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Cape Town is just a few weeks away from "Day Zero," when the taps will officially run dry.

"I do not need to hear what he [Harvey Weinstein] says," actress Rose McGowan tells Christiane Amanpour, "because I know what he did, and we all do."

Russian President Vladimir Putin decried the US Treasury "Oligarchs List" as pointless and an unfriendly act. CNN's Matthew Chance reports from Moscow.

How Township jazz became more than entertainment and turned into a political movement

From the neighborhood to the stage ... the effort to keep jazz alive.

The decades old marriage between western and african music.

A train carrying members of Congress -- including House Speaker Paul Ryan -- to their legislative retreat in West Virginia hit a truck Wednesday, multiple sources told CNN. Live updates

North Korea is planning to show off dozens of long-range missiles at a February 8 parade, the day before the Winter Olympics is set to begin in South Korea, two diplomatic sources with deep knowledge of North Korea's intentions told CNN Wednesday. North Korea to parade missiles before Olympics

Joint military exercises involving tens of thousands of troops from the United States and South Korea are set to resume after the 2018 Winter Olympics. Political tensions pressure North Korean skaters

Trump's approach gives "a real chance" for peace, says Israeli Minister Naftali Bennett. The chief Palestinian negotiator, Saeb Erekat, says that Bennett "wants me to live under his occupation."

A suspected World War II-era bomb was discovered at a Hong Kong construction site, according to police, the second unexploded device to be unearthed in the Chinese territory in a week.

Sky gazers across the world were treated Wednesday to a rare celestial convergence dubbed a "super blue blood moon." 'Super blue blood moon' dazzles sky gazers across the world

See photos of the "super blue blood moon," appearing on January 31, 2018.

Why Theresa May needs to change China-U.K. trade

Fujifilm and Xerox are cutting 10,000 jobs

Top surfwear CEO goes missing off coast of France

Video footage captures a kangaroo collide with a cyclist in Australia. The kangaroo was unharmed.

CNN's Max Foster gets rare access inside the United Kingdom's Parliament buildings to survey the major restoration efforts underway.

Designs by Arthur Mamou-Mani and his students in Black Rock City and beyond

Each year, Burning Man, a 10-day festival dedicated to community in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, erects a huge central temple that is burned at the end of the event.

Toronto police have arrested a landscaper who they say killed multiple people, and buried some of his victims' remains in large planters.

After the Trump administration decided not to impose new sanctions on Russia, CIA Director Mike Pompeo warns about Russian meddling in future US elections. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

Bruce McArthur, 66, is a Toronto landscaper who's been charged in five murders so far Police say he's a serial killer who buried his victims' remains in potted plants

Danish police say DNA from a headless torso matches that of missing journalist Kim Wall, who was last seen aboard a private submarine owned by inventor Peter Madsen, according to Swedish newspaper and CNN affiliate Expressen TV.

"We lose over four Kentuckians every single day," says Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear, who has filed a lawsuit against a national opioid distributor.

Read CNN's 2011 Africa and Middle East Unrest Fast Facts and learn more about the Arab Spring anti-government protests that began in Tunesia in 2010.

The US Treasury Department has released a list of prominent Russians with close ties to the Kremlin, but has stressed it is "not a sanctions list."

Serge Mouangue was inspired to create designs based on West Africa and Japanese cultures, and he eventually launched Wafrica.

Nathan Ruser, a 20-year-old Australian college student, reveals how he discovered that the Strava fitness tracking maps were unintentionally revealing military bases around the world.

Brolin Mawejje a Ugandan pro-snowboarder is training for the world's biggest sporting competition but he is also studying to become a doctor.

A delegation from Nigeria's telecom industry tours the U.S. to learn tips on improving Nigeria's broadband internet capacity.

The inspirational story of how Akwasi Frimpong became Ghana's first ever skeleton competitor in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The bobsled team trio from Nigeria are fast, female and fearless

From atop al-Manara mountain, just east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, it is possible to think that fighting here might be over soon. Thousands killed. Millions starving. Rocket launchers litter mountaintops. This is war.

Yemen's civil war has raged for three years now — famine is imminent and 10,000 civilians have died. For the Saudi-backed government forces, this treacherous mountainside is the frontline in their fight against the Houthi rebels. This is the frontline of Yemen's civil war

The U.N. says India is the most dangerous place to be born a girl. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.

Read CNN's Fast Facts about oil and gas and learn more about crude oil reserves and production around the world.

Read CNN's Fast Facts about the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Fast Facts

CNN's Barbara Starr discusses the heightened violence and hidden statistics in the ongoing war in Afghanistan ahead of President Trump's first State of the Union address.

CNN's Nic Robertson takes a deeper look at the civil war in Yemen, which has caused mass casualties, starvation and an outbreak of cholera.

The $530 million cryptocurrency heist

EasyJet's CEO is taking a pay cut in the name of gender equality. Why EasyJet's CEO is taking a pay cut

India's preference for sons over daughters has led to the birth of millions of "unwanted" girls, according to a new report by the Indian government. This country has millions of 'unwanted' girls

CNNi interviews Oliver Crane, the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. He completed his journey in under two months.

With exclusive images, CNN's Paula Hancocks recounts the dramatic defection of North Korean soldier Oh Chong Song who was shot 5 times as he dashed across the demilitarized zone.

A group of tourists was arrested at a party in Cambodia after police say they violated the country's anti-pornography laws.

Trump hints at fight over $1 trillion trade with Europe

Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki on Grand Slam wins. Race records broken at sports car endurance classic.

Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki on Grand Slam wins. Race records broken at sports car endurance classic.