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Sofia Sapega, the Russian student arrested alongside Belarusian dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, appeared in a video overnight while in detention, allegedly "confessing" to working for a social media channel that publishes personal data of government employees.

At the beginning of the 21st century China had no high-speed railways.

Dozens of campaign groups are urging Google to abandon a cloud computing project in Saudi Arabia, saying the company is at risk of being "complicit in future human rights violations."

WhatsApp has sued the Indian government in a bid to block new rules it says would lead to "mass surveillance" by forcing social media platforms to hand over private information about their users.

As European airlines suspend the flights to Belarus that once offered one of the few exit routes out of an oppressive state already in the grip of closed land borders, many Belarusians fear the return of a Soviet-style Iron Curtain around their country.

Syrians were voting Wednesday in presidential elections widely dismissed by experts and activists as a sham poll, rigged in favor of President Bashar al-Assad.

CNN's Bianca Nobilo looks at how Dominic Cummings went from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's right-hand man to biggest enemy.

ExxonMobil's response to the climate crisis could very well be decided on Wednesday.

Intense heat and high humidity could pose a serious risk to athletes at this year's Tokyo Olympics, according to a new report.

Mali's transitional vice president Assimi Goita said Tuesday that he removed the transitional president and prime minister from office, confirming reports from several international groups that the leaders had been ousted on Monday.

Walmart has apologized to people who received emails containing the n-word in an earlier message from the retailer.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said travel demand is rebounding, but he doesn't expect business travel to ever return to the way it was before the pandemic.

A 26-year-old Belarusian dissident was detained while traveling on a Ryanair flight from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sunday. Shortly before touchdown the plane was diverted by Belarusian air traffic control to the capital Minsk over a supposed security alert. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plunged earlier this month after Elon Musk said Tesla would stop accepting bitcoin as payment for its vehicles because of the huge amount of energy needed to mine bitcoin. But Musk might be having a slight change of heart.

Archaeologists have recovered the bodies of victims of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco who were executed and buried at a cemetery in central Spain.

While the global Coronavirus death toll continues to climb each day, some people are beginning to ask: how can we mark the colossal loss of life that has been experienced around the world?

Iran's election watchdog has approved the candidacy of hardline judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi in next month's presidential election, state television reported on Tuesday, while disqualifying some of his main rivals including former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Ghana's LGBTQ community has called for the release of 21 people, who were arrested by security forces last week while attending a conference in the southeastern city of Ho.

Twitter's decision to label a tweet from a leading member of India's governing party as "manipulated media" could make things even harder for the company in a key market.

If you step out the door on a clear, dark night at this time of year, you'll find the great constellation called Ursa Major high in the sky below Polaris, the pole star.