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By Laura Paddison, CNN Argentina is grappling with an unprecedented late-summer heatwave as temperatures soar to record-breaking levels — causing crops to wither, helping wildfires spread and adding huge pressure to a country already facing an economic crisis. The country’s summer, which technically runs from December to February, was by far the hottest on record,

By Lilit Marcus, CNN Indonesia’s “island of the gods” plans to enact some rules that may make it feel a bit less heavenly for foreign travelers. Bali governor Wayan Koster said in a March 12 press briefing that his government plans to crack down on foreign tourists who work illegally on the island — which

By Marnie Hunter, CNN More than a thousand flights were canceled in the United States on Tuesday and thousands more delayed as a winter storm bringing heavy snow, winds and coastal flooding moved into the Northeast. As of 7 p.m. ET, almost 1,150 flights within, into or out of the United States had been canceled,

By Michelle Watson, CNN A Delta flight “exited” one of the taxiways at Syracuse Hancock International Airport in New York just after 7:30 a.m. ET Tuesday, according to a news release from Syracuse Regional Airport Authority. Taxiways are the paths that airplanes take to the runway. “This incident has not impacted airport operations — the

By Laura Paddison, CNN Queensland, Australia, has seen record-breaking flooding, with residents of some areas warned against traveling because of large crocodiles sighted in the floodwaters. The flooding, caused by heavy rain, has been particularly severe in Burketown, a small community in the north of the state about 1,300 miles northwest of the state capital

By Chris Lau, CNN After three years of pandemic border restrictions, China is fully reopening to foreign visitors — including tourists. In a Chinese-language statement posted on its website Monday, China’s Embassy in the United States said the country would resume issuing all categories of visas for foreigners from Wednesday. Travelers holding multi-year visas issued

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Marta Perdomo agonizes day and night for her two sons Jorge and Nadir, jailed in Cuba for taking part nearly two years ago in the largest anti-government protests since the 1959 revolution. A call she says she received in late February from Cuba’s internal security service only added to her anxiety.

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN An Australian judge has been widely criticized for asking a breastfeeding mother to leave a public gallery in his courtroom and then defending his decision as “self-explanatory.” Mark Gamble, a judge in the County Court of Victoria, told the woman, who was feeding her child under a blanket while observing the

By Claudia Rebaza and Jack Guy, CNN After years of relative economic prosperity and hope for the future, Peru has been shaken by months of social unrest and political instability that seem to have no end. Thousands of protesters continue to take the streets in Lima and in the south of the country, particularly in

By Tara John, CNN As the American survivors of last week’s bloody kidnapping in Matamoros receive medical treatment, and the bodies of those killed are repatriated, Mexico’s broader epidemic of disappearances remains largely unsolved: More than 100,000 Mexicans and migrants have disappeared, with no explanation of their fate for families. The Mexican defense ministry said

By Mayumi Maruyama and Juliana Liu, CNN Police in central Japan have arrested three people for taking part in pranks at a sushi conveyor belt restaurant. The acts, which appear to be becoming more commonplace, have been dubbed online as “#sushitero” or “#sushiterrorism” and have affected the financial fortunes of the country’s famous rotating kaiten-style

By Josh Campbell, Elizabeth Wolfe, Rosa Flores and Andy Rose, CNN Two of the Americans who were kidnapped at gunpoint in a Mexican border city on Friday have returned to the US and are being treated at a hospital, while the remains of the two Americans who were killed are expected to be brought back

By Rosa Flores, CNN Nearly two years after US President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, Mexico is seeing a small but unusual spike in Afghan migrants who are seeking asylum or traversing through the country. In January 2023, nearly 13,000 people registered applications for asylum in Mexico. Among them were

By Josh Campbell, Abel Alvarado, Karol Suarez, Caroll Alvarado and Eric Levenson, CNN Two of the four Americans kidnapped by armed gunmen in the Mexico border city of Matamoros on Friday were found dead and two were found alive on Tuesday, US and Mexican officials said. Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown were found dead, a

By Pete Muntean and Michelle Watson, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a Monday incident between two United Airlines flights at Boston Logan International Airport, the agency said in a statement to CNN. “As a tow tug was pushing it back from the gate at Boston Logan International Airport, the right wing of United

By Rob Picheta and Jessie Gretener, CNN Wayne Couzens, the former London police officer who abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard in 2021, has been sentenced to 19 further months in prison for indecent exposure incidents that took place while he was serving in the force. Couzens, 50, was already serving a life sentence without

By Hanna Ziady, CNN Toblerone bars, sold in over 100 countries, can no longer be called Swiss chocolate because the brand’s US owner is moving some production out of Switzerland. The peak-shaped treat made with honey and almond nougat will also lose the iconic Matterhorn mountain from its packaging after Mondelez, which makes Toblerone, decided

By Rosa Flores, Josh Campbell, Paul P. Murphy, Polo Sandoval, Rebekah Riess and Steve Almasy, CNN Two South Carolina families have identified the four US citizens who were assaulted and kidnapped by gunmen in northeastern Mexico on Friday in what a US official with knowledge of the investigation tells CNN was a case of mistaken

By Tina Burnside and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Fort Lauderdale was forced to return to Havana, Cuba, on Sunday morning after reportedly experiencing bird strikes, the carrier says. In a statement to CNN Sunday, Southwest said the plane suffered bird strikes. “Southwest flight #3923 departing Havana, Cuba, for Fort Lauderdale,

By Ángela Reyes Haczek, CNNE, and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Colombia plans to fly dozens of its “cocaine hippos” — the descendents of drug trafficker Pablo Escobar’s private menagerie — to new homes in India and Mexico in a bid to control their booming population, according to the local governor. There are now between 130 and

By Sophie Tanno and Caitlin Hu, CNN Dasha Navalnaya, the daughter of jailed Russian dissident Alexey Navalny, has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine and to release her father and political prisoners in the country, in an extensive interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett on Friday. “We will not stop

By Luke McGee, CNN Damning new evidence has been published as part of the inquiry that will determine whether or not former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament over his conduct during the so-called Partygate scandal. The new information suggests that people advising Johnson were aware that the gatherings taking place in Downing Street

By Radina Gigova and Alex Hardie, CNN The body of a baby has been found in a woodland area in southern England, close to where aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon were arrested earlier this week over concerns for their child’s welfare, UK authorities said Wednesday. “It is my very sad duty to

By Pete Muntean, CNN Air traffic controllers stopped a departing private jet from running into a JetBlue flight as it was coming in to land Monday night in Boston, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA says it is investigating the incident. This is the fifth close call involving a commercial airliner on a

By Kristina Sgueglia and Steve Almasy, CNN Former American swimming champion Jamie Cail has died in the US Virgin Islands, according to authorities who are investigating her death on the island of St. John. US Virgin Islands Police Department says Cail’s boyfriend, who was not identified, left a bar just after midnight to check on

By Rob Picheta and Luke McGee, CNN Britain and the European Union have reached an agreement on new trade rules in Northern Ireland in an attempt to resolve a thorny issue that has fueled post-Brexit tensions in Europe and on the island of Ireland. The deal could potentially resolve the issue of imports and border

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Another member of the world’s biggest boy band is putting his music career on hold to join the South Korean military — but not before he releases a new solo track. BTS singer and rapper J-Hope is beginning the process of enlisting for mandatory military service, his label announced Sunday, meaning

By Amarachi Orie, CNN Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become the first leader of the country to take part in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in the event’s 45-year history. In other parts of the world, Mardi Gras is held the day before the Christian fasting season of Lent begins on Ash

By Rosa Flores, CNN Mexico is rethinking its approach toward asylum seekers after the Biden administration unveiled a controversial new proposal to limit asylum eligibility in the United States. Mexico’s refugee assistance agency, known as COMAR, launched a pilot program in southern Mexico on Monday to explore expediting asylum denials to those it deems likely

By Gregory Wallace, CNN Investigators say a United Airlines captain who crossed the runway where another plane was landing last month in Honolulu “lost situational awareness” and was surprised by air traffic control instructions. The January 23 incident is one of four near-collisions involving airliners on US airport runways so far this year being investigated

By Pete Muntean, CNN Another close call between commercial airliners at a major US airport is under federal investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board announced Friday that it is investigating a Wednesday evening runway incursion at Bob Hope Burbank Airport in California. The NTSB says the crew of a landing Mesa Airlines CRJ900 “executed a

By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s King Charles has commended the people of Ukraine for showing “truly remarkable courage and resilience in the face of such human tragedy,” in a message marking 12 months of conflict in the country. “It has now been a year that the people of Ukraine have suffered unimaginably

By Issy Ronald, CNN UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said he disagrees with the Duke of Sussex’s decision to reveal how many Taliban fighters he killed while serving in the British Army in Afghanistan, saying “boasting about tallies” lets down others in the armed forces. Prince Harry faced criticism last month from some British security

By Jessie Gretener and Lindsay Isaac, CNN Three men have been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of a high-profile detective in Northern Ireland. Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell was shot multiple times on Wednesday in front of his son and other children at sports complex on Wednesday. Chief Constable of the Police Service

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN A United Nations body committed to preventing torture has terminated its review of Australian places of detention after authorities in some states refused to let them in — joining Rwanda as the only other country where a visit has been terminated. In a statement, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

By Rosa Flores, CNN Nailia Manzurina’s eyes filled with tears as she remembered the moment she and her two young sons had to separate from her husband in their native Russia. “Praise God it was just temporary,” she said as she wiped away tears. It was late September 2022 and emotions were high in Russia

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Milo Ventimiglia is all about family again in “The Company You Keep,” only this time, it’s a family of thieves, and the romance he’s trying to balance is, unknowingly, with a CIA agent. Adapted from a South Korean show, the ABC series aims higher than most broadcast dramas, but the

By Alaa Elassar, CNN A totem pole removed from an Indigenous burial site more than a century ago and kept on display in a Canadian museum has been repatriated to the Nuxalk Nation. More than 100 Nuxalkmc traveled more than 600 miles from Bella Coola, British Columbia, to Victoria to reclaim their totem pole from

By Max Foster, Sophie Tanno and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s King Charles III has enlisted the help of acclaimed British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber to write the flagship anthem for his upcoming coronation. Charles’s coronation will take place on May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London, and will see Camilla, Queen Consort crowned alongside her

By Gregory Wallace and Celina Tebor, CNN Full power has been restored to New York’s John F. Kennedy airport’s Terminal 1, according to a statement from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Saturday. Limited flight activity resumed at the international terminal of the airport earlier Saturday morning after “necessary electrical repairs”

By Christian Edwards, CNN A letter has finally been delivered to its destination — more than a century after it was written. Sent in February 1916, the correspondence arrived at its intended address in Hamlet Road, south London, much to the bewilderment of the current occupants. “We noticed that the year on it was ’16.

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Two Australian miners working deep underground were fatally injured when they fell about 15 meters (50 feet) into a void that had opened beneath them, according to a statement Thursday from mining group Perenti. The miners — named as Trevor Davis and Dylan Langridge — were working about 125 meters (407

By Luke McGee and Jack Guy, CNN Nicola Sturgeon, the figurehead of the Scottish independence movement, dramatically announced on Wednesday that she would resign after eight years as Scotland’s first minister. The Scottish National Party leader made the announcement at a press conference in Edinburgh. She will stay in office until a new SNP leader

By Rhea Mogul, CNN India has opened the first section of a 1,386-kilometer (861 mile) expressway linking its capital New Delhi to the financial hub of Mumbai, a significant milestone in the South Asian nation’s push to modernize its infrastructure and catch up with its neighboring rival China. Once complete, the eight-lane carriageway — four

By Jonny Hallam and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Police in the northern England town of Knowsley, Merseyside, arrested three people on Friday after violence broke out during a protest outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers. Merseyside Police said those arrested were being held “on suspicion of violent disorder and taken to police stations to

By Sara Smart, CNN Toronto Mayor John Tory has announced he is stepping down from his post after having a relationship with one of his former employees. The relationship started during the pandemic and ended earlier this year after mutual consent, Tory said in a news conference Friday. The employee landed a job elsewhere outside

By Tara John and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN Shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami furrowed his brow as he stared out at the skyscrapers and buildings looming through the window of his oak-panelled hotel room in New York City. “I’m here, in the city of stone, and mirrors and glass… but in my heart, I’m in mourning,” he

By Tara John, CNN Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the divisions in his country were no worse than the political split in the United States, in an exclusive CNN interview Friday ahead of his meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. “Here there’s also a split, much more, or as

By Jessie Gretener, CNN A ballot is being held to distribute 10,000 free tickets for the coronation concert of King Charles III to members of the public, the BBC press office announced on Thursday. The national broadcaster revealed that 5,000 people will receive a pair of free tickets to attend a May 7 concert on

By Paula Newton, CNN Two children were killed and six were injured when a city bus crashed into a day care center in a Montreal suburb Wednesday morning, authorities said. The driver of the bus, whom police said is a city transport employee, was arrested. Prosecutors said 51-year-old Pierre Ny St-Amand now faces two counts

By Sahar Akbarzai, Bertha Ramos and Tara John, CNN Mexico is sending its beloved search and rescue dogs to Turkey, to help find survivors in the rubble following Monday’s devastating earthquake that toppled thousands of buildings in the country. At least 16 dogs, alongside their handlers, took off on Tuesday for Turkey, according to Marcelo