Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian space chief engage in Twitter fight
By Kristin Fisher and Jackie Wattles, CNN An extraordinary war of words is transpiring between the head of Russia’s space agency and one of…
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What we know (and don’t know) about the arrest of US Olympic champion Brittney Griner in Russia
By Holly Yan, CNN A month after US basketball star Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia, it’s still not clear exactly where she’s being…
Continue Reading Basketball star Brittney Griner is the latest American to be detained in Russia as supporters work desperately to free them
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA star Brittney Griner has been arrested in Russia on drug charges when customs officials found cannabis oil in…
Continue Reading It’ll be ‘very difficult’ to get detained US basketball star Brittney Griner out of Russia, lawmaker says
By Wayne Sterling, Holly Yan and Emma Tucker, CNN For days, family and friends have been clamoring for the release of two-time Olympic champion…
Continue Reading New York Times: Brittney Griner, two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA all-star, arrested in Russia on drug charges
Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time Women’s National Basketball Association All-Star with the Phoenix Mercury basketball…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Mardi Gras, a celebration held the day before the fasting season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.…
Continue Reading New York Times: Brittney Griner, two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA all-star, arrested in Russia on drug charges
By Wayne Sterling and Emma Tucker, CNN Brittney Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and seven-time Women’s National Basketball Association…
Continue Reading Before the Ukraine invasion she made belts. Now, she makes camouflage nets for troops
By David Williams, CNN Weaver Olena Shevtsova sells handmade Slavic and Ukrainian patterned belts, sashes, scarves and even guitar straps online to…
Continue Reading This is what happens when space junk hits the moon
By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s been a tough week. The world has watched the Russian invasion of Ukraine unfold during a pandemic that still…
Continue Reading Russia poised to deploy up to 1,000 more mercenaries to Ukraine as official warns Moscow could ‘bombard cities into submission’
By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN Russia is poised to deploy up to 1,000 more mercenaries to Ukraine in the coming days and…
Continue Reading Space junk set to crash into the far side of the moon
By Katie Hunt, CNN A rocket part that’s been careering around space for years is set to collide with the moon on Friday, and it will be the…
Continue Reading With war raging, this CNN Hero is racing to aid Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors
By Kathleen Toner, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evoked echoes of World War II. And for Ukrainian Holocaust survivors, the crisis is…
Continue Reading With war raging, this CNN Hero is racing to aid Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors
2014 CNN Hero Zane Buzby’s mission to help Holocaust survivors is taking on new urgency as hundreds living in Ukraine find themselves in the middle…
Continue Reading With war raging, this CNN Hero is racing to aid Ukraine’s Holocaust survivors
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been pushing the rhetoric of “denazification” as justification for his invasion of Ukraine. CNN’s Sam Kiley…
Continue Reading Dinosaur fossil discovery may be the oldest stegosaur ever found
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Fossils have led researchers to a previously unknown species of armored dinosaur that lived 168 million years ago, and…
Continue Reading Tiny ‘flower’ formation spotted on Mars by Curiosity rover
By Ashley Strickland, CNN This may be the closest we will ever come to finding a flower on Mars. During its ongoing investigation of Martian rocks in…
Continue Reading China asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics, Western intel shows
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour discusses which countries could utilize their leverage with Russian President Vladimir Putin to help end the Ukraine…
Continue Reading China asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics, Western intel shows
Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, CNN’s Bianca Nobilo speaks to the US Permanent Representative…
Continue Reading China asked Russia to delay Ukraine invasion until after Olympics, Western intel shows
By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in early February requested that senior…
Continue Reading Rare NASA lunar dust collected by Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission is up for auction
Independent researcher Bill Gray — who first publicized that a rogue rocket part was on a track to hit the moon — speaks with CNN Business about…
Continue Reading Expected collision of rocket part with moon to take place imminently
By Katie Hunt, CNN A rocket part that’s been careering around space for years is set to collide with the moon on Friday, and it will be the…
Continue Reading What the writer of ‘We Lived Happily During the War’ wants you to know about Ukraine
By Leah Asmelash, CNN In recent days, Russia’s attack on Ukraine has left many living in the country in a nightmare. Subway stations double as…
Continue Reading ‘Covid-19 need no longer control our lives.’ Biden outlines plan to emerge from the pandemic
By Tara John and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN The United States can “move forward safely” into a less disruptive phase of the pandemic, a…
Continue Reading The new weather satellite that could spot wildfires before we do
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Whether it’s wildfires that sweep across the West Coast, storms rolling in from the Pacific Ocean, or dense fog that…
Continue Reading Europe’s Mars rover ‘very unlikely’ to launch in 2022 due to Ukraine invasion
By Katie Hunt and Jackie Wattles, CNN It’s very unlikely that Europe’s first planetary rover will launch in 2022, the European Space…
Continue Reading How CNN geolocates and verifies social media footage from Ukraine
By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN From TikTok videos of tanks in Belgorod to Telegram clips of strikes near Kyiv, social media footage…
Continue Reading How CNN geolocates and verifies social media footage from Ukraine
By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN From TikTok videos of tanks in Belgorod to Telegram clips of strikes near Kyiv, social media footage…
Continue Reading How CNN geolocates and verifies social media footage from Ukraine
Social media footage has played a key role in news coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, revealing new attacks and military movements. But…
Continue Reading Tyrannosaurus rex may have been misunderstood
By Katie Hunt, CNN Few dinosaurs exude the same mystique as Tyrannosaurus rex, but the tyrant lizard king that once roamed across North America might…
Continue Reading ‘Delay means death’: We’re running out of ways to adapt to the climate crisis, new report shows. Here are the key takeaways
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Climate change is on course to transform life on Earth as we know it, and unless global warming is dramatically slowed,…
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