Luxembourg to become first country in Europe to legalize cannabis
By Eleanor Pickston and Rob Picheta, CNN Luxembourg is set to become the first European nation to legalize the growing and use of cannabis, the…
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This might just look like grass, but it has the power to absorb a load of our carbon emissions
It’s not just Senator Joe Manchin who doesn’t want quick and aggressive action on climate change. Many constituents do…
Continue Reading Some elephants are evolving to have no tusks as a response to brutal poaching
By Katie Hunt, CNN An elephant’s tusks are among its defining features — they help the animal lift heavy branches, topple trees, strip…
Continue Reading Violence over Italy’s strict Covid pass has ignited a national debate about fascism
By Sarah Dean, CNN Down a narrow, winding street in central Rome, golden cobblestones shine out from the footpath in front of homes, etched with the…
Continue Reading This might just look like grass, but it has the power to absorb a load of our carbon emissions
By Lauren Kent, CNN Photographs by Li-Lian Ahlskog Hou, CNN Forests have long been celebrated as the natural heroes in the fight against the climate…
Continue Reading EU leaders lambast Poland over its challenge to union
By Amy Cassidy and Reuters The European Union is facing mounting pressure from its own lawmakers to withhold funds to Poland as an ongoing spat…
Continue Reading Syria executes 24 people charged with lighting wildfires that devastated the country last year
By Eyad Kourdi and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN Syria has executed 24 people who were convicted of terrorism charges for igniting last year’s…
Continue Reading Europe facing 500,000 more Covid deaths by February, WHO warns
Moscow will impose a 10-day lockdown from next week in an effort to curb soaring Covid-19 cases, the city’s mayor has said, as Russia endures its…
Continue Reading Huge crowds march in Sudan in support of civilian rule
By Yasir Abdullah and Mostafa Salem, CNN Throngs of Sudanese protesters took to the streets on Thursday to voice their support for civilian rule…
Continue Reading Moscow is going back into lockdown as Covid-19 deaths multiply in Russia
By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Moscow will impose a 10-day lockdown from next week in an effort to curb soaring Covid-19 cases, the…
Continue Reading Taliban wins backing for aid at Moscow talks, with regional powers saying US and allies should pay
Story by Reuters Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers won backing from 10 regional powers at talks in Moscow on Wednesday for the idea of a United…
Continue Reading Taliban wins backing for aid at Moscow talks, with regional powers saying US and allies should pay
CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports from Ghazni, Afghanistan, on the reality of the Taliban’s new regime of justice in…
Continue Reading Dozens killed, including children, in Syria attacks
By Jomana Karadsheh, Eyad Kourdi, Kareem Khadder and Reuters Four children were among at least 10 people killed in Syrian regime strikes in the…
Continue Reading Fresh airstrikes hit capital of Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region
By Bethlehem Feleke, Katie Polglase and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN The capital of Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region was covered in smoke on…
Continue Reading Police fire tear gas in Lagos as protesters honoring victims of Lekki toll gate shooting spill on to streets
By Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN Police in Lagos fired tear gas Wednesday as hundreds of demonstrators turned up at the Lekki toll gate…
Continue Reading Moscow orders unvaccinated over-60s to stay home for 4 months as Russia’s Covid-19 crisis deepens
By Anna Chernova and Rob Picheta, CNN Millions of Russians face strict new Covid-19 restrictions from this week after a slow vaccination drive, an…
Continue Reading Ex-German soldiers arrested for trying to create paramilitary unit to fight in Yemen
By Nadine Schmidt and Sheena McKenzie, CNN Two former German soldiers have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to create a paramilitary unit to…
Continue Reading Three children killed in airstrikes on Ethiopia’s Tigray region, UN says
By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Bethlehem Feleke, Barbara Arvanitidis and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Three children were killed and one person was injured in…
Continue Reading 96-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect who absconded last month now goes on trial
By Stephanie Halasz, CNN The trial of a 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary has finally began in Germany, weeks after she went on…
Continue Reading Norway attack victims were killed by stabbings, not arrows, police say
By Sharon Braithwaite and Stephanie Halasz, CNN The five victims of last week’s attack in Norway were all stabbed to death, rather than killed…
Continue Reading ‘He died in my arms.’ Twelve months on, a mother’s agonizing wait to find out why her son died at Lekki toll gate
By Stephanie Busari, CNN When Adesola heard about the shooting at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on October 20, 2020, she immediately thought of her…
Continue Reading Czech lawmakers may strip hospitalized president of powers to end deadlock
By Tomas Etzler and John Mastrini, CNN Lawmakers in the Czech Republic are looking to strip President Miloš Zeman of his powers, after his…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg ‘Rickrolls’ climate concert with crazy dance moves
Climate models show parts of southern California under water in the next century if action isn’t…
Continue Reading Capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region hit by airstrikes, eyewitness and local forces say
By Bethlehem Feleke, Barbara Arvanitidis and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN The capital of Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region was hit by at least two…
Continue Reading Greta Thunberg ‘Rickrolls’ climate concert with crazy dance moves
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has “Rickrolled” an audience, all in the name of climate activism. Thunberg…
Continue Reading Russia suspending mission to NATO in response to staff expulsions
By Anna Chernova and Kara Fox, CNN Russia is suspending its permanent mission to NATO in response to the alliance’s expulsion of eight…
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A dolphin’s decades-long stay made this Irish town famous. A year after he left for good, Dingle bids farewell to Fungie
By Kara Fox, CNN When Ireland entered one of the world’s most restrictive pandemic lockdowns in early 2020, Jimmy Flannery was worried how one…
Continue Reading Lauded Spanish female crime writer revealed to be three men
By Hannah Ryan, CNN Spain‘s literary world has been thrown into chaos after a coveted book prize was awarded to “Carmen Mola”…
Continue Reading Lebanon Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Lebanon, a Middle Eastern country bordering Syria, Israel and the Mediterranean Sea. About Lebanon (from the…
Continue Reading Rome goes to the polls to vote for new mayor amid ‘Covid pass’ tension
By Sarah Dean, CNN Romans are voting in a run-off election to decide the Italian capital‘s next mayor — with a center-left or…
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