Amesbury victims poisoned by same nerve agent used on ex-spy

Amesbury, United Kingdom (CNN)British investigators have descended upon a small English town to find out how two seemingly random individuals were exposed to the same Soviet-era nerve agent that nearly killed a former Russian double agent and his daughter earlier this year.

Top Chinese executive dies after falling from wall in France

Wang Jian, the chairman of high-profile Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, has died in an accident, the company said Wednesday.

Trump's NATO demands, explained

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has scaled up his demands on NATO allies ahead of a summit next week in Brussels, Belgium. And as he has since he was a candidate, Trump has mostly mischaracterized the spending issue in a way that casts European countries as freeloaders

Facebook shutters the teen app it just bought

Facebook is shutting down three apps, including a teen app called tbh, which it bought about eight months ago.In a blog post, the social network said it would shutter the tbh, Hello and Moves apps due to "low usage." Facebook will delete user data from the apps within 90 days.

England knocks out Colombia on penalties to reach the quarterfinals

(CNN)No country had lost more penalty shootouts at a World Cup, but even though history was against them England's inexperienced team held its nerve to see off Colombia in a tense finale and progressed to the quarterfinals.

Sweden marches on to quarterfinals after victory over Switzerland

(CNN)Sweden continues to defy expectations at the World Cup and broke a 24-year drought by beating Switzerland 1-0 to progress to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1994.

Why will it take so long to rescue the trapped Thai soccer team?

(CNN)The threat of more rain is increasing pressure on rescuers in northern Thailand to find a way to get 12 boys and their coach safely out of the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex.

NYT: Trump sent letters to NATO allies demanding increased defense spending

(CNN)President Donald Trump sent letters to the leaders of NATO allies, including Germany, Belgium, Norway and Canada, demanding that they increase their defense spending and threatening to alter the US global military presence if they do not

Cohen says his loyalty is first to family and country, not Trump

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is putting his loyalty to "family and country" before his old boss

Princess Ayako introduces her future husband, a shipping employee, to Japan

Tokyo (CNN)Japan's Princess Ayako and her husband-to-be Kei Moriya faced reporters for the first time Monday to talk about their plans for the future.