| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Japan ordered to halt whale hunt | | The International Court of Justice ruled Monday that Japan can no longer continue its annual whale hunt, rejecting the country's argument that it was for scientific purposes. |
| 'How I Met Your Mother' comes to end | | After 208 episodes, countless "legendarys!" and any number of pineapple incidents, slaps and slutty pumpkins, "How I Met Your Mother" comes to an end on Monday night. |
| Next century's forecast: Drier, hungrier | | A UN report urged governments to address the "increasingly clear" threats posed by a warming climate before some options are closed off for good. It adds that reducing carbon dioxide emissions could buy more time to adjust to a warmer world. |
| Merkel: Putin to pull back some troops | | Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev traveled to Crimea on Monday, the highest-level visit from Moscow since Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula this month. |
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