Month: June 2023

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When the call came in, the staff at Animals Asia jumped into action. A bear in Vietnam’s northeastern Haiphong region had been kept captive for years, her bile harvested in painful and invasive ways – and the farmer was finally giving her up. The team found a familiar scene

By Celina Tebor and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — A fifth person was found dead after a group went missing during a fishing trip in northeastern Quebec, authorities announced Sunday. Authorities say they found the body of Keven Girard, 37, in the St. Lawrence River Saturday night. He went missing after his 11-person fishing

By Rebekah Riess and Tina Burnside, CNN (CNN) — A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen who pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise has been sentenced to life in prison, Florida court records show. Judge Jose E. Martinez handed down the sentence to Rodolphe Jaar on Friday

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Imagine your daily routine — but with gravity removed from the equation. While it’s entertaining to think of floating through your home, zero gravity can make tasks more difficult — even something as simple as drinking coffee. Liquids don’t flow in space without Earth’s gravity pulling them down, which

By Ashley Strickland, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — When the first astronauts venture to Mars in the future, the crew will need access to healthy, fresh food — but there are no cosmic grocery stores along the way. And the round trip to the red planet is expected to take about three years. Food is

By Kristen Rogers and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The strawberry moon will light up the night sky this weekend. You can watch the full moon’s rise just after sunset in the southeast direction. The orb will reach peak illumination at 11:42 p.m. ET Saturday and appear full for three days, according to NASA. Find

By 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 has shocked a city where violent crime is rare. Graphic video clips circulating on social media appear to show the attacker pinning one of the women

By Vasco Cotovio, Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Daria Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Under the scorching summer sun at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, an almost invisible drone approaches in the distance. Difficult to spot, the remote-controlled aircraft is also nearly impossible to hear. “It’s very stealthy,” drone maker Valeriy Borovyk says. “We

By Sophie Tanno and Nadine Schmidt, CNN (CNN) — German police are preparing to mobilize in cities across the country on Saturday, with protests expected amid a mounting backlash after a court sent several left-wing militants to prison over attacks on neo-Nazis. Earlier this week, a court in Dresden convicted four activists, including a well-known

By Akshaya Kumar Sahoo, Rhea Mogul, Sandi Sidhu and Manveena Suri, CNN Bhubaneswar, India (CNN) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expected to inaugurate a new high-speed train, the Vande Bharat Express, on Saturday as part of his government’s massive investment into modernizing the country’s sprawling railway network and other infrastructure. But, instead, he