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By Drew Kann, CNN It was the heat, in part, that pushed Eric Beck to leave Los Angeles. He had built a successful career in the TV and film industry over 42 years, and he said it was a grueling decision. But as a 65-year-old with diabetes and an elevated risk for health complications in

By Maria Fleet and Ana María Cañizares, CNN An Ecuadorian court on Monday ruled in favor of revoking the citizenship of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to a judgment published by the Judicial Branch of Ecuador. The court’s decision nullified Assange’s status as a naturalized citizen of Ecuador, which was granted to him in December

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Wildfires in the US have burned nearly three million acres so far this year — that’s the size of Delaware and Rhode Island combined and then some — as the nation’s largest fire scorches even more land and buildings. The Bootleg Fire, the largest active fire in the US, has been

By Forrest Brown, CNN The 2021 summer travel season started out full of hope and promise, but increasingly by the week, the Delta variant is throwing it in disarray. This more transmissible variation of the coronavirus was first detected in India in February, just when the United States and some other places around the world

Leah Asmelash, CNN There was a time when tattoos were taboo, even in the US — associated with criminals or societal rejects. But since the 1970s, tattoos have seen a rise in popularity in Western societies especially. And it’s a trend that’s reflected in this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. From solid Olympic rings to bright

Opinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives Long-dormant inflation has suddenly come back to life, putting a heavy financial weight on already hard-pressed American families struggling with the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. But hyperventilated rants about how uncomfortably high inflation is here to stay are misplaced. As the pandemic recedes, so too

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN Heat and smoke from wildfires are spreading across the country Tuesday, impacting air quality and prompting heat alerts from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. A ridge of high pressure has expanded over the US bringing a heat wave with high temperatures above average to much of the

By Rishabh M Pratap, CNN and Reuters At least 180 people have died in the west Indian state of Maharashtra after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooded low-lying areas, cutting off hundreds of villages. At least 38 people were killed in Taliye, 180 kilometers (110 miles) southeast of the financial capital Mumbai, when a

By Caitlin Hu, Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Natalie Gallón, CNN Photos and video by David von Blohn. There was no mistaking the meaning in last week’s anonymous text message: Do what we say or die. “Hey clerk, get ready for a bullet in your head, they gave you an order and you keep on

By Hannah Gard and Taylor Ward, CNN Tropical Storm Nepartak was sitting off the eastern coast of Japan on Monday night and is expected to make landfall on Honshu, the largest island, on Tuesday night local time. The storm could impact the Olympic Games as it brings up to 150 mm (5.9 inches) of rain

By Jonny Hallam, CNN The parents of a British teenager killed in 2019 said Monday that they will strenuously oppose an attempt by the US government to keep secret the employment details of the woman accused in the traffic death. Harry Dunn, 19, was struck and killed when Anne Sacoolas drove head-on into his motorcycle

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The latest heat wave to grip the US is here, delivering triple-digit temperatures and heat indices across the country. The heat will last through the coming weekend and into next week as a high-pressure system moves across the country. This massive ridge of high pressure will continue to

By Paula Newton, CNN Indigenous leader and advocate Mary Simon has been installed as Canada’s governor general. Simon is the first Indigenous person to serve as the official representative of Queen Elizabeth II in Canada and commander-in-chief of the Canadian Armed Forces. It is a largely ceremonial role although the Queen must approve the appointment

By Jennifer Gray and Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologists Firefighters in the West have witnessed loss beyond measure and are yet again gearing up for another devastating fire season, especially in California. Jesse Alexander, the chief for the Yuba City Fire Department in California, and his crew have been on the front lines of some of

By Joe Sutton and Hollie Silverman, CNN Thousands of customers are still without power after three tornadoes tore through Michigan over the weekend, leaving damage, debris and power outages across the Detroit area. As of Monday morning, nearly 87,000 customers in remain without power in the state, according to Poweroutage.us. At the peak of the

By Maija Ehlinger and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Severe thunderstorms caused flash flooding across London on Sunday afternoon, sparking major transport delays. London Metropolitan Police said the flooding had caused “severe disruption” on the North Circular Road, one of the major roads surrounding central London. Several London Underground train stations were heavily flooded, disrupting services. The

By Dakin Andone, CNN California’s largest wildfire has destroyed multiple buildings and is threatening thousands more as the battle against the blaze stretched into its 12th day. Low moisture in vegetation and limited access in the remote area have hampered firefighters, officials said. The Dixie Fire had grown to 190,625 acres and was 21% contained

By Zahid Mahmood, CNN Nearly two-thirds of women in the UK military have experienced bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination during their career, a landmark parliamentary report revealed on Sunday. The UK defense subcommittee, which described its inquiry into the treatment of women in the military as “one of the most important” in its history, said

By Martin Goillandeau and Kara Fox, CNN UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who recently tested positive for and recovered from Covid-19, has apologized after suggesting people shouldn’t “cower” from Covid-19. “I’ve deleted a tweet which used the word “cower,” he said. “I was expressing gratitude that the vaccines help us fight back as a society,

By Aya Elamroussi and Claire Colbert, CNN Despite the efforts of firefighters battling the Bootleg Fire, the raging flames of the nation’s largest wildfire continued to spread in southern Oregon as officials declared weather warnings in the area. The fire has scorched 408,930 acres as of Sunday, an expansion of more than 6,000 acres since

By Hollie Silverman, Artemis Moshtaghian, Gene Norman and Claire Colbert, CNN At least 125,000 customers in Michigan are without power after a series of severe storms and possible tornadoes tore through the state Saturday night. There were 125,606 power outages reported in the state as of midafternoon Sunday, according to Poweroutage.us. Most of the outages

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN A postcard of kangaroos lounging among gumtrees arrives in our letterbox in London, addressed to my 4-year-old daughter. “My darling,” it says. “How are you? Are you enjoying school? Do you have friends? Your brother is one year old now. I hope you can come and see me in Australia one

By Haley Brink and Hannah Gard, CNN Meteorologists A surge of monsoonal moisture is bringing rounds of heavy rain and strong thunderstorms to areas of the Southwest that are currently suffering from extreme to exceptional drought conditions. Nearly 10 million people are under flash flood watches across Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. While expansive

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN As dozens of wildfires burn across the West, officials declared additional states of emergency for counties in California and Nevada while the nation’s largest blaze in Oregon continued to swell Friday. The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon has scorched 401,601 acres since it was sparked by lightning on July 6, according

By Hannah Gard and Haley Brink, CNN Meteorologists A barrage of heat waves have plagued the US this summer and more above-average temperatures are on the way next week, affecting more of the country than those before it. Although not as extreme as the past few heat spells, this one will span from coast to

By Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Photographer and aviation enthusiast Ian Simpson has lived in the East Anglia region of England all his life, and one of his favorite things to do is photograph planes at Royal Air Force bases in the area. But on the morning of July 13, he realized something wasn’t quite right as

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). Personal Birth date: April 19, 1957 Birth place: Aden, Yemen Birth name: Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani Father: Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Mother: Kokilaben Ambani Marriage: Nita Ambani (1985-present) Children: Akash and

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Through Tesla, Elon Musk has tried to transform individual vehicle ownership, while The Boring Company, his tunneling venture, is now taking aim at public transit. The company and Fort Lauderdale, Florida are close to agreeing to the first public Loop system, which will give people rides in Teslas through a

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business With just over a week left until the federal eviction ban expires, the race to get emergency rent relief to as many struggling tenants and landlords as possible is in its final stretch. “It is a race against the clock,” said Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low

By Caitlin Hu, CNN Kidnapped from church, shot at during an evening commute, chased out of their homes as flames licked up the street. Stories of abduction, lethal attack and indiscriminate destruction are endless in Haiti’s seaside city of Port-au-Prince, where everyone seems to know someone who barely made it out alive — and where

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Bootleg Fire is now the Oregon’s third-largest wildfire since 1900, and more than 2,000 people are still under some form of evacuation order, officials said Thursday. “It’s kind of a dubious honor,” Oregon Department of Forestry spokesperson Marcus Kauffman said of the fire that started July 6 and had charred

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Fidel Castro, former leader of Cuba. Personal Birth date: August 13, 1926 Death date: November 25, 2016 Birth place: Biran, Cuba Birth name: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz Father: Angel Castro, landowner Mother: Lina Ruz, cook and maid to Angel Castro’s first wife Marriage: Dalia Soto

By Jessie Yeung, CNN A few years ago, Australian scientist Richard Major took a video of a cockatoo in Sydney opening a closed trash bin lid with its beak and foot to access the gold mine of leftover food inside. He shared it with Barbara Klump and Lucy Aplin, both researchers at the Max Planck

By Jackson Dill, CNN A weakening In-fa is beginning to track away from the southern Japanese islands but has its eye set on eastern China by the end of this weekend. The storm could bring extremely heavy rainfall to millions in China. And behind In-fa, there is a growing tropical threat from newly named Tropical

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN Flash flooding and dust storms are threatening Arizona as it braces for a potentially significant flooding event this weekend amid an exceptional drought. Forecast rainfall totals across the US have a bulls eye with the highest amounts directly over Arizona in the next five days. Monsoonal moisture is

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home sales inched slightly higher in June as the inventory of available homes to buy increased, but home prices still remained on a tear, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. Consistently low inventory has pushed prices higher over the past year. The median price for an

Opinion by Kathryn Reynolds and Abby Boshart for CNN Business Perspectives After the CDC’s national eviction moratorium expires on July 31, millions of renters could lose their homes. Congress has allocated almost $47 billion toward emergency rental assistance to help renters stay stably housed and help property owners cover their costs. But it’s very unlikely

By Steve Almasy and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The largest wildfire in the United States approached 400,000 acres burned with containment at just 38%, officials said Thursday. The Bootleg Fire has charred 399,359 acres in southern Oregon, including some land that is set aside for carbon offsets. “The fire will continue to be extremely active with

By Jessie Yeung, Swati Gupta and Esha Mitra, CNN More than two thirds of India’s population may have Covid-19 antibodies, according to a new serological survey released Tuesday, providing yet more evidence the virus may have spread far more widely than official figures suggest. About 67.6% of Indians surveyed above the age of 6 showed

By David Shortell, Natalie Gallón and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Two weeks after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, dozens of men arrested by local police remain in detention facing no formal charges and with limited access to attorneys. The legal limbo, made more uncertain by a “a state of siege” invoked after the July

By David Wilkinson, CNN My oh my, how time flies. Britain’s Prince George is turning 8 on Thursday and to mark the occasion, his parents are releasing a new photograph of their eldest. Keeping with tradition, the photo was snapped by his mother, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who has a passion for photography. “The Duke

By Samantha Beech, Rodrigo Pedroso and Juliana Koch, CNN Corruption inquiries, a spreading Covid-19 crisis, plunging popularity and persistent bouts of hiccups. Brazil’s scandal-plagued President Jair Bolsonaro just can’t seem to catch a break. The President said he’s now feeling “100% well” after his recent health scare, a consequence he says of a failed assassination

By Karol Suarez, CNN Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez announced a new National Identity Document (DNI) for nonbinary people on Wednesday. The DNI’s goal is to guarantee the right to gender identity fo people who don’t recognize themselves as either female or male, he said. “There are other identities besides man and woman that must be

Opinion by Pete Buttigieg and Marty Walsh for CNN Business Perspectives If you have walked into a store and seen items missing, or wondered why home improvement contractors are backed up, or found your business waiting for vital orders — then you have witnessed just some of the effects of America’s challenges with truck driver

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The rain-drenched Northeast has another threat for severe weather on Wednesday, including New York City and Boston, as a cold front pushes eastward from the Great Lakes. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) warns of a slight risk (level 2 of 5) Wednesday of severe weather for coastal portions

By Joe Sutton and Hollie Silverman, CNN Flooding in northern Colorado claimed the life of at least one person, while three other people are missing, authorities said Wednesday. The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release it recovered the body of one female and was working to locate another female and two males

By Michelle Toh and Selina Wang, CNN Business One of Japan’s most prominent business leaders says the Olympics are losing their commercial value. Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami told CNN Business in an exclusive interview on Monday that his company decided against being a sponsor of the upcoming Tokyo Games, saying it was “too expensive.” “We

By Hollie Silverman, Michael Guy and Joe Sutton, CNN Extreme heat and dry conditions are fueling raging wildfires in the western US, charring more than a million acres, requiring evacuations and creating smoky conditions visible from space. Smoke stretched early Wednesday all the way to the East Coast, including New York City, because high-level winds

By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN A 39-year-old man allegedly used a rope made from bed sheets to shimmy down from a fourth floor hotel room and flee Australian quarantine, police said. The man arrived in Western Australia from Brisbane on Monday afternoon, but didn’t meet the exemption requirements needed to enter the state, which currently has

By Jackson Dill and Shawn Deng, CNN Typhoon In-fa weakened slightly Thursday morning local time over the northwestern Pacific Ocean as it impacted parts of Japan. The storm is expected to restrengthen and potentially lash Taiwan and parts of China by this weekend. This comes after Typhoon Cempaka rapidly strengthened on approach to China’s southeastern

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN The massive Bootleg Fire in Oregon has scorched an area larger than Los Angeles, and it’s only 30% contained. The fire is so large and is burning so hot that it’s creating its own weather. It’s just one of the many blazes raging in the West; the National

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Former US President Bill Clinton declined offers of tea with Queen Elizabeth and dinner at the British Prime Minister’s official country house because he wanted to “be a tourist,” go shopping and eat Indian food during his first official visit to the UK with Tony Blair as leader in 1997, according

By Kathryn Vasel, CNN Business Workers are in high demand. And companies are having a hard time finding people to fill the positions. There were more than nine million job openings in the US at the end of May, according to the Labor Department. To attract applicants away from the competition, employers are beefing up

By Angela Dewan, CNN John Kerry, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, urged the world’s governments to speed up efforts against the climate crisis Tuesday, saying the political response to it has “failed” to respond effectively for more than three decades. In a speech at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, west London, Kerry

By Luke McGee, CNN Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser has claimed that the Prime Minister tried to maintain his weekly face-to-face audiences with Queen Elizabeth during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the elderly monarch being vulnerable to the virus. Dominic Cummings, who resigned late last year, told the BBC that he had

By Reuters Divers have discovered rare remains of a military vessel in the ancient sunken city of Thônis-Heracleion — once Egypt‘s largest port on the Mediterranean — and a funerary complex illustrating the presence of Greek merchants, the country said on Monday, July 19. The city, which controlled the entrance to Egypt at the mouth

By Stefano Pozzebon, Karol Suarez and Jose Armijo, CNN Six weeks after voters headed to the polls in Peru, former schoolteacher and union leader Pedro Castillo has been formally declared the country’s President-elect. He will be sworn in on July 28, the bicentennial of Peruvian independence, election authorities announced Monday. Earlier Monday, the National Jury

By Jackson Dill and Joshua Berlinger, CNN Two big storms have formed in the waters of East Asia, both of which are expected to lash the region with strong winds and heavy rains in the coming days. Tropical Storm Cempaka strengthened into a typhoon early Tuesday over the South China Sea. The storm had winds

By Paula Newton, CNN Canada notched a significant milestone this weekend, fully vaccinating about 50% of its population and surpassing the US vaccination rate for Covid-19. According to Health Canada, nearly 70% of Canadians have received at least one dose of the vaccine, putting the country very close to the 75% threshold that public health

By Jennifer Hansler and Naomi Thomas, CNN The US State Department raised its travel advisory for the United Kingdom to Level 4: Do Not Travel on Monday, aligning with an update made by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earlier in the day. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has

By Jennifer Gray and Allison Chinchar, CNN meteorologists Olympic athletes are the world’s best. They train hard in conditions that will be similar to what they will face at the games, to acclimate their bodies to the weather they will compete in. And this year, the weather is hot. The Mei-Yu Baiu front — also

By Hannah Gard and Monica Garrett, CNN Monsoon season is in full swing in the West with no end in sight, bringing hopes of a dent in the unrelenting historic drought — but with thunderstorms comes lightning and the potential for more wildfires. After enduring heat waves and years of minimal monsoonal moisture, the desert

Opinion by Senator Angus King and Tom Fanning for CNN Business Perspectives As anyone who has watched the news the last few months can attest, the United States’ critical infrastructure continues to be unacceptably vulnerable to cyberattacks. In early May, Colonial Pipeline, responsible for delivering refined gasoline to much of the East coast, was shut

By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Living in a perpetual state of disruption, uncertainty and grief can test anyone’s mental health. And events of the past 16 months have delivered all of those in spades thanks to a steady stream of horrors, including but hardly limited to the deadly pandemic, George Floyd’s murder, the January 6

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station and its detention facilities. Facts The base, sometimes referred to as “Gitmo,” is located in southeastern Cuba, on the coast of Guantánamo Bay. The United States has been leasing the 45 square miles that the base sits on since 1903. The base shares a

By Caitlin Hu, Natalie Gallón, Matt Rivers and Etant Dupain, CNN After a lengthy power struggle that has pitched Haiti’s political landscape into uncertainty, the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph has agreed to step down and hand power to his rival Ariel Henry, according to a top government official. The deal brings to a

By Gabriel Chaim, Isa Soares and Barbara Arvanitidis Deep in the Amazon rainforest, the Yanomami people are battling an old and elusive enemy — one they haven’t seen since the 1980s. Dressed in traditional headdress, faces decorated with paint, this indigenous community prepares its bows and spears to defend their land against garimpeiros — illegal

By Keith Allen, Joe Sutton and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Officials are warning more Oregon residents should prepare to evacuate as the Bootleg Fire scorches more than 340,000 acres, with a national fire official warning it could take a major weather event to subdue the flames. There are currently 80 large wildfires raging in 13 states

By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN At least 31 people were killed when torrential rain swept through India’s financial capital late on Sunday, triggering landslides that crushed cars and houses while leaving neighborhoods devastated. Twenty-one people died in the Mumbai suburb of Chembur, in India’s western state of Maharashtra, while 10 people were killed

CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about Cuba, a communist country located in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 90 miles south of Florida. About Cuba (from the CIA World Factbook) Area: 110,860 sq km (slightly smaller than Pennsylvania) Population: 11,008,112 (2022 est.) Median age: 42.1 years Capital: Havana Ethnic Groups: White 64.1%, mixed 26.6%, Black