Berlin Wall Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an…
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, Amir Tal and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — As Israel plunges deeper into crisis after the country’s parliament passed the first…
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — A brief power outage at NASA’s mission control center in Houston caused a voice communications blackout with…
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Three four-hour flights high above the jungles of Campeche on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula exposed a hidden gem on…
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dean, Niamh Kennedy and Larry Madowo, CNN (CNN) — Men in military fatigues claimed to have taken power in Niger after President…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls and Christian Edwards, CNN London (CNN) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has been cleared of all charges after a…
Continue ReadingBy Ingrid Formanek, Kareem El Damanhoury and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — More than 10,000 people have been killed in the Sudanese region of West…
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — A vital system of ocean currents could collapse within a few decades if the world continues to pump out…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, Hamdi Alkhshali, Martin Goillandeau, Isa Soares, Sugam Pokharel, Elinda Labropoulou, Chris Liakos, Hande Atay Alam and Laura…
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Amir Tal and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it would hear appeals against a…
Continue ReadingBy Martin Goillandeau, Mick Krever, Radina Gigova and Caolán Magee, CNN (CNN) — A fire broke out on a ship off the Dutch coast with around…
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards and Vasco Cotovio, CNN London (CNN) — The United Kingdom government has been heavily criticized by Parliament’s Foreign…
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Bresnahan, CNN (CNN) — Tattoos are considered to be among the oldest forms of art, dating back thousands of years and practiced by…
Continue ReadingStory by Reuters (CNN) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech on Wednesday he would step down, and that his son Hun Manet would…
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Taoyuan, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport became the scene of a simulated…
Continue ReadingBy Sofia Cox, CNN (CNN) — An independent panel of experts investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from a rural teachers’ college…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Wildlife officials in Western Australia said they had to make a heart-breaking decision to euthanize a group of…
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Chang and Jessie Yeung, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Two Taiwan police officers are under investigation after a botched sting operation…
Continue ReadingBy Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Frantic purchases of ammunition, the daylight assassination of a mayor, and a growing body count inside…
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — A powerful typhoon brought widespread flooding and landslides to the Philippines on Wednesday, killing at…
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — When British singer Matty Healy grabbed bandmate Ross MacDonald for an onstage kiss during their Malaysia concert…
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — The United Nations has said that Russian accounts of a rocket attack on a camp holding…
Continue ReadingBy Josh Pennington and Sugam Pokharel, CNN (CNN) — Moldova has summoned the Russian ambassador in Chisinau after a media report surfaced…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series. Personal Birth date: July…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal…
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Personal Birth date: October 21, 1949…
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — A Brussels court on Tuesday found six out of ten suspects guilty of “terrorist murder” in the 2016 Brussels…
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Latza Nadeau, Sharon Braithwaite and Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Italy is facing multiple kinds of extreme weather at once, with…
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Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Traces of spices detected on a grinding slab and other stone tools unearthed in Vietnam reveal that curry was eaten…
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