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By Rodrigo Pedroso and Lianne Kolirin, CNN A gang of armed robbers in Brazil carried out a series of deadly bank heists using human shields strapped to their getaway cars on Monday. The attackers targeted banks in the small city of Aracatuba in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo early Monday. In a bid to

By Manveena Suri, CNN The renovation of a historical monument in India’s Punjab state where British troops once killed hundreds of men, women and children has sparked furious debate and concerns over the “Disneyfication” of history. On April 13, 1919, British troops fired without warning on a peaceful protest of thousands of unarmed people in

By Duarte Mendonca, CNN Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he sees only three possibilities for his future: death, prison or winning the 2022 presidential elections. “I have three alternatives for my future: being arrested, killed or victory,” Bolsonaro said Saturday in remarks to a meeting of evangelical leaders that were broadcast on social media.

By Karol Suarez and Danielle Renwick When early in his term, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on the United States to stem the flow of weapons trafficked across the border, he was only the latest in a succession of Mexican leaders to do so. According to Mexican officials, some half a million US

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Fast food restaurant chain Bojangles will close all stores for two Mondays to give staff a “well-deserved break” following the challenges the restaurant industry has been facing during the pandemic, the company said. All company-owned stores will close August 30 and September 13 to allow 8,000 staff members and managers time

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Since March 2020, would-be travelers have experienced more turbulence on the ground than in the air. As always, though, CNN Travel are your attendants on hand to guide you through the safety instructions and point our your nearest exits. Here’s our latest roundup of new developments in pandemic travel. Fasten your

By Jodi Upchurch, CNN Rudy Giuliani doesn’t shy away from a public shave, a plane wing clips a moving car, and late-night hosts get tongue-tied over the new Pfizer vaccine name. These are the must-watch videos of the week. High-speed Hyperloop Virgin Hyperloop’s aerodynamic pods could transport riders up to 670 mph. While the technology

By Reuters A bunker built by German troops in northern France during World War II has been restored and refitted as an underground guesthouse. The northern coast is still strewn with fortifications left by the German army, which built up a so-called Atlantic Wall to try to fend off Allied Forces. In Saint-Pabu, on the

By Karol Suarez and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Over 100 Afghan journalists and their families arrived in Mexico on Wednesday after requesting humanitarian protection, according to a statement from Mexico’s Foreign Ministry. The group of 124 people whose lives would have been in danger in Afghanistan consisted of media workers and their families, including children, according

By Karol Suarez and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Five women from Afghanistan’s renowned robotics team arrived in Mexico on Tuesday, following the country’s takeover by the Taliban. The five women, along with one of their partners, were transported on a commercial flight to Mexico on Monday, funded by different organizations, Martha Delgado, undersecretary for multilateral affairs

By Mario Medrano and Sharif Paget, CNN Nicaragua’s crackdown on opposition leaders and activists ahead of elections this fall shows no sign of ending, with police detaining yet another leading figure — lawyer Roger Reyes — on Friday. Reyes, a member of the Political Council of the opposition Blue and White National Unit (UNAB), was

By Jack Guy, CNN Highly venomous olive sea snakes may “attack” scuba divers as part of misplaced courtship behaviors, according to a new study. Divers regularly report sea snake interactions involving chasing and biting, the reasons for which were previously unclear. Now a study published in journal the Scientific Reports suggests that male sea snakes

By Lilit Marcus and Chie Kobayashi, CNN A roller coaster in Japan capable of hitting speeds of up to 112 miles per hour is being shut down indefinitely pending an investigation into whether injuries sustained by passengers were linked to the ride. A press statement released by the park on August 20 states that the

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Following widespread anti-government protests last month, the Cuban government is now receiving unprecedented criticism from health care workers who say officials botched the island’s response to the pandemic. Symbols of the socialist health care system pioneered by Fidel Castro, doctors and nurses are usually praised as “heroes in white coats” by

By Ben Westcott, CNN Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hinted at an end to the country’s zero Covid-19 infections strategy in an opinion piece published Sunday, warning Australians to expect a rise in infections as restrictions relax. Morrison’s article comes as Sydney, Australia’s largest city, recorded 830 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours,

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN While our passports haven’t been getting many stamps since March 2020, at least our vocabularies are expanding. Variants, mandates, quarantines and requirements — who knew 2021 would be so polysyllabic? CNN Travel has, as always, been keeping an eye on the week’s developments and here’s our roundup of what we learned

By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake and urgently need help to treat them, medical staff say. The quake, which struck the southwest of the country, left at least 2,189 dead and more than 12,268 injured, the country’s civil protection agency

By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Around 1.2 million people, including 540,000 children, have been impacted by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday morning, according to UNICEF. The quake left at least 1,941 people dead and more than 6,900 injured; that toll is expected to rise in the coming

By Forrest Brown, CNN If you want to visit one of America’s national parks, there’s an essential item you must bring: face masks. Showing that even wilderness areas aren’t free from the reach of the Covid-19 Delta variant, the National Park Service announced Monday that it is immediately enforcing mask rules. Visitors, employees and contractors

By Marnie Hunter, CNN Turkey and Montenegro are now among the highest-risk destinations for travelers, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s regularly revised travel advisories list. Travel should be avoided to locations carrying the “Level 4: Covid-19 very high” notice, according to CDC guidance. Anyone who must travel should be fully

By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN A tropical storm system has dumped heavy rain on the area of Haiti where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Saturday killed at least 1,419 people. Tropical Depression Grace moved across the southern coast of Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, late Monday, bringing with

By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has renewed a pledge to spend more than $1 trillion on infrastructure to create jobs for hundreds of thousands of young Indians and boost the economy. The 100-trillion rupee ($1.35 trillion) plan — called “Gati Shakti,” which means momentum — was announced on India’s 75th

By Lilit Marcus, CNN The midst of lockdowns and border closures may not seem like the most logical time to launch a tourism campaign. But Tourism Australia’s new ad isn’t about going on vacation — it’s about getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. The “It’s Our Best Shot for Travel” campaign launched domestically in Australia on

By Lauren Kent and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Jake Davison, the 22-year-old man who shot dead five people in the English city of Plymouth on Thursday, made repeated misogynist remarks on social media that echoed the ideology of “incel,” a movement of men who often claim they feel unfairly denied sex by women or girls. Davison

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Additional Australian military personnel will be deployed to enforce tighter Covid-19 restrictions in the greater Sydney area next week, authorities announced Saturday, as the entire state of New South Wales (NSW) prepares to go under lockdown. It comes as the country continues to battle the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant. On

By Marnie Hunter, CNN More than two dozen cases of Covid-19 have been detected among crew and passengers aboard a Carnival cruise ship, according to the Belize Tourism Board. One passenger and 26 crew members tested positive prior to calling on the port in Belize City, a news release from the tourism board said. All

By Jodi Upchurch, CNN Rudy Giuliani is on Cameo, Jay Leno does a mid-air stunt, and China’s famous elephant herd is heading home. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Giuliani’s custom Cameos Rudy Giuliani is now selling customized messages on Cameo. Watch the former mayor of New York’s first message. A real-life bear

By Lauren Kent, Rob Picheta and Niamh Kennedy, CNN At least five people have been killed and a suspect found dead after Britain’s worst mass shooting in over a decade took place in Plymouth, southwest England, police have said. Officers and ambulance staff were called to respond to a “serious firearms incident” in Biddick Drive,

By Kay Jones, CNN Two visitors to Hawaii from the United States mainland were arrested Sunday for falsifying vaccination cards, the governor posted on social media Wednesday afternoon. In the post, Governor David Ige said that the two were violating the Emergency Proclamation that allows fully vaccinated travelers from the mainland to avoid taking a

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Sabyasachi is a household name in India and its diaspora. Brides dream of wearing the luxury designer’s saris and lehengas, and Bollywood celebrities are frequently spotted in his designs. He created one of Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s traditional wedding outfits. And starting this week, consumers will be able to buy Sabyasachi

By Pete Muntean, CNN United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby says he does not anticipate a vaccination requirement for travel within the United States, but he said it is possible for some international travel. When asked whether passengers will need to get vaccinated as a condition to fly, Kirby told CNN’s Victor Blackwell on Wednesday that

By Pete Muntean, CNN The CEOs of Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines say they are not requiring unvaccinated employees to receive the shot, breaking with United Airlines’ mandate that workers get vaccinated by October 25 or face getting fired. In an internal memo obtained by CNN, Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said

By Karol Suarez One of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels has threatened a prominent Mexican news anchor in a video message. In the video posted on Monday, a masked man claiming to be the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), threatens to track down and “get” Milenio TV anchor Azucena Uresti for her

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN There was a time when Prince Andrew had it all: A decorated war hero, a playboy prince, an international ambassador for the British brand, living the life of privilege. But those days seem long gone. Instead, the Duke of York — who is ninth in line to the British throne —

By Ben Westcott and Angus Watson, CNN Australia’s Parliament House and the Prime Minister’s residence were vandalized on Tuesday morning with messages accusing the government of not doing enough to protect the country from the catastrophic effects of the climate crisis. Photos from the Australian capital of Canberra showed the message “duty of care” and

By Lilit Marcus, CNN For the first time in nearly a decade, Singapore’s Changi Airport has lost its place at the top of Skytrax’s annual ranking of the world’s best airports at the World Airport Awards. Doha’s Hamad International Airport, which has been climbing the ranks for years, has been rewarded with the number one

By Kendall Lanier, CNN The 18th Premier of Ontario, Bill Davis, passed away on Sunday morning, according to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He was 92. “Mr. Davis spent more than 25 years serving his province and was the second longest serving Premier of Ontario. He led the province for 14 years during a transformative

By Marcia Reverdosa and Juliana Koch, CNN As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro falls further and further behind in the polls, his unsupported claim that the 2022 elections could be rigged have only increased in fervor and frequency. But those freewheeling statements have now sparked investigations that could threaten his very eligibility to run as a

By Pete Muntean, CNN Spirit Airlines — which has been beset by flight disruptions all week — canceled almost 300 flights as midday Friday ET, according to data from FlightAware. The number of cancellations has been rising during the morning hours and comprise more than one-third of its Friday schedule. So far, the data shows

By Luke McGee, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson continued a tour of Scotland after a member of his team tested positive for Covid-19, deciding not to self-isolate even as others on the trip did. Downing Street sources confirmed that a member of staff received a positive test result and is following the “appropriate guidance”,

By Reuters Construction on an Indonesian tourism project dubbed “Jurassic Park” on social media will continue, the southeast Asian country’s Environment Ministry said on August 5, despite UNESCO warnings the plans could have a negative environmental impact. Work on a series of tourism projects in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, began

By Juliana Koch, Philip Wang and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ruled that President Jair Bolsonaro should be investigated for his unproven claims that the country’s electronic voting system is vulnerable to fraud. Wednesday’s ruling resulted from Bolsonaro missing a deadline on Monday to present any proof of his claims. The

By Karol Suarez Mexico filed a lawsuit Wednesday against eleven gun manufacturers over fire arms that flow from the United States across the border and into criminal hands in Mexico, according to court documents obtained by CNN. “This flood is not a natural phenomenon or an inevitable consequence of the gun business or of U.S.

By Gregory Wallace, CNN Frontier Airlines now says it “supports” and will pay the crew of flight attendants it had earlier said were suspended after restraining a passenger charged with groping and punching them. The airline initially told CNN the crew members “will be, as required in such circumstances, relieved of flying pending completion of

By Stefano Pozzebon They travelled by the thousands to arrive here from Haiti, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, and even further, from Ghana, Mali and Togo. Now they’re stuck. Migrants start lining up on the beach of Necoclí, on the Caribbean coast of northern Colombia, in the early morning. Before them is the Gulf of Urabá, a

By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN Spirit Airlines is entering a third consecutive day with more than half of its schedule upended. The low-cost carrier had canceled more than 40% of its schedule, or nearly 300 flights, as of midday Tuesday, according to the aviation tracking website FlightAware. Another 12% of its schedule was

By Caitlin Hu, Matt Rivers and Natalie Gallón, CNN South Florida (CNN) — When Haiti’s president was brutally assassinated in his bedroom last month, just one witness was there to see it. She happened to know him better than anyone else. Martine Moise, the first lady of Haiti, was found bleeding on the floor next

Megan C. Hills, CNN Flowers have been a tattoo staple for centuries, from traditional scarlet roses to delicate watercolor bouquets. But tattooist Carrie Metz-Caporusso’s new designs are a groundbreaking take on the motif, and they are challenging society’s prejudices about who’s worthy of being tattooed. Lavender sprigs, crocuses and roses spill out from the body

By Deanna Hackney and Alaa Elassar, CNN Jay Pickett, a veteran soap opera actor best known for his roles on “General Hospital,” “Days of Our Lives” and “Port Charles,” has died. He was 60. His wife, Elena Pickett, confirmed his death. Pickett was on location in Idaho, filming a scene for his upcoming movie “Treasure

By Duarte Mendonca and Sebastian Shukla, CNN There’s dangling a carrot at the end of a stick. And then there’s dangling a pizza. The United Kingdom is using take-out food discounts and free taxi rides as incentives for young people to get their Covid-19 vaccines, the country’s Department of Health said in a statement Sunday.

By Jodi Upchurch, CNN Good Samaritans break a truck’s windows, an abandoned husky finds happiness, and a sandstorm engulfs a city. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Highway heroes Drivers on an Atlanta highway worked together to break into a slow-moving truck after realizing the man behind the wheel was unconscious. The man’s

By Reuters and Shawn Nottingham, CNN The Smithsonian Institution reversed its mask policy on Thursday, requiring all visitors as young as age 2 to wear face coverings to enter its museums in an effort to thwart the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus. The Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, with 19

By Gregory Wallace and Christina Carrega, CNN The nation’s largest flight attendant union says nearly one in five of its members has encountered a violent airplane passenger so far this year, and it says the time has come for more focus on criminal charges for in-air disturbances. “When people are facing jail time for acting

By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Following the most widespread protests since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, Cubans are now bracing themselves for a new aftershock poised to shake the communist-run island: Mass trials of those who dared to take to the streets calling for change. Fewer than three weeks since the beginning of the unprecedented anti-government demonstrations,

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Pat Shozo has been trying to buy a used car for his son who’s going to attend college in the fall. But after looking for more than three months, Shozo, who lives near Los Angeles, said he’s ready to give up. “Everything’s so inflated,” he said. “It’s actually absurd.” Prices