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Since the start of the pandemic, thousands of planes from airlines around the world have been grounded, with many temporarily moved to hot, arid deserts -- ideal conditions for aircraft storage.

Price are rising quickly across huge swaths of the developed world, with inflation in countries that belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development surging in April to the highest rate since 2008.

Nike has come out in support of tennis star Naomi Osaka following her decision to withdraw from the French Open.

An emboldened Taliban poses a severe and expanding threat to the government of Afghanistan, remains close to al Qaeda, and believes it can return to power by force if necessary, according to a United Nations Security Council report released on Wednesday.

With minutes to spare, a Hahnville High School teacher in Boutte, Louisiana, traded shoes with a senior so he could walk at his graduation after allegedly violating the dress code.

The US government announced new, suspended tariffs on Wednesday against six countries in response to those governments' digital services taxes, the office of the US Trade Representative said.

In a remote part of Myanmar's far west, where narrow roads zigzag through treacherous mountain passes and villages nestle on precipitous slopes and ridges, lives a centuries-old community of hunters.

Cameroon is being wracked by a civil war that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, with separatists in Anglophone regions of the country fighting government forces and government-backed militias for several years. CNN's Zain Asher breaks down the conflict.

Kate Winslet has said she rejected a retouched promotional poster and insisted her "bulgy bit of belly" was not edited out of a sex scene for her TV series "Mare of Easttown."

After struggling in recent months, companies that focus on the booming marijuana sector could be primed for a takeoff.

I got a somber call from my head of human resources on the morning of April 15th. It was the height of the second wave of the pandemic in India and one of our employees, Santosh Chalke, had died from Covid-related complications. Santosh had been working for my organization, Borosil, for more than 15 years. His main job was in housekeeping and offering snack service to employees and visitors to the office. He had an ever-smiling and easy-going personality.

A Belarusian activist stabbed his own throat during a court hearing in Minsk on Tuesday, according to local human rights watchdog Viasna 96.

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The real estate stories are swirling about homes that sold in record time, with multiple bids -- and "all-cash offers."

Authorities are investigating a massive sinkhole that appeared in a farmer's field in Mexico's Puebla state. The hole has rapidly expanded and is threatening to swallow a nearby house.

Hong Kong's most controversial destination has been forced to close just two days before a hugely significant date in the global pro-democracy calendar.

A coalition of Israeli opposition parties were approaching a midnight deadline on Wednesday to form a government, in the most serious challenge yet to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rule.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a Covid-19 vaccine made by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac for emergency use.

After four months of working from home during the pandemic, Reeba Akram decided to change where home was.