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Facebook Tweet Email Link Tadej Pogačar underlined his status as one of cycling’s greats by winning his fourth Tour de France title on Sunday, leaving him just one shy of tying the overall record. Following a thrilling final stage of the three-week-long race, Pogačar safely rolled over the line on the Champs-Élysées in Paris to ensure that he would win the yellow jersey for the second consecutive year. He even tried to win the final stage and made it into the decisive move of the day but ultimately Belgium’s Wout van Aert proved too strong and rode away from him…

Children and elders scavenge trash bins for food. Exhaustion sends people to hospital. Friends waste away to the point of being unrecognizable. This is the reality confronting aid workers in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, a UN spokesperson on the ground told CNN on Monday. “I have seen this with my own eyes… children and adults dying of hunger and infants literally dying in their mothers’ arms,” said Olga Cherevko, from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Beyond the front door of her guest house, Cherevko said she witnesses people of all ages rummaging through the trash…

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  South Korea remains “the enemy” of North Korea despite recent moves by Seoul to ease tensions along the 38th parallel, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in state media Monday. North Korea has “no interest” in talks with the South no matter what proposal is offered, Kim Yo Jong said in a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Kim’s comments mark North Korea’s first official response since the new South Korean government took office on June 4 following months of political turmoil over the disgraced former leader…

Facebook Tweet Email Link In 2008, the NFL was a vastly different league than it is now. Tom Brady was still in his first decade of his 23-season-long career, games were still available to watch on analog television and Aaron Rodgers – currently the league’s oldest active player – had only just been announced as the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. This was the NFL Josh Johnson was stepping into as a rookie. Since then, Johnson has been a member of 14 different teams – including the San Francisco 49ers four times, the Baltimore Ravens three times and…

Facebook Tweet Email Link A leading Israeli human rights group has accused Israel of “committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” becoming the first such organization to make the claim. B’Tselem said in a major report released on Monday that it came to that “unequivocal conclusion” after an “examination of Israel’s policy in the Gaza Strip and its horrific outcomes, together with statements by senior Israeli politicians and military commanders about the goals of the attack.” CNN has reached out to the Israeli government and the military for comment. Israel has consistently argued that it is acting in accordance with international…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire” beginning at midnight local time (12 p.m. ET Monday), following days of clashes across the two countries’ disputed border. The nations will convene a meeting of regional commanders from the Cambodian and Thai sides on Tuesday, July 29, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who mediated peace talks as the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the regional bloc. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai met at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Putrajaya,…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Oscar Piastri extended his Formula One drivers’ championship lead after battling past McLaren teammate Lando Norris to win the rain-soaked Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. The race at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps was delayed by more than an hour after heavy rain made racing impossible. But when action did get underway, it didn’t take long for Piastri to impose himself on the race. The Australian started second on the grid, behind his McLaren teammate Norris. Due to the conditions, though, the race started under safety car supervision, with racing only getting properly underway after the fourth lap.…

Facebook Tweet Email Link Kyiv  —  Russian soldiers call the practice a sacrifice to Baba Yaga, a fearsome witch from Slavic folklore who feasts on her victims. A Russian serviceman is seen on video being tied up to a tree and abandoned to his fate – possibly death – at the hands of one of Ukraine’s large attack drones. Why this is happening is clear from a radio intercept about a similar incident, shared with CNN, in which a Russian commander can clearly be heard ordering a subordinate be tied up in this way as punishment for desertion. The instruction…

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump claimed another win for his campaign to transform the global economy and American life, but he still can’t escape intensifying questions over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy. The United States clinched a framework deal with the European Union on Sunday that averted a damaging trade war. Trump believes such moves will revive US manufacturing. But the resulting 15% tariff on EU goods entering the US likely means American consumers will face higher prices in the long term. This is a significant step. So Trump’s insistence that it was not simply a…

Facebook Tweet Email Link You can listen to this story on CNN’s Chance Encounters podcast. On a recent transatlantic flight from Florida to London Heathrow, married flight attendants Hunter Smith-Lihas and John Lihas locked eyes across the aisle. The two men smiled at each other, before swiftly returning to serving champagne to first class travelers. This shared smile was fleeting, but spoke volumes. And later, when Hunter and John were on break at the same time, the couple found themselves sitting in the onboard crew lounge, reflecting on the shared life and careers they’ve built together. “I met you for…