Houses of Parliament (Great Britain) Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about Great Britain’s Houses of Parliament, located on the Thames River in…
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Oil permits up for auction in Congo’s Virunga park, putting endangered gorillas at risk
By Saskya Vandoorne and Tina Burnside, CNN Despite growing pleas from climate change activists, the Democratic Republic of Congo says it is moving…
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By Simone McCarthy George Gao, head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, has stepped down after five years at the helm of the…
Continue Reading War for the south: Ukraine sets its sights on regaining cities and towns lost to Russian troops
Ukraine says it is slowly moving forward into the Russian-occupied region with the help of artillery sent by the US and its allies. But how much is…
Continue Reading Poland to buy hundreds of South Korean tanks, howitzers after sending arms to Ukraine
By Brad Lendon, Yoonjung Seo and Joseph Ataman CNN Poland is buying almost 1,000 tanks, more than 600 pieces of artillery and dozens of fighter jets…
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Continue Reading China’s Wuhan shuts down district of 1 million people over 4 asymptomatic Covid cases
By Nectar Gan, CNN The Chinese metropolis of Wuhan has shut down a district of almost a million people after detecting four asymptomatic Covid cases,…
Continue Reading Brittney Griner testifies she signed documents without understanding what they said after being stopped at Moscow airport
By Dakin Andone and Anna Chernova, CNN US basketball star Brittney Griner testified in a Russian courtroom Wednesday as part of her ongoing trial on…
Continue Reading Asia on high alert for monkeypox as cases reported from India to Japan
By Heather Chen, CNN Countries across Asia are on high alert for monkeypox, screening travelers and scrambling teams of medics, as they report their…
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CNN By Heather Chen, CNN Countries across Asia are on high alert for monkeypox, screening travelers and scrambling teams of medics, as they report…
Continue Reading Russia says it will quit the International Space Station after 2024
Russia announced it will quit the International Space Station after 2024, ending decades of partnership with the US and other nations. Watch CNN’s…
Continue Reading 7.0-magnitude earthquake kills five, injures 130 in northern Philippines
By Jessie Yeung and Kathleen Magramo, CNN At least five people died and 130 others were injured after a powerful earthquake struck the northern…
Continue Reading Invasive insect formerly known as ‘murder hornet’ gets new name
By Rachel Fadem, CNN The “murder hornet” is no more. At least, its name is gone. The Entomological Society of America and the…
Continue Reading Centuries-old shipwreck thought to have inspired ‘The Goonies’ has been discovered off Oregon coast
By Megan Marples, CNN It may not have been a mountain of pirate treasure, but archaeologists have discovered remnants of a centuries-old shipwreck…
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Uvalde school district suspends Robb Elementary School principal
Mandy Gutierrez, The Robb Elementary School principal at the time of the Uvalde school shooting was placed on administrative leave with pay on…
Continue Reading Sharks are millions of years older than dinosaurs and 5 other facts that may surprise you
Jeff Kurr, the producer and director of Discovery’s “Shark Week,” discusses footage his team captured of a great white shark destroying a diver’s…
Continue Reading Sharks are millions of years older than dinosaurs and 5 other facts that may surprise you
By Rachel Fadem, CNN Sharks have scared us a lot this summer, primarily for suspected attacks on humans. However, humans are a larger threat to…
Continue Reading Summer Olympics Competitions Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Summer Olympics, which is held every four years. The 2020 Olympic Games…
Continue Reading Russia says it will quit the International Space Station after 2024
By Uliana Pavlova and Kristin Fisher, CNN Russia says it is planning to pull out of the International Space Station and end its decades-long…
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The European Union has agreed to voluntarily ration its natural gas this winter to prevent a severe supply shock as the war between Russia and…
Continue Reading Debris from massive Chinese booster rocket could fall to Earth early next week
By Kathleen Magramo, Katie Hunt and Kristin Fisher, CNN The remnants of the massive Chinese rocket that delivered a new module to its space station…
Continue Reading Beijing hits back as UK leadership contenders sharpen China rhetoric
CNN By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing has urged candidates vying to be Britain’s next Prime Minister to refrain from “hyping up the…
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Continue Reading Brittney Griner to testify at trial in Russia, lawyers say
By Tara John and Anna Chernova, CNN WNBA star Brittney Griner will testify as part of her drug trial in Russia on Wednesday, her lawyers said, as her…
Continue Reading Beijing hits back as UK leadership contenders sharpen China rhetoric
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Beijing has urged candidates vying to be Britain’s next Prime Minister to refrain from “hyping up the so-called…
Continue Reading Japanese city thought they had a rogue wild monkey. As attacks rise, now they fear there’s more than one
By Jessie Yeung and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Wild monkeys have attacked dozens of residents of a city in southwestern Japan in recent weeks, with reports of…
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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling says that Ukraine is ready to open up a second front in the eastern part of the country that could put the…
Continue Reading David Trimble, key architect of Good Friday Agreement, dies at 77
By Peter Taggart, CNN Tributes are being paid following the death of Nobel Peace Prize winner David Trimble, an architect of the Good Friday…
Continue Reading Hajj Pilgrimage Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. On average, more than two million Muslims a year…
Continue Reading July 25, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
The mother of an American citizen who died in Ukraine, Kathy Lucyszyn, tells CNN’s Alisyn Camerota about how her family is processing her son’s…
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