Month: June 2023

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The Geminid meteor shower, which lights up the sky each December, is one of the most active and dependable celestial displays of the year. But the actual origin of the winter light show is something of a mystery. Now, astronomers using NASA’s Parker Solar Probe have gained more insight

By Joseph Ataman, Niamh Kennedy and Xiaofei Xu, CNN Paris (CNN) — A fiery gas explosion in central Paris resulted in injuries to at least 37 people and drew hundreds of firefighters to the scene on Wednesday afternoon. Some 270 firefighters were deployed to the scene near Rue Saint Jacques in the city’s fifth arrondissement,

By Jack Guy and Eric Cheung, CNN (CNN) — Parents of children allegedly given sedatives by staff at a preschool in Taiwan have been protesting the government’s slow response to the incident. On Sunday, hundreds of people gathered in New Taipei City to criticize the fact that it took weeks for local authorities to carry

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines. Wife of the late Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the Philippines for 20 years until he was ousted in 1986. Personal Birth date: July 2, 1929 Birth place: Manila, Philippines (some sources say Leyte Province)

By Larry Madowo and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — The Uganda military has rescued three students, who were kidnapped Friday in an attack on a school, along with a woman and two kids who were previously abducted by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group, inside the Virunga National Park in neighboring Democratic Republic of

By Jackie Wattles, Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — The submersible vehicle that was lost at sea is part of a relatively new effort enabling tourists and other paying customers to explore the depths of the ocean, the vast majority of which has never been seen by human eyes. Though people have been

By Amy Croffey and Amy Cassidy, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Tate, the self-proclaimed “misogynist” online influencer, was appearing in a Bucharest court alongside his brother Wednesday on charges of human trafficking and rape. Tate told reporters as he entered the Bucharest Tribunal that he believes “in God and I believe in the justice system, and