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Month: August 2022

US returns looted relics of ‘extraordinary cultural value’ to Cambodia

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN New York officials have returned 30 cultural artifacts to Cambodia, including a 10th-century Khmer sculptural “masterpiece,” after the items were illegally sold to private collectors and a US museum. The antiquities, which had been taken from temples and archeological sites during periods of civil conflict in the country, entered the international art

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Kenyans have cast their ballots for a new leader in a fiercely-contested race that’s too close to call

By Nimi Princewill, Stephanie Busari and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Polling has officially closed in Kenya’s crucial general elections as outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta prepares to hand over power to a new leader. About 22 million Kenyans registered to vote, the country’s electoral body (IEBC) said, and polls opened from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. local

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Injured by war, the scars on Ukraine’s wounded children are more than skin deep

Serhii Sorokopud, 14, received shrapnel wounds while standing in line for food. Rescuers pulled Genya, 7, from the rubble of an apartment building. These two Ukrainian children carry scars from the months-long war in their country. CNN’s Jason Carroll reports how those scars are more than just physical and why Serhii and Genya’s parents worry about the conflict’s mental impact on their kids.

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China closes Potala Palace after COVID-19 reported in Tibet

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have closed Tibet’s famed Potala Palace after a minor outbreak of COVID-19 in the Himalayan region. The response underscores China’s continued adherence to its hard-line “zero-COVID” policy, mandating lockdowns, quarantines and travel restrictions, even while most other countries have reopened. A notice on the palace’s social media site said the

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‘Hamilton’ team responds to Texas church’s unauthorized performance

By Scottie Andrew and Sandra Gonzalez, CNN A Texas church performed “Hamilton” this weekend, but the team behind the Tony-award winning production says it shouldn’t have happened. “‘Hamilton’ does not grant amateur or professional licenses for any stage productions and did not grant one to The Door Church,” Shane Marshall Brown, a spokesperson for “Hamilton,”

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