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L'Oreal is buying Australian brand Aesop in a deal that values it at $2.5 billion, in the biggest brand acquisition ever made by the French beauty giant.

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A US strike in Syria has killed a senior ISIS leader who planned attacks into Europe, United States Central Command said in a statement.

Credit Suisse is set for a turbulent annual shareholder meeting Tuesday, after its emergency rescue by UBS two weeks ago left investors nursing heavy losses.

The Philippines on Monday identified the locations of four new military bases the US will gain access to, as part of an expanded defense agreement analysts say is aimed at combating China.

An anticipated meeting between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California this week has sparked concerns of a repeat of the pressure campaign China launched last year when then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei.

Visiting one of Japan's most beautiful islands will soon become more difficult.

A wild NCAA Tournament filled with upsets and unlikely heroes comes to an end Monday night in Houston.

Texas Rangers left fielder Josh Smith was taken to an area hospital after taking a pitch to the face during Monday's game against the Baltimore Orioles in Arlington, Texas, the team announced on Monday.

When Zack Galifianakis asks Paul Rudd about his Jewishness in "Between Two Ferns: The Movie," the actor responds with a quip.

Australia has joined other countries in banning the use of TikTok on devices used by federal departments and agencies.

The death of Irvo Otieno has been ruled a homicide by asphyxiation, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia said in a statement to CNN affiliate WWBT.

Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim the number of offenses punishable by death, and abolish natural-life prison sentences, a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups.

History will unfold live before millions of television news viewers on Tuesday as former President Donald Trump travels to Manhattan Criminal Court to be arraigned after last week's unprecedented indictment.

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on sixth avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the men he'd been competing with to develop the device.

A well-known Russian military blogger, Vladlen Tatarsky, was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg, authorities said. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.

Ben Affleck's loose lips let slip a major spoiler related to DC's upcoming "The Flash."