from Paris.

Washington's most impossible job gets harder by the day.

Video shows police in Half Moon Bay, California, taking away a suspect after shootings in two locations that left at least seven people dead. San Mateo Board of Supervisors President Dave Pine speaks to CNN's Anderson Cooper.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his decision to block a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies from being taught in Florida's schools. CNN's Steve Contorno reports.

Temperatures in China's northernmost city plunged to minus 53°C (minus 63.4 degrees Fahrenheit) -- its coldest ever recorded, meteorologists said.

CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with Brandon Tsay, the man who confronted and disarmed the suspect of the Monterey Park, California, mass shooting that killed 11 people and injured 9 others, about the moment Tsay came face to face with the gunman at a second location nearby.

Investigators in Monterey Park, California, are still searching for the motive of a gunman who killed 10 people and injured 10 others during a shooting inside a ballroom dance studio Saturday night, devastating the majority-Asian community on the eve of its Lunar New Year celebration.

• Live updates: Russia has sent tens of thousands of new troops, US military official says • Bombing campaign in Spain last year was a likely warning to European governments that support Ukraine, US officials say

In the weeks following anti-zero Covid protests in Beijing, a protester made a video warning she could vanish. Soon after filming the video, she was arrested. CNN's Selina Wang reports.

Asia is hurtling toward a tectonic power shift headlined by ever more rapid changes in population growth. The West, especially the United States, better be prepared.

• Bombing campaign in Spain last year was a likely warning to European governments that support Ukraine, US officials say • Opinion: Russia could soon make the war in Ukraine even deadlier

• Blizzard's servers in China go offline, marking the end of an era for millions of gamers • Tech earnings could wreck Wall Street's party