Meet the history-making crew who just landed at the space station
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When astronauts venture aboard the International Space Station, they see a world without borders. They work together while…
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At least 2 killed in Iran as security forces intensify crackdown over protests
Amnesty International says a 16-year-old girl protesting against Iran’s oppressive laws was beaten to death by Iranian security forces. The…
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By Adam Pourahmadi, Idris Muktar Ibrahim, Jomana Karadsheh and Pierre Meilhan, CNN Iran’s security forces shot at protesters and used tear gas…
Continue Reading A blast hit a key bridge linking Crimea to Russia. Here’s what we know
By Jill Dougherty, Tim Lister and Amy Woodyatt, CNN A huge blast Saturday damaged the only bridge connecting annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland,…
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Surveillance footage from cameras on the Kerch bridge leading to Russian-annexed Crimea shows the moment of a large explosion on the roadway. The…
Continue Reading Watch the hunter’s moon rise in the sky this weekend
By Danya Gainor and Ashley Strickland, CNN October’s full moon is just around the corner and serves as a reminder: the eerie season is fast…
Continue Reading Two teens and a child among 10 people killed in Ireland gas station explosion
By Zayn Nabbi, CNN Ten people, including two teenagers and a young child, were killed in Friday’s explosion at a gas filling station in the…
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Nobel Prize history from the year you were born
Stacker looked at facts and events related to the Nobel Prizes each year from 1931 to 2021, drawing from the Nobel Committee’s recollections and…
Continue Reading Massive blast cripples parts of Crimea-Russia bridge, in blow to Putin’s war effort
By Hannah Ritchie, Tim Lister and Josh Pennington, CNN In a major blow for Russian President Vladimir Putin, a huge explosion early Saturday severely…
Continue Reading Superyacht linked to Russian billionaire mysteriously shows up in Hong Kong
By Michelle Toh, CNN A megayacht linked to a sanctioned Russian oligarch has dropped anchor in Hong Kong, amid efforts by the West to seize the…
Continue Reading France urges French nationals to leave Iran “as soon as possible”
CNN’s Aliza Kassim and Niamh Kennedy France has urged all French nationals to leave Iran “as soon as possible,” warning that they…
Continue Reading Ukraine police say bodies of more than 500 civilians found in Kharkiv
By Jo Shelley, Olga Voitovych and Tim Lister, CNN The bodies of more than 500 civilians have been discovered in territory in northeast Ukraine…
Continue Reading Ukraine says 2,400 square kilometers of territory recaptured in south
By Julia Kesaieva and Jack Guy, CNN The Ukrainian military has recaptured 2,400 square kilometers of territory in Kherson region in the south of the…
Continue Reading This is how pythons can devour enormous prey
By Christian Edwards, CNN The expression “so hungry I could eat a horse” might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python,…
Continue Reading Next supercontinent may form when the Pacific Ocean disappears
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The world may have a new supercontinent within 200 million to 300 million years as the Pacific Ocean shrinks and closes.…
Continue Reading Thailand’s day care massacre unites families and a country in grief
CNN By Kocha Olarn, Anna Coren and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Smears of dried blood still stained the wooden floor of a classroom in northeastern Thailand…
Continue Reading Human rights advocates from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus share Nobel Peace Prize
By Rob Picheta, CNN Human rights groups from Russia and Ukraine — Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties — have won the Nobel Peace…
Continue Reading Why is North Korea firing so many missiles — and should the West be worried?
By Jessie Yeung, Paula Hancocks and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Tensions are running high in the Korean Peninsula, as the United States and its allies respond…
Continue Reading North Korea flies warplanes near border as tensions with South escalate
CNN By Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN New tensions are flaring between the Koreas, with the North flying warplanes near their shared…
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A timeline of notable government bailout and relief programs in US history
The US government has a history of bailing out institutions and individuals in extraordinary times. Sound Dollar looks at the historical record to…
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By Kocha Olarn, Anna Coren and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Smears of dried blood still stained the wooden floor of a classroom in northeastern Thailand on…
Continue Reading Russia’s war in Ukraine
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Continue Reading Competitive Irish dancing organization investigates cheating allegations
By Niamh Kennedy, CNN The world’s oldest and largest competitive Irish dancing organization has launched an investigation after being hit by…
Continue Reading Japanese journalist sentenced to 10 years in Myanmar prison, official says
By Emiko Jozuka and Heather Chen, CNN A military court in Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese journalist to 10 years in prison for sedition and…
Continue Reading Morale is plummeting in Putin’s private army as Russia’s war in Ukraine falters
Putin’s private military company, Wagner Group, struggles with supplies, ammunition, and morale as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to falter. CNN’s…
Continue Reading Morale is plummeting in Putin’s private army as Russia’s war in Ukraine falters
By Saskya Vandoorne, Melissa Bell, Joseph Ataman and Renee Bertini, CNN The Ukrainians’ bodies lay side-by-side on the grass, the earth beside…
Continue Reading SpaceX capsule docks with space station carrying international astronauts — and 1 cosmonaut
By Jackie Wattles, CNN A SpaceX capsule carrying a multinational crew of astronauts linked up with the International Space Station on Thursday after…
Continue Reading Dozens of children among at least 36 people killed in child care center massacre in Thailand
By Kocha Olarn and Heather Chen, CNN Thailand recoiled in horror Thursday after at least 36 people were killed, at least 24 of them children, in a…
Continue Reading Juno mission spies feature looking like a musical note on Europa’s icy surface
By Ashley Strickland, CNN A NASA spacecraft recently flew by Jupiter’s moon Europa, and one of its cameras spied fascinating features on the…
Continue Reading Russian deputy in Kherson berates ‘incompetent commanders’ in unsparing critique of war effort
By Olga Voitovych, Jo Shelley and Joshua Berlinger, CNN A senior Russian-appointed official in Ukraine on Thursday blamed the country’s…
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