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It's been dubbed the 'Arabian Riviera,' where the streets are immaculate and are interspersed with luxury hotels offering shimmering views across the marina. Welcome to 'The Pearl.'

Beijing and large swaths of northern China woke to choking sand and dust on Monday, as a winter sandstorm sent air pollution levels off the charts.

Former NBA All-Star and longtime head coach Paul Silas has died at the of age 79, the league announced Sunday.

Indonesia's controversial sex laws will not affect foreign tourists visiting Bali, officials have confirmed in a statement issued Monday.

Kosovo's Prime Minister urged NATO peacekeeping troops to intervene after minority Serb protesters blocked roads and unknown gunmen exchanged fire with police over the weekend amid rising ethnic tensions in the country's restive north.

In a drone photograph by Yevhen Samuchenko, Lake Lemuria, the so-called "Dead Sea of Ukraine," takes on a surreal, otherworldly quality. Its waters turned pink by algae, its shoreline streaked with white salt deposits, the body of water might easily be confused for an abstract painting were it not for the presence of two tiny figures and their nearby car.

Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges reacts to an explosion that rocked the Wagner mercenary group's purported headquarters in the eastern Luhansk region of Ukraine, according to a regional Ukrainian official. CNN has not independently verified whether Wagner operated at the hotel.

A few days before Karen Bass was sworn in on Sunday as the first female mayor of Los Angeles, term-limited Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti was making his farewell tour through South Los Angeles.

It started with floating bodies, and finally brought home its various threads with a sly nod to the fact that the sex in this visit to "The White Lotus" tended to be transactional. In between, the second installment proved almost as engrossing, uncomfortable and meme-worthy as its Emmy-winning predecessor, which is no small accomplishment for writer-director Mike White.

See highlights from the 2022 red carpet and awards ceremony honoring CNN's Top 10 Heroes and CNN's Hero of the Year.

Sofia Carson is joined by Diane Warren to perform "Applause" at the 2022 CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute.

• Ukraine launches missile attack on Russian-occupied Melitopol, explosions reported in Donetsk and Crimea • US official shares details of Brittney Griner's flight home

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has always defied labels. One day, she's competing in an Ironman competition; another she's giving a thumbs-down curtsy on the Senate floor. One weekend, she's teaching a course at a university; the next she's officiating a wedding.

China will abolish its Covid-19 trace tracking service, the "Mobile Itinerary card," on Tuesday, officials say.

• 'Trump obsession is very bad': Senate Republicans confront their problems • Watch: Michael Cohen reacts to Trump's Truth Social post

The Artemis I mission — a 25½-day uncrewed test flight around the moon meant to pave the way for future astronaut missions — came to an momentous end as NASA's Orion spacecraft made a successful ocean splashdown Sunday.

The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection concluded its meeting on Sunday where members discussed criminal referrals, multiple sources told CNN.

Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the co-founder of one of the most prominent feminist magazines, has died, according to a funeral home in Georgia and her longtime colleague and friend Gloria Steinem.