Big Ben rings on New Year’s Eve after four years of silence
By Lilit Marcus, CNN One of the world’s most famous clocks is returning to service in time to ring in the new year. Big Ben last bonged…
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Cruises should be avoided regardless of vaccination status, CDC says
By Marnie Hunter and Naomi Thomas, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday increased the risk level for cruise ship travel…
Continue Reading Māori journalist becomes first person with facial markings to present primetime news
Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A Māori journalist has made history in New Zealand by becoming the first person with traditional facial markings to host a…
Continue Reading Plea for Elton John to play at Princess Diana funeral revealed in UK government files
By Radina Gigova and Jack Guy, CNN The Dean of Westminster personally appealed to Buckingham Palace to allow British star Elton John to sing a…
Continue Reading Cruises should be avoided regardless of vaccination status, CDC says
The cruise line industry is facing disruptions again due to the outbreak of Covid-19. Over the past week, four cruise ships were turned away at their…
Continue Reading Some US citizens can return to country with expired passports
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Certain American citizens living or traveling abroad will be able to return to the United States if their passports have…
Continue Reading Many Latin American countries now have higher vaccination rates than Europe and North America
By Tim Lister, CNN Many countries in Latin America were hit with soaring Covid-19 death rates early in the pandemic, as coronavirus raged throughout…
Continue Reading CDC moves 3 more European destinations to its highest travel risk category
By Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday added three destinations in Europe — from its frigid…
Continue Reading Deadly flooding in Brazil kills at least 20 and displaces thousands, leaving Covid-19 vaccines submerged
By Vasco Cotovio and Tara John, CNN The death toll from floods and heavy rain, which has blighted the Brazilian state of Bahia since November, rose…
Continue Reading Deadly flooding hits Brazil, killing at least 18 and displacing thousands
By Flora Charner, Susannah Cullinane and Vasco Cotovio, CNN Heavy flooding has left at least 18 people dead and more than 280 injured in the…
Continue Reading Armed intruder arrested in the grounds of Windsor Castle as the Queen celebrated Christmas
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has paid tribute to the late Prince Philip during her first Christmas television broadcast since the death of her husband…
Continue Reading Armed intruder arrested in the grounds of Windsor Castle as the Queen celebrated Christmas
By Ivana Kottasová and Arnaud Siad, CNN An armed intruder was arrested in the grounds of Windsor Castle where Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and…
Continue Reading Queen Elizabeth pays tribute to Prince Philip in Christmas broadcast
By Ivana Kottasová, Katharina Krebs, Arnaud Siad, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has paid tribute to the…
Continue Reading Cities that are canceling their big New Year’s Eve events — and those still going forward
Should New Year’s and other holiday celebrations go forward, even as omicron numbers continue to rise? Hear how CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen…
Continue Reading Harry and Meghan share first picture of daughter Lilibet in holiday card
By Max Foster and Amy Woodyatt, CNN Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex shared the first photo of their daughter, Lilibet “Lili”…
Continue Reading Unruly airline passengers could lose TSA PreCheck credentials. ‘If you act out of line, you will wait in line’
By Lilit Marcus, CNN The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have joined forces in the fight…
Continue Reading Fees for US passports are about to pop way up
By Forrest Brown, CNN It seems few things are escaping the scourge of inflation these days — and that will soon include US passports. On…
Continue Reading McDonald’s limits french fry sales in Japan because of potato shortage
By Akanksha Sharma, Mayumi Maruyama, and Sana Noor Haq, CNN McDonald’s Japan is temporarily limiting the sale of french fries due to delays in…
Continue Reading World’s oldest family tree reconstructed from Stone Age tomb
By Hannah Ryan, CNN The oldest family tree in the world has been reconstructed through the analysis of ancient DNA taken from a Stone Age tomb in…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson embroiled in ‘bring-your-own-booze’ party scandal
UK Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy talks to Amanpour about Britain’s Covid crisis and the controversies swirling around Prime Minister Boris…
Continue Reading London’s Met Police refers itself to watchdog over handling of Downing Street Christmas party allegations
By Katharina Krebs, CNN London’s Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over its handling of an alleged Christmas party…
Continue Reading Cities that are canceling their big New Year’s Eve events — and those still going forward
By Forrest Brown, CNN For awhile there, it appeared we might be able to ring in New Year’s Eve in major cities across the planet with something…
Continue Reading Alleged ‘koala massacre’ prompts hundreds of animal cruelty charges
By Rhea Mogul, CNN Australian authorities on Wednesday charged a landowner and two companies with more than 250 counts of animal cruelty over the…
Continue Reading Thailand’s quarantine-free travel pass suspended amid Omicron variant concerns
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Amid the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Thailand has announced some changes to its inbound quarantine-free travel…
Continue Reading UK Supreme Court backs Venezuela’s Guaidó, bringing him closer to $1bn in gold reserves
By Vasco Cotovio, Isa Soares, Karol Suarez, Kiarinna Paris and Rob Picheta, CNN Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is one step closer to…
Continue Reading Court orders Dubai ruler to pay ex-wife $728m — one of the UK’s largest ever divorce settlements
By Hannah Ritchie, CNN The ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has been ordered to pay his ex-wife Princess Haya bint al-Hussein…
Continue Reading Australia’s PM Scott Morrison rules out new Covid lockdowns despite rising cases and Omicron fears
By Helen Regan and Hilary Whiteman, CNN For two years, Australia avoided the worst of the coronavirus pandemic thanks to strict border controls and…
Continue Reading CDC moves 8 places, including the world’s No. 2 destination, to its highest travel risk level
By Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added eight destinations to its highest-risk category for travel on Monday,…
Continue Reading Queen Elizabeth II will not travel to Sandringham for Christmas, palace source says
By Rob Picheta, Lauren Kent and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will not travel to Sandringham for Christmas and will…
Continue Reading Leftist Gabriel Boric, 35, wins Chile’s presidential election
Leftist Chilean presidential candidate and former student leader Gabriel Boric will be the country’s next leader after his far-right opponent Jose…
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