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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Pope Francis, the current pope and first non-European pontiff of the modern era.…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Pope Francis, the current pope and first non-European pontiff of the modern era.…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Personal Birth date: July 1, 1950…
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is one of the biggest…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of heat records have fallen in Siberia, as temperatures climbed above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7…
Continue ReadingBy Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Two hundred and eighty children between the ages of one month and 15 years were evacuated from a Khartoum…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Spaceflights lasting six months or longer take a toll on the brains of astronauts, and crew members may need…
Continue ReadingBy John Allen, Valentina Di Donato and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis was recovering well in a Rome hospital on Thursday, the…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For days, images of New York choking in smoke have stunned the United States, as residents struggle to…
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych, Yulia Kesaieva, Fred Pleitgen, Radina Gigova, Sarah Dean and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Russian forces have been shooting at…
Continue ReadingBy Radina Gigova, Xiaofei Xu and Oliver Briscoe, CNN (CNN) — Four toddlers were hospitalized after a brutal stabbing attack on Thursday in…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For days, images of New York choking in smoke have stunned the United States, as residents struggle to…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — For days, images of New York choking in smoke have stunned the United States, as residents struggle to…
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych, Yulia Kesaieva, Fred Pleitgen, Radina Gigova, Sarah Dean and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Russian forces have been shooting at…
Continue ReadingBy Alfredo Meza, Florencia Trucco, Fidel Gutierrez, Hira Humayun and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — An investigation has been launched into what…
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — About 100 million years ago in what is now Utah, a 10-foot-long (3-meter-long) cousin of duck-billed dinosaurs…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mohamed ElBaradei, former director general of the IAEA and Nobel Peace Prize…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Korean War. Although hostilities ceased in 1953, there has been no formal end to the war.…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the Wimbledon tennis championships. July 3-16, 2023 – Wimbledon takes place in London.…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Discoveries within the Cradle of Humankind’s limestone caves in South Africa are changing the way…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A solar mission that has been spiraling closer to the sun to unravel its secrets has flown near enough to our…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The war in Ukraine has brought an enormous human toll: Thousands of civilians have been killed, millions have…
Continue ReadingBy Zahid Mahmood, CNN London (CNN) — A UN war crimes court has ruled that 88-year-old Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga is no longer…
Continue ReadingBy Gul Tuysuz, CNN Istanbul (CNN) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan swore in a new cabinet over the weekend, ushering in what he has…
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is one of the biggest…
Continue ReadingBy John Allen, Valentina Di Donato and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis underwent a successful, three-hour operation on his…
Continue ReadingBy Josh Pennington, Jo Shelley, Olga Voitovych, Julia Kesaieva and Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern…
Continue ReadingBy Tara Subramaniam, CNN (CNN) — A teenage girl is stabbed and bludgeoned to death as members of the public walk by. An even younger girl…
Continue ReadingBy Bertha Ramos, CNN (CNN) — Human remains found in 45 bags discovered in a suburb of Guadalajara belong to call center workers who went…
Continue ReadingBy Carlotta Dotto, Krystina Shveda and Lou Robinson, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Every day, countless mopeds criss-cross the congested city of Hanoi,…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — The James Webb Space Telescope set its sights on a galaxy 20 million light-years away, capturing a dazzling…
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Daria Markina Tarasova, CNN Kherson, Ukraine (CNN) — Nadejda Chernishova breathes a…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have detected the most distant known organic molecules in the universe using the James Webb Space…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos, Tara John, Michael Conte and Uliana Pavlova, CNN (CNN) — An Air India flight from India to San Francisco was diverted due to a…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The Arctic could be free of sea ice roughly a decade earlier than projected, scientists warn – another clear…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A Labrador and German shepherd mix named Zoey has claimed the record for the longest tongue on a living dog. At 12.7…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first NASA spacecraft designed to study a metallic asteroid is now set to launch in October, according to…
Continue ReadingBy Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — There are an estimated 600 million domestic cats in the world, and 80% of them are feral or stray animals.…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Princess Eugenie has given birth to a boy, she announced on Instagram. The princess, who is 11th in line…
Continue ReadingBy Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — A four-lane concrete bridge being built across the River Ganges in the east Indian state of Bihar has collapsed for…
Continue ReadingBy Jonny Hallam, Josh Pennington, Helen Regan, Olga Voitovych, Irene Nasser, Sebastian Shukla, Ivana Kottasová, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Jo Shelley,…
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, CNN London (CNN) — Prince Harry will take to the witness stand Tuesday as his years-long battle against Britain’s tabloid…
Continue ReadingBy Jonny Hallam, Josh Pennington, Helen Regan, Olga Voitovych, Irene Nasser, Sebastian Shukla, Ivana Kottasová, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Jo Shelley,…
Continue ReadingBy CNNE’s Jessica Hasbun (CNN) — Shocking footage of a young child hanging from the arms of a detained woman through the barred door of a…
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Hu and Heather Law, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of homes in Haiti have been flooded following heavy rains over the weekend, leaving at…
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — At least 16 people have died and hundreds arrested since violent protests broke out on Thursday in Senegal,…
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — Two more suspects have been named in the alleged murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Researchers have uncovered evidence that members of a mysterious archaic human species buried their dead and…
Continue ReadingBy Masoud Popalzai, Ehsan Popalzai and Irene Nasser, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 80 primary school students, mostly girls, are suspected to have been…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about major rail accidents since 1900. Notable International Rail Accidents…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — An international team of astrophysicists has discovered hundreds of mysterious structures in the center of the…
Continue ReadingBy Nathan Hodge, Sebastian Shukla, Olga Voitovych and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A Ukrainian offensive is “taking place in several…
Continue ReadingBy Jimena de la Quintana, CNN (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway,…
Continue ReadingBy Abeer Salman and Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — A 3-year-old Palestinian boy died Monday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said, days…
Continue ReadingBy Ivan Watson, Kunal Sehgal, Deepak Rao and Rhea Mogul, CNN Balasore, Odisha (CNN) — Manto Kumar was traveling on the Coromandel Express with…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Former New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern, who stepped down from her post earlier this year, has been made a dame…
Continue ReadingBy Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A woman condemned as Australia’s worst female serial killer has been pardoned after…
Continue ReadingBy Kunal Sehgal, Ivan Watson, Ajay Bedi and Deepak Rao, CNN Bahanaga, India (CNN) — Authorities investigating one of the deadliest train…
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — At their modest home in Kenya’s western Bungoma County, Rodgers Shibutse noticed that…
Continue ReadingBy Pierre Meilhan, Richard Allen Greene, Salma Abdelaziz, Allegra Goodwin, Hadas Gold and Amir Tal, CNN Jerusalem/London (CNN) — Three Israeli…
Continue ReadingBy Kunal Sehgal, Ivan Watson, Ajay Bedi and Deepak Rao, CNN Bahanaga, India (CNN) — Authorities investigating one of the deadliest train…
Continue ReadingBy Aditi Sangal, CNN (CNN) — Rayman Mathoda was driving down Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles in the year 2000 when she decided that she had…
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Eric Cheung, CNN Singapore (CNN) — China’s defense minister on Sunday accused the United States and its allies of trying…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Hong Kongers living overseas are helping to keep the flame of remembrance alive for the victims of…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When the call came in, the staff at Animals Asia jumped into action. A bear in Vietnam’s northeastern Haiphong…
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky and Brad Lendon, CNN Singapore (CNN) — A war over Taiwan would be “devastating” and affect the global economy “in ways…
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A fifth person was found dead after a group went missing during a fishing trip in…
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess and Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen who pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his involvement…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Imagine your daily routine — but with gravity removed from the equation. While it’s entertaining to think…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — An international team of astrophysicists has discovered hundreds of mysterious structures in the center of the…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — When the first astronauts venture to Mars in the future, the crew will need access to healthy,…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — When the first astronauts venture to Mars in the future, the crew will need access to healthy,…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The strawberry moon will light up the night sky this weekend. You can watch the full…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau Hong Kong (CNN) — Two women have been stabbed to death in a Hong Kong mall in a frenzied – and apparently random – attack that…
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Daria Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Under the scorching summer sun at an…
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Daria Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Under the scorching summer sun at an…
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — German police are preparing to mobilize in cities across the country on Saturday, with protests…
Continue ReadingBy Akshaya Kumar Sahoo, Rhea Mogul, Sandi Sidhu and Manveena Suri, CNN Bhubaneswar, India (CNN) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was…
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky and Brad Lendon, CNN Singapore (CNN) — A war over Taiwan would be “devastating” and affect the global economy “in ways…
Continue ReadingBy Jimena de la Quintana, CNN (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway,…
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — At their modest home in Kenya’s western Bungoma County, Rodgers Shibutse noticed that…
Continue ReadingBy Juan Carlos Paz, Karol Suarez, Florencia Trucco, Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — Forty-five bags containing human remains with characteristics…
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai, Deepak Rao and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — More than 200 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a collision involving…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe and Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — In a first, viewers on Earth got a chance to see Mars nearly in real time. The European…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Mars is making its live streaming debut, and the show will reveal the red planet in a whole new light. On…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A record-breaking water plume erupted from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, and the James Webb Space Telescope was…
Continue ReadingBy David McKenzie, Bethlehem Feleke and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Mombasa, Kenya (CNN) — The leader of a Christian cult who has been accused of…
Continue ReadingBy Sophie Tanno, CNN London (CNN) — Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate has given his first interview with a major broadcaster since…
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — It’s all systems go for Prince William’s Earthshot Prize lately. It was only recently…
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN Eilat, Israel (CNN) — Under the bright blue water of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea, the view is stunning. Expansive coral…
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, CNN Eilat, Israel (CNN) — Under the bright blue water of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea, the view is stunning. Expansive coral…
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — At least nine people have been killed in protests in Senegal’s capital Dakar and other…
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — China remains the “leading long-term challenge” to the existing international order and there is no…
Continue ReadingBy Juan Carlos Paz, Karol Suarez, Florencia Trucco, Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — Forty-five bags containing human remains with characteristics…
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Wayne Chang, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims surrounded a mosque in southwestern China over the weekend in a…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — More than 20 years after British comedian Ricky Gervais gave insufferable middle-manager David Brent global fame, an…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The synthetic drug trade in Asia is roaring to “extreme levels,” with crime groups establishing new…
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Hu and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — One month after four children vanished into the Colombian Amazon, a preliminary report by the…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — More lengthy delays could be in store for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which is designed to ferry astronauts…
Continue ReadingBy Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — What would happen if aliens contacted us? It’s a longstanding question that now has at least a partial answer,…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954…
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