Month: June 2023

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For the first time, astronomers have assembled a glowing portrait of the Milky Way galaxy using cosmic “ghost particles” detected by a telescope embedded in Antarctica’s ice. Over the years, astronomers have showcased stunning images of the Milky Way through electromagnetic radiation from visible light or radio waves. But

By Ivana Kottasová, Jo Shelley, Anna Chernova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — One is known as “General Armageddon,” the other as “Putin’s chef.” Both have a checkered past and a reputation for brutality. One launched the insurrection, the other reportedly knew about it in advance. And right now, both are nowhere to be found.

By Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — China is on track to double its wind and solar energy capacity and hit its 2030 clean energy targets five years early, a new report has found. The country is expected to produce 1,200 gigwatts of solar and wind power by 2025 if all prospective plants are built and

By Alex Stambaugh and Hadas Gold, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the most controversial aspect of his government’s proposed judicial reform, a provision allowing the national legislature, the Knesset, to overturn Supreme Court rulings, has been dropped and will not be returning. Pressed on whether the provision to allow a

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — There are very few winners in the climate crisis, but scientists are pretty sure there’s going to be at least one: Mosquitoes. These insects – annoying at best, deadly at worst – thrive in warmth and humidity. As climate change ushers in more frequent and more severe heat waves,

By Alex Hardie, Lindsay Isaac, Sana Noor Haq and Luke McGee, CNN London (CNN) — The UK government’s plan to deport some asylum-seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, the Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday, in a major blow to ministers’ controversial immigration policies that have been roundly condemned by humanitarian bodies. In a three-judge decision,