Suspect in Norway attack named as police say they’re treating it as terrorism
By James Frater and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN Norwegian police have named the suspect in Wednesday’s bow-and-arrow attack in the southern town of…
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Suspect charged after 5 killed in bow and arrow attack in Norway, police say
By Vasco Cotovio, James Frater and Lianne Kolirin, CNN A 37-year-old man has been arrested and charged after five people were killed and two injured…
Continue Reading The world’s tallest living woman is a 24-year-old from Turkey
By Jack Guy, CNN A 24-year-old Turkish woman who stands 215.16 centimeters (7 feet, 0.7 inches) tall has been confirmed as the world’s tallest…
Continue Reading Trump’s inner circle takes a trip down memory lane in Jerusalem
By Hadas Gold, CNN For a few short hours in Jerusalem this week, the Trump band got back together for a glitzy reunion gig. “There goes the…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine boosters are ‘immoral’ and ‘unfair’, says WHO chief
By Jack Guy and Mostafa Salem, CNN Distributing Covid-19 vaccine booster shots in some countries while inoculations across Africa lag is…
Continue Reading Decaying oil tanker off Yemen could disrupt clean water supply for 9 million people
By Radina Gigova and Kara Fox, CNN The “increasingly likely” possibility of a massive oil spill from a decaying tanker stranded in the…
Continue Reading UK lawmakers slam government’s ‘reactive’ early Covid response in new report
During the first week of the new school year, students and teachers in England tell CNN they are excited to return to the classroom — and will…
Continue Reading Dismissing Catholic abuse victims’ lawsuit, ECHR rules Vatican cannot be sued in European courts
By Richard Allen Greene and Kara Fox, CNN The Vatican cannot be sued in European courts because it is a sovereign state, the European Court of Human…
Continue Reading UK lawmakers slam government’s ‘reactive’ early Covid response in new report
By Vasco Cotovio, Sharon Braithwaite and Helen Regan, CNN The British government failed to act quickly enough in its initial Covid-19 response,…
Continue Reading Schools are new battleground in war of disinformation over Covid-19 vaccines
At a “walk your kid to school” event at a local Los Angeles school, anti-vaccine mandate protesters confront parents and children. Samuel Braslow, a…
Continue Reading Schools are new battleground in war of disinformation over Covid-19 vaccines
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations to schoolchildren in the United Kingdom has opened up a new front in the…
Continue Reading Lava from La Palma volcano sparks cement factory fire, pushing 2,500 people into lockdown
By Al Goodman, CNN Lava flowing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma island sparked a fire at a cement factory Monday, leading to…
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ISIS finance chief captured by Iraqi forces, Iraq PM says
By Aqeel Najim and Mostafa Salem, CNN Iraqi forces captured Sami Jasim, the deputy of former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraq’s Prime…
Continue Reading Alexander Schallenberg sworn in as Austria chancellor after Sebastian Kurz quits amid corruption inquiry
By Stephanie Halasz, CNN Alexander Schallenberg was named Austria’s new chancellor on Monday after his predecessor, Sebastian Kurz, resigned…
Continue Reading Bolshoi Theatre performer killed in accident on stage during opera
A performer at Moscow’s renowned Bolshoi Theatre was killed in an accident on stage during an opera. CNN’s Matthew Chance…
Continue Reading Bolshoi Theatre performer killed in accident on stage during opera
By CNN’s Katharina Krebs and Reuters A performer at Moscow’s renowned Bolshoi Theatre was killed on Saturday in an accident on stage…
Continue Reading Record number of people attempt to cross the border between Poland and Belarus, officials say
By Niamh Kennedy and Antonia Mortensen, CNN A record number of people attempted to cross the border between Poland and Belarus Saturday, amid…
Continue Reading State electricity returns in Lebanon but still maxes out at two hours in most areas
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Lebanon’s main state electricity company supplied around two hours of power to the national grid, local residents told…
Continue Reading Czech President’s condition ‘stable’ after post-election hospitalization
By John Mastrini and Sheena McKenzie, CNN Czech President Miloš Zeman is in a stable condition in intensive care after he was hospitalized following…
Continue Reading Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigns amid corruption scandal
By Stephanie Halasz, Martin Goillandeau and Niamh Kennedy CNN Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz said he was stepping down from his office Saturday…
Continue Reading Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s populist party loses grip on power in nail-bitingly close election
By John Mastrini and Sheena McKenzie, CNN The Czech Republic‘s billionaire prime minister appears to have lost his grip on power after his…
Continue Reading Spanish archbishop apologizes for steamy music video filmed in Gothic cathedral
By Jeevan Ravindran and Robert Iddiols, CNN The Archbishop of Toledo in Spain has apologized after two artists filmed a racy music video in the…
Continue Reading How a US group with links to the far-right may have influenced a crackdown on Ghana’s LGBTQ community
CNN’s David McKenzie reports from Ghana as the country’s parliament is set to debate a bill that critics from the LGBTQ+ community call a…
Continue Reading How a US group with links to the far-right may have influenced a crackdown on Ghana’s LGBTQ community
By David McKenzie and Nimi Princewill, CNN A safe house was the only place Joe felt protected enough to meet. Tucked away in a neighborhood of Accra,…
Continue Reading Train collision in Tunisian capital injures 33
By Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN At least 33 people suffered following a collision between two passenger trains in the south of Tunis on Thursday evening,…
Continue Reading African scientists’ historic malaria breakthrough celebrated by peers
By Bukola Adebayo The World Health Organization’s decision to recommend the widespread use of a long-awaited vaccine against malaria is an…
Continue Reading Mussolini’s granddaughter tops polls in Rome council vote
By Sharon Braithwaite and Nicola Ruotolo, CNN Rachele Mussolini, granddaughter of the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, won the highest number…
Continue Reading Pegasus spyware maker ends contract with UAE after UK high court’s hacking ruling
The UK high court finds Dubai’s ruler had his ex-wife’s phone…
Continue Reading US warns it could sanction Ethiopia after CNN reveals airline ferried weapons during Tigray war
By Nima Elbagir, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The Biden administration has described a CNN report that Ethiopian…
Continue Reading Pegasus spyware maker ends contract with UAE after UK high court’s hacking ruling
By Hamzeh Noami The Israeli manufacturer of Pegasus spyware said Thursday it had terminated its contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the…
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