Richard Branson Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of the founder of Virgin Group, Ltd., Richard Branson. Personal Birth date: July 18, 1950…
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This giant water lily is the biggest in the world — and it’s a newly identified species
By Amarachi Orie, CNN An enormous water lily in London’s Royal Botanic Gardens has been discovered to belong to an entirely new species, after…
Continue Reading As Korean employees return to the office, so does ‘gapjil’ workplace harassment
By Jessie Yeung and Gawon Bae, CNN As employees return to the office in South Korea, so does gapjil — the country’s longstanding problem…
Continue Reading China calls on Myanmar’s junta to hold talks with opponents
By Heather Chen, CNN China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on Myanmar’s junta leaders to talk to their opponents amid concerns over…
Continue Reading Hong Kong said ‘miracle’ needed to find more survivors from ship sunk in Typhoon Chaba. China just found one
By Kathleen Magramo and Lauren Lau, CNN A rescue team from mainland China saved a crew member of a ship that broke in half and sank during Typhoon…
Continue Reading Several people killed in Copenhagen mall shooting, police say
Several people have been shot at a Copenhagen mall, Danish police said. One person has been arrested in connection with the shooting at Field’s mall,…
Continue Reading Antique vampire-slaying kit sparks international bidding war at auction
By Emmy Abbassi, CNN Buffy would be proud. A vampire-slaying kit once owned by a British aristocrat sparked an international bidding war before…
Continue Reading Ice avalanche kills six in Italian Alps amid heatwave
By Sharon Braithwaite At least six people were killed and another eight injured following an avalanche of ice in the Italian Alps, CNN affiliate…
Continue Reading Suspect in fatal Copenhagen mall shooting is remanded in psychiatric facility for 24 days, police say
By Susanne Gargiulo, Kim Norgaard, Pierre Meilhan, Jorge Engels, Tara Subramaniam and Jonny Hallam, CNN A man arrested on suspicion of killing three…
Continue Reading A drive-by shooting leaves a 5-year-old dead and an 8-year-old injured in Houston
By Michelle Watson and Holly Yan, CNN Houston police are asking for the public’s help in finding whoever opened fire on a car overnight,…
Continue Reading Hong Kong lawmaker photographed with Chinese President Xi tests positive for Covid-19
By Wayne Chang and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A Hong Kong lawmaker who was photographed standing close to Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this week…
Continue Reading Ukrainian forces withdraw from Lysychansk, their last holdout in key region
By Ivana Kottasová, Yulia Kesaieva, Hannah Ritchie, Mariya Knight, Radina Gigova and Jonny Hallam, CNN Russia has taken control of Lysychansk, the…
Continue Reading Belarus claims to have shot down Ukrainian missiles
by Heather Chen, Wayne Chang, Jonny Hallam and Radina Gigova, CNN Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has accused Ukraine of firing missiles at…
Continue Reading 2 dead and 4 injured, including 3 officers, in Texas shooting, police say
By Michelle Watson and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A gunman in Texas killed two people and injured another person Saturday before fatally shooting himself,…
Continue Reading Taliban labels Islamic State affiliate a ‘false sect’
By Sahar Akbarzai, Ehsan Popalzai and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The Taliban has declared the Islamic State affiliate ISIS-K a corrupt “sect”…
Continue Reading North Korea says US seeking an excuse for an Asian NATO with South Korea and Japan
Story by Reuters North Korea has criticized an agreement between the United States, South Korea and Japan to strengthen military cooperation —…
Continue Reading Palestinians to let US examine bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
By Abeer Salman and Hadas Gold, CNN The Palestinian Authority will allow US investigators to examine the bullet that killed Palestinian-American…
Continue Reading Pete Arredondo resigns from Uvalde city council after botched response to school shooting
By Shimon Prokupecz, Rosa Flores and Eric Levenson, CNN Uvalde school district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo has resigned his…
Continue Reading Hong Kong said ‘miracle’ needed to find more survivors from ship sunk in Typhoon Chaba. China just found one
CNN By Kathleen Magramo and Lauren Lau, CNN A rescue team from mainland China saved a crew member of a ship that broke in half and sank during…
Continue Reading Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1939 Birth place:…
Continue Reading The hot-car death of 22-month-old Cooper Harris was heartbreakingly familiar. His father’s unusual murder conviction has now been thrown out
By Ray Sanchez, CNN On the final morning of his short life, 22-month-old Cooper Harris was up early, at 5:15, an hour before sunrise in the Atlanta…
Continue Reading Taliban supreme leader warns foreigners not to interfere in Afghanistan
By Hannah Ritchie and Sahar Akbarzai, CNN The Taliban’s supreme leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has once again warned foreigners not to…
Continue Reading Meet a robot that could crawl through extraterrestrial caves
By Ashley Strickland, CNN There is a special kind of intrigue around caves. These twisting, subterranean caverns can be home to mysteries and tall…
Continue Reading Hong Kong rescuers search for crew of vessel that broke in half after being caught in typhoon
By Jorge Engels, Yong Xiong and Ivana Kottasová, CNN A search for more than two dozen crew members whose ship broke in half and sank after being…
Continue Reading 4 dead after boat capsizes in an Idaho river
By Jason Hanna and Michelle Watson, CNN Four people are dead after the boat they were in capsized this week in an Idaho river, authorities said…
Continue Reading Onondaga Nation will regain 1,000 acres of New York forest in historic agreement
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Onondaga Nation is set to regain over 1,000 acres of ancestral land in central New York in what the Department of Interior…
Continue Reading Your July Fourth celebrations will be more expensive this year
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Fourth of July celebrations are going to be a lot more expensive this year. The silver lining? Beer is still…
Continue Reading Russia’s war in Ukraine
Ukrainian fighters in the Donbas region find themselves slowly being worn down by constant battering at the hands of Russian military forces. CNN’s…
Continue Reading Deep in the eastern Ukrainian forest, this group of volunteers waits as Russia’s military creeps closer
By Mick Krever, Phil Black, Kostyantin Gak, and Richard Harlow, CNN Maxym is waiting. For just over a month, he and his comrades have been sleeping…
Continue Reading Protesters storm Libya’s eastern parliament building in Tobruk, local media reports
By Mohammed Tawfeeq and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Hundreds of people stormed Libya’s eastern parliament building in the port city of Tobruk on…
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