Humans pump so much groundwater that Earth’s axis has shifted, study finds
By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Humans’ unquenchable thirst for groundwater has sucked so much liquid from subsurface reserves that it’s…
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Fossil reveals human ancestors butchered one another for reasons beyond ritual
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Nine cut marks on a fossilized shin bone suggest that ancient human relatives butchered and possibly ate one another…
Continue Reading Sierra Leone’s president takes early lead in tense election race
By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — Sierra Leone’s President Maada Bio has taken an early lead in the country’s…
Continue Reading German voters elect far-right AfD candidate to lead district for the first time
By Inke Kappeler and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A candidate from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won a local leadership post…
Continue Reading Putin slams ‘traitors’ as Prigozhin claims mercenary rebellion was only a ‘protest’
By Mariya Knight, Anna Chernova, Rob Picheta and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin have…
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Janet Yellen told bank CEOs more mergers may be necessary, sources say
New York (CNN) — During Thursday’s meeting with the CEOs of large banks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told executives that more bank mergers…
Continue Reading Stephen Lawrence: New suspect named in racist murder of Black British teenager
By Caolán Magee, CNN London (CNN) — A new suspect has been named in the racist murder of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence in southeast London…
Continue Reading Analysis: Why Prigozhin’s short-lived Russian rebellion failed
By Nic Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Wagner mercenary boss Yevegeny Prigozhin over-reached and lost. His hubris-fuelled insurrection failed through a…
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Extreme floods are happening way more often than federal data would suggest, analysis shows
(CNN) — A critical federal analysis of extreme rainfall is vastly underestimating the chances of flood events, with grave implications for…
Continue Reading The Wagner insurrection is over, but Putin and Prigozhin are keeping a low profile
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has just survived his biggest ever challenge – but has largely remained out…
Continue Reading Planet-heating pollution from global energy sector continues to rise as fossil fuels dominate, report finds
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Last year may have seen a record growth of wind and solar power but planet-heating fossil fuels continued to…
Continue Reading Mother let son take her place on doomed Titanic trip because he ‘really wanted to go’
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Christine Dawood, whose husband Shahzada and son Suleman died aboard the Titan submersible, has revealed that she had…
Continue Reading Some Russians welcomed Wagner mercenaries who appeared in their streets during brief insurrection
By Matthew Chance and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Some Russians greeted the weekend’s armed insurrection led by the head of the…
Continue Reading Humans approaching limits of ‘survivability’ as sweltering heatwaves engulf parts of Asia
By Rhea Mogul, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Heavy showers blanketed northern India over the weekend, offering some much needed respite from a…
Continue Reading Poaching has decimated the numbers of this rare cockatoo. Could a feral flock in Hong Kong save the species?
By Rebecca Cairns, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — It’s dusk in Hong Kong Park. Taxis screech past on the road outside, the shuffling footfall of…
Continue Reading Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, undergoes surgery after breast cancer diagnosis
By Sahar Akbarzai and Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has undergone surgery after being diagnosed with breast…
Continue Reading China throws support behind ‘strategic partner’ Russia after Wagner insurrection challenges Putin
By Nectar Gan, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — China has voiced support for Russia after a short-lived insurrection posed the gravest challenge to the…
Continue Reading These images aren’t real, but for some refugees they depict a painful truth
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — The images bound in hardcover and published online capture the suffering of refugees in…
Continue Reading Prince William believes you can have zero homelessness and he’s using Finland as a case study
By Max Foster and Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Prince William believes you can have zero homelessness and he’s using Finland as a case…
Continue Reading Greek prime minister earns resounding electoral win, as far right makes gains
By Elinda Labropoulou, CNN Athens, Greece (CNN) — Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leader of Greece’s center-right New Democracy party, has…
Continue Reading Nine dead, dozens injured after Russian warplanes attack near Syrian market
By Eyad Kourdi and Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — Nine people have been killed and dozens injured after Russian fighter jets bombed a city in…
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Bizarre and chaotic 36 hours in Russia feels like the beginning of the end for Putin
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN (CNN) — Desperately projecting that everything is as it was, the Kremlin is only emphasizing how much has changed.…
Continue Reading Netanyahu urges Israeli settlers not to ‘grab land illegally,’ following West Bank violence
By Kareem Khadder, Hadas Gold and Sana Noor Haq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning Sunday…
Continue Reading Russia pulls back from brink of crisis after deal reached to end Wagner insurrection
(CNN) — In the end, the uprising was short-lived. But for a brief and chaotic 36 hours, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on…
Continue Reading Putting salt in tap water and drilling wells in parks: one country’s desperate quest to avoid running dry
By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Uruguay, grappling with a multi-year drought and high temperatures, is running dry. The situation has become so bad…
Continue Reading Russia pulls back from brink of crisis after deal reached to end Wagner insurrection
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — In the end, the uprising was short-lived. But for a brief and chaotic 36 hours, Russian President Vladimir…
Continue Reading Voice recordings and data from the mother ship that carried the Titan submersible before it imploded will be examined, investigators say
By Nouran Salahieh, Samantha Beech and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — One week after the Titan submersible started what became a catastrophic…
Continue Reading Moscow has stepped back from civil war with Wagner. But the danger’s not over, experts warn
By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Russia glimpsed the threat of armed insurrection over the weekend, with Wagner Group mercenaries marching toward…
Continue Reading From ‘brain death’ to innovator, the Ukraine war has transformed NATO
By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — Ever since President Vladimir Putin gave the order for Russian troops to invade Ukraine, the international…
Continue Reading In country with world’s lowest fertility rate, doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’
By Chris Lau, Gawon Bae, Jake Kwon and Nayoon Kim, CNN Seoul (CNN) — For a country with the world’s lowest fertility rate – one that has…
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