World: News and Reviews from CNN

What’s next for the Paris Agreement?
The United Nations on Friday will mark Earth Day in a historic way.

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When Americans fought over gasoline
Friday is Earth Day and there is a lot to celebrate. Schoolchildren across the country will be honoring our natural environment and learning about what steps we need to take to preserve our resources, just as they did when the holiday started on April 22, 1970. According to the Energy Information Administration, since 1970, the United States has become more efficient for each dollar of GDP in how it uses energy.

Cheap, proven fix to world’s biggest problem
Yoram Bauman learned about the idea that would change his life, and the course of the world, as a nerdy undergraduate at Reed College.

Melting ice sheets, increasing heat: That’s not the whole picture
Sure, there are plenty of reasons to be terrified about the future of the planet: melting ice sheets, intensifying heat waves, vanishing rainforests, falling temperature records, dying elephants, bleached out coral and kids in China don’t know the sky is blue.
Brazil guide: G is for Gisele

Prince explains his name change
In a 1999 interview with CNN, Prince explains why he decided to take the step to replace his name with a symbol.

Prince’s musical inspiration was … 
In a 1999 interview with CNN, Prince reveals who his musical inspiration was and when he knew he wanted to be a musician.

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Timeline of his life
Here is a look at the life of Prince, a multitalented entertainer famed for his eclectic sound, glittery wardrobe and provocative lyrics.

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Music legend Prince dies at 57

Obama visits Saudi Arabia, UK and Germany 

Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam charged in Brussels shootout
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been charged with attempted murder in a shootout with police in Brussels days before his capture last month.

U.S. and Saudi Arabia, trapped in a bad marriage
What do you do when it’s increasingly clear that one of your longtime Middle East partners doesn’t share either your values or many of your interests?

Happy birthday, Queen Elizabeth
From the Prime Minister to her grandson to those who might be referred to as commoners, the British are paying tribute Thursday to Queen Elizabeth II on her 90th birthday.
Olympics 2016: Olympic torch begins journey to Rio
The Olympic torch has been lit in southern Greece, kicking off the countdown to Rio 2016.

UK issues travel warning about anti-LGBT laws in U.S. states
North Carolina and Mississippi’s controversial new laws affecting LGBT rights are already threatening to cost the U.S. states millions in lost business and tourism.

Death toll from huge explosion at Mexican chemical plant rises
The death toll from a huge explosion at a Mexican petrochemical plant that forced the evacuation of surrounding neighborhoods has risen to 13, authorities said.

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Pyongyang threatens nuclear war with U.S.
A newly released North Korean propaganda film portrays the nation engaging in a nuclear war with the United States. CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports.

What North Korea thinks of Trump
In a rare interview, a North Korean official told CNN’s Will Ripley that remarks made by Donald Trump about Japan and South Korea arming themselves with nuclear weapons are “absurd and illogical.”

Tearful North Korean waitresses: ‘Defectors’ tricked
CNN gains exclusive access to seven waitresses from the same restaurant who say their colleagues were tricked into leaving.
U.S.-Saudi relations strained
U.S. President Barack Obama looks to mend relations with the Saudi Arabian government as tensions over legislation rises. CNN’s Nic Robertson reports.

Did Saudi King snub Obama?
Did Saudi King Salman snub President Obama by not meeting him at the airport? CNN’s Nic Robertson reports on the rising tension between the two countries.

Mom, TV crew to be freed from prison
An Australian mother and television crew charged over the alleged kidnapping of two children in Lebanon will be released from prison Wednesday, the woman’s attorney told CNN.
Secrets of terrorist’s phone revealed