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For the 87th time, the center of the golfing world shifts to Augusta National for The Masters on Thursday.

Europe and Asia dominate a new list of the world's best cities for public transit.

CNN's Ben Wedeman visits a frontline trench of the Ukrainian army, where they must evade Russian sniper and drone fire.

What was the worst day so far for Russian President Vladimir Putin since launching his unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year? It's impossible to choose one, but Tuesday, April 4, 2023, must rank high on the list.

A 55.22-carat ruby is poised to become the largest — and should it sell for over $30.3 million, the most valuable — gem of its kind ever to appear at auction.

Police in Japan have arrested two men for contaminating a communal bowl of pickled ginger at a fast food restaurant, after a video of the prank was shared widely on social media.

China's banks and insurers have become the latest focus of a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown that is ensnaring top officials and risks rattling the already fragile nerves of investors and entrepreneurs.

Hundreds of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, cocooned within one of the US Navy's most technologically advanced pieces of equipment, Rear Adm. Jeff Jablon is clear-eyed about the two biggest challenges his team faces.

Japan has lost so many chickens to bird flu, it's now running out of land to bury them.

Donald Trump may be getting all the headlines, but partisan struggles in state capitals across the country may do far more to change America than the drama surrounding the first ex-president to be charged with a crime.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivered a dire warning that "democracy is under threat" as she met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in California, a highly anticipated event that marked a show of democratic solidarity in defiance of threats from China.

A Russian tourist has been deported from Bali after a semi-nude photo he took on top of a sacred mountain went viral and sparked heated public debate about misbehaving tourists on the island.

Afghan men working for the United Nations in Kabul will stay home in solidarity with their female colleagues after the Taliban prohibited Afghan women from working for the global organization, according to a senior UN official.

Investigators in central Florida are asking the public for any information related to the deaths of three teenage friends being investigated as homicides after they were discovered with gunshot wounds in separate locations.

A sheriff and a local firearms dealer in Frederick County, Maryland, have been indicted on federal charges for their roles in a scheme to illegally acquire machine guns so they could be rented out for profit, federal prosecutors announced.

LSU star Angel Reese says that neither she, nor her team, would be visiting the White House after the Tigers defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 102-85 to win their first basketball national championship.

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CNN's Gary Tuchman visits Texarkana, Arkansas, to see what supporters of former President Donald Trump think about him facing 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records.

CNN's Will Ripley reports exclusively from one of the most powerful warships on the planet, the USS Mississippi, a US nuclear submarine that's on high alert for threats from China.