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Authorities in China have approved a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, the first new medicine with the potential to treat the cognitive disorder in 17 years.

Following the now infamous phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the US temporarily suspended nearly $400 million in military and security aid to Ukraine. CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from the front lines of Ukraine's war with Russia, where forces say the need for military aid is dire.

Norwegian authorities have arrested a high-profile American white supremacist, hours before he was due to give a speech at a far-right conference in Oslo on Saturday.

In cities around the world, among the sea of demonstrators who have taken to the streets, one image has stood out: the stark white face and creepy red grin of the Joker.

The stars of the business world returned last week to Saudi Arabia's so-called Davos in the Desert, a conference formally known as the Future Investment Initiative (FII). Last year, several CEOs dropped out, afraid of associating publicly with a regime that has been accused of — and has consistently denied — being responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. And while it's true that their return this year indicates the extent of Saudi Arabia's rapid rehabilitation, the kingdom will need more than a glitzy attendee list of business elites to mend its economic troubles.

The German city of Dresden has declared a "Nazi emergency" after years of "right-wing extremist, racist" activity in the city, a local councilor says.

An indigenous leader was killed and another was injured when loggers allegedly ambushed them in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhao.

Murders happen in Berlin. They're not common -- the crime rate in Germany is currently at its lowest level in more than 25 years -- but as with all major cities, the occasional violent killing is all but inevitable.

At least 13 people were killed, and many others injured in a car bomb explosion in a northern Syrian town that Turkey took control of last month, officials said.

A gay woman has taken control of the biggest city in Colombia, and she's isn't bothering to hide in the closet from the country's conservative, mostly Catholic voters, either.

Twelve years ago, Siya Kolisi sat in a township tavern and dreamed.

The 39 people found dead in the back in the back of a truck in England last month are believed to be Vietnamese nationals, Essex Police said in a statement Friday.

President Donald Trump's foreign policy decisions are giving Russian President Vladimir Putin more influence across the globe. CNN's Frederik Pletigen reports.

Claire Stapleton and Meredith Whittaker staked their careers when they organized the Google walkout in November 2018. It was a risk they felt they had to take.

An Indonesian man has been publicly flogged for adultery, under a draconian law he helped create.

A court in Barcelona cleared five men of sexual assault charges on Thursday after saying the crime did not fit the legal definition of rape because the unconscious teenage victim didn't fight back.

One of the most secretive events on the Chinese political calendar ended this week with a communique that acknowledged "increasing challenges" but provided few clues as to how Beijing will address them.