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CNN  —  Juan Soto made an emotionally charged return to Yankee Stadium on Friday where he was greeted by a cacophony of boos and his new team, the New York Mets, succumbed to a 6-2 loss against his old team, the New York Yankees. As Soto stepped up for his first at-bat in the first inning, Yankee Stadium roiled with thousands of resounding boos. He simply smiled, took off his helmet and waved it towards the crowd before walking up to the plate. At the bottom of the first inning, the Bleacher Creatures, known as the Yankees’ most ardent fans,…

Lana al-Sharif was just eight years old when Israel’s war on Gaza began. Nineteen months later, the Palestinian girl is now known in her displacement camp as the “elderly child”. With grey hair and white patches across her skin, Lana was diagnosed with vitiligo after suffering a severe panic attack triggered by an Israeli air strike on her neighbourhood in January 2024. Vitiligo is a chronic autoimmune disorder that causes patches of skin to lose pigment or colour. “She was terrified and trembling. It was a severe panic attack,” her father, Khalil al-Sharif, told Middle East Eye from the makeshift…

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. CNN  —  In our roundup of travel stories this week: the spectacular legacy of Alexander the Great, where trainspotters go to see bullet trains “kiss,” plus British attempts to crack down on antisocial noise. First there was “rawdogging.” Then there was “barebacking.” Now there’s another travel trend with an unnecessarily smutty name: “bare beating.” You probably know the activity as “playing music or video out loud without using headphones” and chances are…

CNN  —  An Italian personal trainer has spoken of his shock after learning his client for two years had been elected to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics as Pope. “Here in the gym, no one knew that Robert, now Leo XIV, was a cardinal, least of all me who trained him,” Valerio Masella, 26, told the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero. The Pope, then Cardinal Robert Prevost, trained regularly in the gym near the Vatican, Il Messaggero reported, often working out multiple times a week. Masella had suspected the reserved ‘Robert’ from the gym was a professor or an academic.…

CNN  —  A Russian drone attack on a bus in northeastern Ukraine killed at least nine people and injured seven others, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, just hours after the two countries met for the first direct peace talks in three years. While the two sides discussed a possible meeting between the two countries’ leaders, a ceasefire and agreed a prisoner swap, there was no major breakthrough and since then Russia’s aerial assault continued. The drone attack took place Saturday morning in the city of Bilopillia in the Sumy region, local authorities said, with Oleh Hrihorov – head of Sumy’s military…

CNN  —  The New York Knicks reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years on Friday night, strolling to a 119-81 victory over reigning champions the Boston Celtics in Game 6. Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby led the scoring with 23 each, on a night when six Knicks players hit double figures to propel the team to a 38-point margin of victory, the largest in franchise postseason history, per AP. The win also represented the Knicks’ first playoff series victory at home since the 1999 Eastern Conference finals, but star man Brunson had another piece of…

LONDON (AP) — A fellow musician and friend of Chris Brown has been charged alongside the Grammy-winning singer on allegations they beat and seriously injured a music producer at a London nightclub in 2023, police said Saturday.Omolulu Akinlolu, 38, who performs under the name “Hoody Baby,” was due to appear in Manchester Magistrates’ Court on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.Brown, 36, was jailed without bail on the same charge Friday, throwing his upcoming tour into question. He is scheduled to appear at Southwark Crown Court in London on June 13, which is the third day of…

CAIRO (AP) — Flights resumed on Saturday to Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, held by the country’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, more than a week after massive Israeli airstrikes disabled the airport.The Israeli strikes on May 6 — a rare daytime attack — destroyed the airport’s terminal and left craters on its runway, according to Khaled al-Shaif, the head of the airport. At least six passenger planes were hit, including three belonging to the national carrier, Yemen Airway or Yemenia, he said.On Saturday, a flight operated by Yemenia landed at the Sanaa International Airport with 136 passengers on board, according to the…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president said his country will continue talks with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program but will not withdraw from its rights because of U.S. threats.“We are negotiating, and we will negotiate , we are not after war but we do not fear any threat,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said during a speech to navy officials broadcast by state television Saturday. “It is not like that they think if they threaten us , we will give up our human right and definite right,” Pezeshkian said. “We will not withdraw, we will not easily loose…

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — The world’s largest live music event has reached its glitter-drenched conclusion with the grand final on Saturday of the Eurovision Song Contest, a celebration of music and unity ruffled by discord over Israel’s participation.A trio singing for Sweden about the joys of saunas and a classically trained Austrian countertenor are among those tipped to take the microphone-shaped Eurovision trophy at the contest in Basel, Switzerland. But at the ever-unpredictable event, the prize could just as easily go to powerful singers from France, the Netherlands or Finland — or even an Estonian who sings about Italian coffee.…