Why cheese is no longer my friend

Self-confessed cheese addict Tim Samuels discovered his favourite food needs a health warning.

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Are the wheels coming off China's Belt and Road megaproject?

Kenya is the latest country where China is frantically defusing a public relations storm over President Xi Jinping's signature Belt and Road megaproject.

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Venice to charge up to $11 for day visits

A trip to the already pricey city of Venice, Italy, will now leave your wallet even emptier than before. Venetian officials have announced plans to charge day visitors up to $11 (€10) to enter.

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New Year's 2019 celebrations around the world

From Sydney's Opera House to New York's Times Square and beyond, fireworks will illuminate the night sky during New Year's Eve parties around the world.

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A man's mission to find a kidney donor for his wife goes viral

It was a Friday afternoon like any other. I ate lunch, dropped off my dry cleaning, then stopped by my local Target to pick up some prescriptions.

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Should the NHS pay for transgender fertility treatment?

Some transgender people get free fertility treatment but it's not the same for everyone who's transitioned.

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Brexit 2019: UK will choose between recession and relief

Britain has a stark economic choice to make next year: Recession or relief.

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China's factory sector contracts for the first time since 2016

China's slowing economy is ending 2018 on a sour note.

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Nuclear tyrant or global statesman? Kim Jong Un's 2019 game plan for North Korea awaits

Kim Jong Un shocked the world in 2018 by transforming his image from nuclear-armed tyrant to global statesman.

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Durex is recalling batches of its 'Real Feel' condoms over burst pressure concerns

Stay calm.

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Minority take up 'live-saving' free health check

It can pick up preventable heart problems - and more people should be getting the routine check.

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At least 15 killed as Bangladesh election turns violent

At least 15 people were killed in election-related clashes in Bangladesh on Sunday, local police officials told CNN.

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Congo voters cast ballots in election delayed for 2 years

Citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo headed to the polls Sunday for a long-delayed presidential election originally scheduled to be held in 2016.

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'50-50' chance Brexit won't happen, says senior minister

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Locked up in the country where suicide is still a crime

Last year Ifeanyi Ugokwe was arrested and locked up for weeks. His crime: he tried to take his own life.

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'Third gender' law hailed as a revolution

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With an eye to power and profit, Beijing is building influence in the Arctic

In its quest to become a global superpower, China has regularly become entangled in territorial disputes with its neighbors, butting up against international law.

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Calls to rid bacon and ham of processing nitrites

A group of leading scientists and politicians wants processing to happen without the chemicals.

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14th suspect arrested in Morocco tourist beheadings

A 14th person was arrested Saturday in connection with the beheading deaths of two Scandinavian tourists, according to the state-run Maghreb Arab Press.

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American doctor monitored in US after possible exposure to Ebola in Congo

An American was possibly exposed to Ebola while recently providing medical assistance in Congo, according to a release from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health.

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Child health record 'red book' to go online

The measure is part of government plans in England to improve care from pregnancy to post-birth.

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Report: Egypt security forces kill 40 suspected terrorists in raids

Egyptian security forces killed 40 alleged terrorists in raids in the Giza and North Sinai regions early Saturday, state media reported, a day after four people were killed when a roadside bomb struck a tourist bus in Giza.

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The breakthroughs that could save our lives

From reversing blindness and paralysis to new treatments for cancer and infertility.

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Tourists killed in bombing near Egyptian pyramids

At least two Vietnamese tourists were killed and a dozen people wounded Friday when a roadside bomb struck a tourist bus in Egypt, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said.

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Family of Lion Air pilot sues Boeing

The family of Harvino, the pilot in charge of the deadly Lion Air flight that crashed near Indonesia in October, filed a lawsuit against Boeing on Friday accusing the company of making a defective aircraft that caused the crash.

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Syrian army says it has entered key city

Syria's army said Friday it had entered the northern city of Manbij for the first time in years after Kurdish fighters called on Syrian forces to protect the area from the threat of a Turkish attack. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

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Prominent Israeli author Amos Oz dies at 79

Revered Israeli author Amos Oz has died of cancer, his daughter said Friday. He was 79.

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Opinion: The unintended consequences of killing Jamal Khashoggi

Reeling from the fallout of the Jamal Khashoggi case, Saudi Arabia needs to do and be seen to be doing "the right thing" in Yemen, Sam Kiley says.

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Wild Oats XI Takes Line Honours Sydney Hobart Race

In one of the closest finishes in race history Wild Oats XI takes line honours, subject to protest.

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New Year Honours 2019: Sepsis campaigner appointed MBE

Melissa Mead campaigned for greater awareness of sepsis after the death of her son, William.

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‘Losing 18st left me uncomfortable in my own skin’

Jack Towers is crowdfunding for surgery to remove his excess skin, but the NHS won't pay for it.

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India's economy had a wild 2018. Will next year be better?

Narendra Modi swept into power in 2014 with promises to take the Indian economy to new heights and to create jobs for millions of young people.

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Couple have baby after Facebook group pays for IVF

The couple, who both had cancer as teenagers, wanted to have a second baby but could not afford IVF.

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Coffee company challenges Starbucks in China

After barely a year in business, Luckin Coffee is challenging Starbucks in one of the US coffee giant's top markets.

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The simple tips to improve your health

The list of things we should do to become healthier can seem endless, so we asked experts for their one top tip.

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The risky rise and fall of celebrity CEOs

Charismatic corporate leaders seem to regularly become global cultural icons. They capture the zeitgeist with edifying TED Talks, best-selling autobiographies and social media presences that rival those of rock stars.

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Inside the Japanese town that pays cash for kids

When Katsunori and Kaori Osaka had their first child, they were living in a cramped flat in Nagoya, a city of more than 2 million people in northern Japan.

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He's the first person to cross Antarctica solo

American endurance athlete Colin O'Brady became the first person to cross Antarctica solo without help after 54 days traversing the barren, frigid continent, he said in an Instagram post.

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Search suspended for missing cruise ship entertainer

The US Coast Guard suspended its search on Thursday for a 20-year-old British cruise ship entertainer who went overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on Christmas Day.

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United Arab Emirates to reopen embassy in Syrian capital

The United Arab Emirates will reopen its embassy in Damascus seven years after withdrawing its diplomatic representation from Syria, the Emirati government said Thursday.

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Smoking v vaping: Watch lab test results

E-cigarettes are significantly less harmful than traditional cigarettes, a government advisory body says.

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Care home trials virtual cycling trips for dementia patients

Care home staff say a cycling scheme has improved wellbeing among residents living with dementia.

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These problem solvers will inspire you

This year's top 10 CNN Heroes include a doctor fighting to break the cycle of violence, a woman who helps the injured walk again and a teacher who uses the power of writing to lift up and heal the hopeless. Each one has found a way to use their knowledge and inspiration to help countless others.

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The destination for cake-lovers

It's possible there's no better place than Budapest to while away an afternoon in a coffee house with a cake -- or three.

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India just made life tougher for Amazon and Walmart

Amazon and Walmart face new rules in India that could prevent them from using their industry expertise and massive size to drive down prices.

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Oil's 2018 crash remains a big worry

The forces that pushed oil sharply lower at the end of 2018 aren't going away.

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7 signs you've outgrown your job

We all have bad days at work. But how do you know if it's just a temporary work rut or it's time to move on?

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How to resist 'drink pushers' during the festive season

Actor Stephen McGann and others call for more tolerance for non-drinkers.

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Parking fees rise at many hospitals in 2017-18, analysis finds

Some NHS trusts doubled the cost of certain stays in 2017-18, freedom of information requests show.

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What's worrying investors going into 2019

Wall Street, markets and business crave certainty. For the past month, they have been contending with confusion and disorder.

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Think Wall Street had a bad year? China's was worse

The recent turbulence in US stock markets pales in comparison with China's dismal 2018.

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High-speed trains are finally coming to the US

Japan has its famed Shinkasens, Russia its Maglevs, France its TGVs.

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Iraq officially makes Christmas Day a national holiday

The Iraqi Cabinet approved a law to mark Christmas Day, December 25, as an official holiday across the country "on the occasion of the birth of Jesus Christ," according to a statement released by the Iraqi government.

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Sudan cracks down on growing anti-government protests

Anti-government protesters in Sudan faced a violent crackdown Tuesday in the capital of Khartoum, marking the seventh day of demonstrations that have rocked the northern African country.

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One man found his family safe after Indonesia's tsunami, while another lost his wife and bandmates

Bapu Suwarna had just wrapped up a work meeting at a hotel in Indonesia's Banten province when he heard a sound like thunder and saw people running and screaming, "Tsunami! Waves! Waves!" He'd soon find himself separated from his family.

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Opinion: Growing rifts and global instability: Welcome to 2019

The world is more interlinked and interdependent than at any time in history. We can ill afford the fractures that could await us next year, CNN's Nic Robertson says.

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Why are more boys than girls born every single year?

Is it just down to evolution or male sperm swimming that little bit faster?

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Reality Check: Do you sleep worse at Christmas?

Sleep disruption has a big effect in the short-term - but what about longer term?

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The buddies who send recovery parcels for support

Strangers with long-term mental and physical illnesses are being paired up and encouraged to send gifts to one another to stop them feeling isolated.

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Judge orders North Korea to pay Warmbier family $500 million for wrongful death

A federal judge in Washington awarded the parents of Otto Warmbier more than half a billion dollars in a wrongful death suit against the North Korean government, which detained and allegedly tortured the college student over 17 months before returning him to the US last year, where he died days later.

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Indonesians worry another tsunami is coming, as 5,600 are displaced and hundreds are dead or injured

As the threat of more deadly tsunamis casts a pall of fear over Indonesia, the country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency said Monday that more than 5,600 people are displaced.

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NBA star gifts domestic violence survivor with car

When Indiana Pacers star Victor Oladipo won the NBA's Most Improved Player Award at the end of last season, he was given a Kia.

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Workers scramble to continue a holiday tradition after wildfires

The Camp Fire devastated Paradise, California, and the surrounding community, but it's not stopping one popular holiday tradition.

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5 people who inspired us this year

Throughout the year, CNN's Impact Your World brought you stories of average people who've found extraordinary ways to help others. Their backgrounds and circumstances were different. But their motives were the same: to do good and inspire others.

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In 2018, SUVs took over everything

It's been coming for a long time but, in 2018, SUVs finally took over every remaining niche in the automotive world. No matter what kind of car you might have been considering — big, small, crazy performance or super-efficient — there is now an SUV for that.

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BMW hit by $10 million fine over engine fires

South Korea's government is fining BMW $10 million over its handling of a spate of engine fires in the country — and the automaker's problems don't end there.

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Tech billionaire has to face public scrutiny in China

Richard Liu won't face sexual assault charges in the United States, but the tech billionaire is having to contend with a renewed bout of public scrutiny at home in China.

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