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The Israeli government knew to expect trouble on Tuesday night. It was Lag Ba-Omer, a Jewish holiday traditionally celebrated in Israel with mass gatherings around roaring bonfires. For the devout ultra-Orthodox community, it is an occasion for making a pilgrimage to Mt. Meron in the country's north, where the second-century Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is buried.

Seconds after Veronica opened her eyes in the hospital, she knew who had put her there. Her body ached; her head throbbed.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg says she thinks more people are beginning to realize the importance of listening to experts and the global science community amid the coronavirus pandemic.

We've all been there: 27 browser tabs open and struggling to find the one we need. Google wants to help.

Coffee chains create a lot of waste, from disposable takeaway cups to the used grounds that are sent to rot in landfills.

Typhoon Vongfong is rapidly intensifying -- and the Philippines is in its path.

When the state of Florida began enacting stay-at-home measures and closing beaches in mid-March, in response to the threat of Covid-19, Miami-based real estate agent and artist Nadia Bouzid was in the middle of painting a mural inside a new hotel in Cancun, Mexico.

Famed French serial killer expert Stephane Bourgoin has confessed that his prestigious career is founded on lies, following a series of revelations.

For almost two weeks, three countries have led the rest of the world in the daily number of new Covid-19 infections: The United States, Russia and Brazil.

The US Embassy in Tanzania, claiming that many hospitals in the main city Dar es Salaam have been overwhelmed in recent weeks, contends the risk of contracting Covid-19 there is "extremely high."

The United States is falling behind other countries in the race to transition to a clean energy future, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum.

From Vivienne Westwood's Victorian corsetry to Calvin Klein's bias-cut slips, lingerie has always had a place on the runway.

The NBA has a new chief in China, but he faces a tough road ahead as the league continues to deal with fallout from an ugly political storm last year.

A fire in a hospital treating coronavirus victims claimed the lives of five patients and forced the evacuation of 150 people in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Tuesday, further testing the Russian government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic amid a growing crisis that has reached the Kremlin's inner circle.

When midwife Philomena Owusu Domfe gets up for work every day she is scared.

On the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, residents say they can't afford to stop working, even if it means risking their lives. CNN's Shasta Darlington reports.

Will Murrell had hoped to pass his further education exams this summer, at a college in London. He was hunting for a job, in a retail outlet or supermarket, to earn some extra money alongside his studies.

Germany's cultural institutions are making a comeback, but the way people visit museums and enjoy nightlife has been changed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Business owners have adopted strict hygiene and social distancing guidelines in a bid to fend off the virus. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.