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CNN's Stephanie Elam takes a look at Meghan Markle's life before her engagement to Prince Harry.

Guinness has released its list of 2018 world record holders, including the largest hula hoop spun and highest upward basketball shot.

CNN's Clarissa Ward visits Greenland to learn about how quickly the ice is melting and the effect it has on the planet.

Take a look at 28 photos of the week from November 24 through November 30.

The rescue operation to find a missing Argentine submarine has now changed to a search mission, navy spokesman Enrique Balbi told reporters Thursday. Argentina sub mission no longer a rescue operation

The Argentine military Tuesday released its most detailed timeline yet in this month's disappearance of a naval submarine, saying that the vessel first reported a battery short-circuit roughly 10 hours before an explosion-like sound was detected near the sub's last known location. Navy releases new timeline of hours before Argentine sub went missing

Experts say North Korea's latest missile launch shows they have the ability to potentially hit any location in the United States. CNN's Brian Todd has the latest.

The debate over whether President Donald Trump should get a state visit to the UK has been reignited following his retweets of anti-Muslim videos. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.

Christiane Amanpour visits legendary children's author Judith Kerr in the same house where, once upon a time, the tiger came to tea.

Exclusive: Foreign Minister Taro Kono, who recently met with his North Korean counterpart, says that the international community should not "budge" from pressuring Pyongyang.

The United Nations urged Libya to "take urgent action" to end the trade in enslaved people, a practice exposed by CNN's exclusive reporting that showed human slave auctions in the country. UN urges Libya to take 'urgent action' over human slavery

Yvette Cooper, Labour MP and chair of the bipartisan Home Affairs Select Committee, says a Trump visit to the UK could "provide a platform for further tweets or further divisive statements."

Chris and Julie Ramsey, a Scottish couple from Aberdeen, have become the first people to complete the grueling Mongol Rally in an electric car. Couple drives 10,000-mile rally in electric car

One couple has tested the viability of the electric car to its limits, by driving one in a rally for 10,000 miles -- two thirds of the way around the world.

Stephen Doughty, a member of the British Parliament, says the UK is outraged over Donald Trump's anti-Muslim retweets.

Zimbabwe's new leadership is trying to move on from Zimbabwe's painful past. David Mckenzie tells us more.

North Korea released footage showing the launch of their new Hwasong-15 missile, which is significantly bigger than their previous ICBM.

CNN's Ian Lee reports on the attempt to heal the divide that has defined Palestinian politics for ten years.

Trump warns of 'major' North Korea sanctions

Bitcoin at $11,000: What the heck is going on?

Apple files for yet another flip phone patent

North Korean state television has released what it says is video of the country's latest missile launch. CNN's Paula Newton reports.

A former Bosnian Croat general has died after apparently swallowing poison as a judge at the Hague upheld his 20-year sentence for war crimes. Bosnian war criminal dies after swallowing poison in court

CNN's Melissa Bell asked French President Emmanuel Macron about human trafficking in Africa during a press conference in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

As the Kenyan President is sworn in after a controversial election rerun, the country's opposition leader Raila Odinga says his political party will abide by the constitution.

A European diplomat says Brexit talks regarding Britain's financial commitments are going in a positive direction as the country prepares to leave the European Union. CNN's Erin McLaughlin reports.

As North Korea fires another missile, Kim Jong Un's seems to be pushing President Trump closer than ever to his most agonizing foreign policy decision. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

Fmr. Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) appears on CNNi's State of America to discuss how Pres. Trump's tweets appear to the rest of the world.

Top 10 CNN Hero Aaron Valencia's life was on a dangerous path before custom cars helped set him in the right direction. Today he works to keep youth in Los Angeles on track. Cast your vote for the CNN Hero of the Year at CNNHeroes.com and watch CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute, Sunday, Dec. 17 at 8 pm ET.

The far-right nationalist group "Britain First" has been propelled into the spotlight by US President Donald Trump, sparking worldwide criticism. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.

Analyst Tong Zhao of Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy breaks down the impact of North Korea's latest missile launch with CNN's Kristie Lu Stout.

Trump's anti-Muslim tweets "legitimize hatred" and "put a lot of people in danger," says Khalid Mahmood, British Labour Member of Parliament.

It's a "very jolting" thing to come to grips with, says Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of Intl. Studies at Monterey, but "we need to start to look at this situation realistically."

Anytime Grigory Rodchenkov's credibility has been tested "he's come through with flying colors," says Jim Walden, lawyer for the whistleblower of Russia's alleged state-doping.

Efforts to reduce pollution have been the main focus of the battle against climate change. But other plans are being devised to help cool Earth. The far-fetched fixes for climate change

US President Donald Trump sparked outrage in the UK after he retweeted three anti-Muslim videos from a British far-right group.

Slobodan Praljak committed suicide by drinking poison while a judge from the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia read that his 20 year sentence would be upheld.

A New Zealand Police Department recruitment video has gone viral, racking up millions of views since it was posted.

A former Bosnian Croat general has died after apparently swallowing poison as a judge at the Hague upheld his 20-year sentence for war crimes.

In a special episode of CNNTalk, host Max Foster spoke to Nima Elbagir and her team about their investigation into migrants being auctioned as slaves in Libya

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper reacts to Donald Trump retweeting three inflammatory videos of anti-Muslim content.

Minutes after North Korea's new ICBM launch, South Korea fired multiple missiles in a "precision missile strike drill."

The great bitcoin boom of 2017 is going from strength to strength. Bitcoin just hit $10,000, shows no sign of slowing

Electric planes by 2020?

What we know about Trump's business in India

In 2010, CNN's David McKenzie traveled to Rutundu, Kenya, for a closer look at where Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge.