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Days after the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the country's state media painted an elaborate picture of the killing that makes it sound like something straight out of a second-rate spy movie. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/middleeast/iran-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-remote-control-skepticism-intl/index.html

You wait a while for a house that's practically given away to you, and then three come along at once. source https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/italy-one-euro-homes-castropignano-molise/index.html

While Thanksgiving travel has certainly been far lighter than usual, US air travel hit its highest level since mid-March over the holiday and millions of Americans still traveled by car to join family and friends. source https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/thanksgiving-travel-volume-2020-pandemic/index.html

Mohammed Naiem Asadi and his wife, Rahima, haven't slept well in days. They are too nervous to eat much. They are trying to keep their fear in check for their 4-year-old daughter. But their bodies sometimes betray them. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/politics/afghan-major-pentagon-taliban-danger/index.html

Iran's top nuclear scientist was killed Friday in the outskirts of Tehran, once again setting the Middle East on edge and threatening to bring further turmoil to the region. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/middleeast/iran-nuclear-scientist-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-assassination-questions-intl/index.html

The Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated Friday east of Tehran was shot by a remote-controlled machine gun operating out of another car, the semi-official Fars News Agency said Sunday. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/29/middleeast/iran-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-remote-control-machine-gun/index.html

French President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party on Monday promised to change the flagship measure of a proposed security law, which would restrict the filming of police officers, after the provision sparked large protests for infringing on free speech and police accountability in the country. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/europe/france-security-law-change-intl/index.html

Drive north of the Swedish capital for about half an hour and you'll reach the lakeside district of Vallentuna, a pleasant community with cobblestone churches, picnic areas and playgrounds. source https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sweden-rune-kingdom/index.html

Coronavirus cases dropped by around 30% in England during the country's second national lockdown, researchers say. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/uk/coronavirus-england-lockdown-uk-gbr-intl/index.html

The funeral and burial of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's chief nuclear scientist who was killed last week, was held on November 30. Top Iranian officials have blamed Israel for the attack without providing evidence to support their claims. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports. source https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/11/30/iran-nuclear-scientist-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-assassination-funeral-pleitgen-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has demanded the Chinese government delete a "repugnant" and "falsified image" on Twitter that appears to show an Australian soldier threatening to slit a child's throat. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/australia/australia-china-twitter-intl-hnk/index.html

Five pro-democracy leaders reported to Thai police Monday to face accusations of lese majeste -- a controversial and sweeping law that prohibits criticism of Thailand's royal family -- as authorities attempt to crack down on the country's growing protest movement. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/asia/thailand-protest-lese-majeste-intl-hnk/index.html

New Zealand officials have filed charges against 13 parties that allegedly failed to meet their health and safety obligations when visiting an active volcano which killed 22 when it erupted last year. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/asia/white-island-volcano-charges-intl-hnk/index.html

New Zealand officials have filed charges against 13 parties that allegedly failed to meet their health and safety obligations when visiting an active volcano which killed 22 when it erupted last year. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/30/asia/white-island-volcano-charges-intl-hnk/index.html

Christine Jardine, a Scottish politician who represents Edinburgh in the UK parliament, was not a fan of universal basic income before the pandemic hit. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/economy/universal-basic-income-europe-pandemic/index.html

Food labels already indicate how good or bad a product is for you. But good or bad for the planet? That's often much less clear. Now a growing number of brands are labeling their products to show their climate impact. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/business/food-climate-label-carbon-footprint-spc-intl/index.html

Kim Jong Un appears to have kicked North Korea's pandemic prevention plan into overdrive, further tightening the country's nearly impassible borders, cutting off nearly all trade with China and even allegedly executing a customs officials for failing to handle imported goods appropriately. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/29/asia/north-korea-covid-executions-trade-intl-hnk/index.html

Loujain al-Hathloul, the jailed activist who led the charge to allow women to drive in Saudi Arabia, has gone from jailed rights activist to alleged national security threat. While human rights groups called on world leaders to use the virtual G20 Summit in Riyadh to pressure Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to allow her release, Hathloul appeared before a judge only to learn her case was being referred to a notorious terror court. CNN's Nic Robertson reports. source https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/11/30/loujain-al-hathloul-jailed-activist-saudi-arabia-robertson-pkg-vpx.cnn

A car bomb attack in Afghanistan's central province of Ghazni killed at least 40 Afghan soldiers and wounded 24, Ghazni public health department told CNN on Sunday. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/29/middleeast/car-bomb-afghanistan-intl/index.html

Lawmakers in Taiwan threw pig intestines and punches at each other as a brawl broke out in parliament over a proposal to ease restrictions on pork imports from the United States. source https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/11/28/taiwan-lawmakers-pig-guts-ndwknd-vpx.cnn

In October 2020, more people died by suicide in Japan than were killed by the novel coronavirus in 10 months. Experts say this alarming spike is being partially driven by women, who often work in industries most affected by the pandemic. CNN's Selina Wang speaks to a Japanese woman who attempted suicide when she was struggling to make ends meet. source https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/11/27/japan-suicide-spike-coronavirus-covid-19-wang-pkg-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn

Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) have taken control of Mekelle, the capital of the country's Tigray region, according to a tweet from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/28/africa/ethiopia-tigray-bombardment-intl/index.html

Demonstrations took place across France on Saturday against the proposed global security law and its signature measure to restrict the filming of police officers. They came as calls to withdraw it were exacerbated by cases of police violence this week. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/28/europe/france-protests-security-law-intl/index.html

It is the art of anything-but-actual war. The apparent goal of Iran's enemies, and possibly Iran itself, is in the next 50 days -- ahead of the US inauguration -- to be as antagonistic as humanly possible, without actually starting a full-blown conflict. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/28/middleeast/iran-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-killing-analysis-intl/index.html

It's hard to imagine two more different places than an elite private school and California's Soledad State Prison, which houses the state's largest concentration of men sentenced to life behind bars. But for the past seven years, the two worlds have collided in an unusual way: through a book club. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/us/cnn-heroes-salutes-prison-school-scholarship-lisa-ling-trnd/index.html

Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a major milestone this week in his five-year long fight to end absolute poverty across the country -- but it doesn't appear that he's celebrating yet. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/asia/china-xi-jinping-poverty-alleviation-intl-hnk/index.html

A Chinese college student's threat to report a dormitory supervisor's offer of Thanksgiving candies has stirred a heated debate online over the government's tightening grip on campuses across the country. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/asia/china-university-thanksgiving-intl-hnk/index.html

Brazilians outraged by the death of a Black man after being beaten by supermarket security guards have been protesting in major cities across the country, chanting a phrase familiar to Americans: "I can't breathe." source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/americas/joo-alberto-silveira-freitas-brazil-intl/index.html

For four years, Donald Trump has been the world's standard-bearer for right-wing populism. The movement didn't begin with Trump, but the US President championed it in a way no other leader could, using the weight of the most powerful office on Earth to give it legitimacy. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/world/trump-election-defeat-populism-global-intl/index.html

A 31-year-old man has been jailed for 21 months for throwing eggs at a police station, the latest tough sentence handed down by a Hong Kong court as the authorities move to clamp down on political dissent in the Chinese territory. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/asia/hong-kong-eggs-law-intl-hnk/index.html

Swiss voters are about to decide whether a business should be held liable for human rights and environmental abuses, even if the wrongdoing was committed in a foreign country by a subsidiary or a supplier it works closely with. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/business/switzerland-responsible-business-initiative-referendum/index.html

Legendary soccer great Diego Maradona has been buried near the grave of his parents at a cemetery outside Buenos Aires. Diego Laje describes how Argentinians are remembering the late football star. source https://www.cnn.com/videos/sports/2020/11/27/diego-maradona-buried-laid-to-rest-buenos-aires-argentina-football-spt-intl.cnn

• UN: Pandemic hurting far too many women • Germany urges EU nations to shut ski slopes • Europe pushes to rescue Christmas despite sacrifice of other religions source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/europe/astrazeneca-oxford-vaccine-data-concerns-intl/index.html

Several French police officers were suspended Thursday after a video emerged of them beating a Black man in Paris. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/europe/france-police-violence-video-intl/index.html

Australian winemakers have been dealt another blow from China as tensions continue to spiral between the two countries. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/business/china-australia-wine-dumping-intl-hnk/index.html

The Mini John Cooper Works GP doesn't come with back seats and only 3000 will be made, but that shouldn't stop you from taking a ride in one. source https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/11/10/mini-cooper-gp-john-cooper-works-track-rally-car-orig.cnn-business

The UK economy is suffering its worst recession in more than 300 years and failing to secure a new trade deal with the European Union will make its recovery even longer and more arduous, according to the country's independent fiscal watchdog. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/economy/brexit-rishi-sunak-uk-economy-coronavirus/index.html

Fox News is taking action to stave off newfound competition from Newsmax TV. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/media/fox-news-newsmax/index.html

Bring on the frantic "where can I get a turkey TODAY?!" searches. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/business/whole-foods-turkey-email-trnd/index.html

The Covid-19 pandemic has set gender equality back years, with women around the world taking on the "lion's share" of extra domestic chores, the United Nations reported on Thursday. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/world/covid-gender-quality-un-scli-intl/index.html

Ethiopia has entered the "final phase" of a "law enforcement" military operation in the northern restive region of Tigray after a 72-hour deadline to surrender expired, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tweeted in a statement on Thursday. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/africa/ethiopia-final-phase-tigray-intl/index.html

"Ok, now we're about to walk past a corner selling sex drugs, see if you can spot the different pills." source https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/singapore-red-light-district-geylang/index.html

2020 has been far from festive, but as the year comes to an end, many of Europe's governments are scrambling to avoid stringent lockdowns over the Christmas holidays. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/europe/christmas-europe-covid-intl/index.html

The South Korean leader of an online sexual blackmail ring that targeted minors and young women was sentenced to 40 years in jail on Thursday, marking the end of an explosive criminal case that sparked outrage across the country. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/asia/korea-telegram-sex-crime-verdict-intl-hnk/index.html

What do you do when your country is torn between decriminalizing abortion and maintaining its colonial abortion laws? Start a debate. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/africa/namibia-abortion-reform-intl/index.html

French restauranteurs have been hit hard by two nation-wide lockdowns. Unions say that two out of every three establishments in the hotel and restaurant sector could go out of business as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. CNN's Melissa Bell reports. source https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/11/26/france-coronavirus-covid-19-restaurant-2nd-lockdown-anthony-bourdain-bistro-bell-pkg-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the British-Australian academic detained by Iran for more than two years on espionage charges, has been freed in an apparent prisoner exchange for three Iranians. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/asia/kylie-moore-gilbert-release-intl-hnk/index.html

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has revealed she suffered a miscarriage in July 2020 in an opinion piece written for the New York Times. CNN's Max Foster reports. source https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2020/11/25/meghan-duchess-of-sussex-miscarriage-nyt-op-ed-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn

Nearly 100 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand's Department of Conservation said Wednesday. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/asia/pilot-whale-stranding-chatham-intl-scli/index.html

India has banned dozens more Chinese apps, drawing a rebuke from Beijing and further straining already tense relations between the world's most populous countries. source https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/tech/india-bans-chinese-apps-hnk-intl/index.html