Month: April 2023

By Radina Gigova, Mariya Knight and Katharina Krebs, CNN A well-known Russian military blogger was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg on Sunday, officials said, in what appeared to be an audacious attack on a high-profile pro-Kremlin figure. Vladlen Tatarsky died when a blast tore through the cafe where he was

By Ray Sanchez, CNN On Palm Sunday, Christians throughout the world celebrate the day Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem days before his crucifixion. Crowds left palm fronds and clothing in his path as a sign of praise and respect. Every year, millions of Christians observe Palm Sunday by attending church service and carrying palms of their

By Jackie Wattles and Kristin Fisher, CNN Four astronauts — including three Americans and one Canadian — will be tapped by NASA to complete a generation-defining mission to the moon’s orbit, returning humans to deeper into the solar system than has been reached in five decades. On Monday, the public will finally learn the crew

By Katie Hunt, CNN As a child in the 1980s, I visited the Jorvik Viking Centre in York, England, to learn about the Scandinavian seafarers. The museum stank — and the stench was deliberate. Visitors to the attraction were — and still are — treated to the unsavory odors of a Norse village: a cesspit,

By Laura Paddison and Rachel Ramirez, CNN Scientists have watched in astonishment as ocean temperatures have steadily risen over the past several years — even as the cooling La Niña phenomenon had a firm grip on the Pacific. The oceans have been record-warm for the past four years, scientists reported in January. Then in mid-March,

By Richard Roth, CNN A country led by an accused war criminal is now in charge of the United Nations Security Council. Hard as it is to believe, it’s Russia’s turn to assume presidency of the powerful body — which is charged with maintaining global peace and security. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba described Russia