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People across India are preparing for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. They're selling colorful lamps, cleaning and decorating homes, and buying clothes for the celebrations.

At least two people have died as protests intensified in Iraq, with security forces using tear gas to repel demonstrators from approaching government buildings Friday, a member of the Independent High Commission for Human Rights of Iraq has told CNN.

"Joker," the gritty comic book film about the origins of the crazed Batman villain, has become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.

It's easy to see why contemporary designers seek to evoke traditional Mexican handcrafts and folk art through their collections.

The Arctic is heating twice as fast as the global average. Sea ice is rapidly shrinking, changing the delicate composition of one of the world's most pristine ecosystems and the traditional way of life that indigenous communities have preserved for hundreds of years.

The World Series is one of sport's hot tickets, but match day at a baseball game in Japan outdoes anything the MLB has to offer.

Boeing said Friday that it is addressing safety recommendations raised by Indonesian investigators about its 737 Max aircraft to ensure that a fatal crash "never happens again."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pushing ahead with global expansion plans after beating his deadline to start making cars in China.

SoftBank's stock is having its worst week since early August.

The deaths of 39 Chinese people found in a truck in a UK industrial park this week has sparked horror and revulsion around the world.

It's not quite spa wars, but North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has used the steamy atmosphere of a hot spring resort to turn the temperature up on his criticism of South Korea.

Southeast Asia's tallest skyscraper is set to open its doors more than four years after allegations emerged against the scandal-ridden state fund that first backed its construction.

President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that the US military would continue securing oil fields in Syria while also suggesting that America's onetime allies in the fight against ISIS, the Syrian Kurds, consider moving to the region that houses those oil fields, a move that would see them relocate from their traditional homelands to a desert area hundreds of miles away.

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports on the situation in Syria after President Donald Trump tweeted that the US military would continue securing oil fields in Syria.

There is no shortage of headlines about CEOs getting paid seriously big money. Last week, for instance, it was revealed that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella got a 66% raise, bringing his total compensation to nearly $43 million. And this summer Abigail Disney, an heir to the Disney fortune, publicly criticized CEO Bob Iger's $66 million pay package, which is more than 1,000 times the median pay of Disney employees.

Even in its grainy, black-and-white nascence nearly 200 years ago, it was clear that photography would be a game-changing invention.

The American Express Green Card is turning 50, and it's showing its age, particularly compared to newer credit card rivals with attractive perks. Now, the iconic Green Card is getting a makeover.

The remains of former dictator Gen. Francisco Franco have been exhumed in a controversial move that has divided opinion in Spain for decades.