105 years of military history
Stacker looks back on more than a century of military movements, withdrawals, battles, and treaties, using data from the Defense Manpower Data…
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China to hold live ammunition military drills around Taiwan as Pelosi visits
By Brad Lendon, CNN Within minutes of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landing in Taiwan on Tuesday night, China said it would immediately begin…
Continue Reading Rare type of galaxy dazzles in new Webb telescope image
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through cosmic dust to reveal new details and a stunning image of a rare type of…
Continue Reading Rare type of galaxy dazzles in new Webb telescope image
The latest image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the Cartwheel galaxy, a ring galaxy located 500 million light-years away that formed when…
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The flooding death toll has risen to at least 37 for Kentucky, more help needed to reach those stranded
The death toll continues to rise from the extreme flooding devastating Eastern Kentucky. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, confirming at…
Continue Reading Images show Kabul house where al Qaeda chief was killed by US strike
Here’s how the US took out the most wanted terrorist in the world in a mission receiving wide…
Continue Reading Images show Kabul house where al Qaeda chief was killed by US strike
By Paul P. Murphy, CNN CNN has identified the house in Kabul, Afghanistan — a so-called “poppy palace” surrounded by the homes of…
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Major news organizations sue Texas Department of Public Safety for public records on Uvalde shooting
More than a dozen major news organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Public Safety to obtain public records relating to…
Continue Reading Examination of the substance in Brittney Griner’s vape cartridges violated Russian law, defense expert says
Steve Zissou, attorney for imprisoned Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, gives his view on why the Russian government has not responded to a US…
Continue Reading Israel’s Prime Minister makes rare allusion to country’s nuclear weapons arsenal
By Andrew Carey and Amir Tal, CNN Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid made a rare allusion to the country’s widely suspected nuclear…
Continue Reading Huge relief as Ukrainian grain shipped out, but the food crisis isn’t going anywhere
CNN’s Sam Kiley reports from Ileret, Kenya, where thousands are dealing with one of the most severe droughts in decades as millions of children face…
Continue Reading August 2, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
Ukrainian soldier Yuriy Hudymenko was badly injured during a battle against Russians, yet he yearns to go back to the front lines. CNN’s Jason…
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By Jessie Yeung, Sana Noor Haq and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All…
Continue Reading For Asia’s migrant workers, extreme heat is ‘a matter of life and death’
CNN By Heather Chen, CNN It was mid-afternoon on a sweltering Saturday when Raj, a laborer from northwest India, started feeling dizzy as he hauled…
Continue Reading Examination of the substance in Brittney Griner’s vape cartridges violated Russian law, defense expert says
By Anna Chernova and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The examination of the substance contained in vape cartridges that WNBA star Brittney Griner’s…
Continue Reading This East African nation is known for stability. But drought and rising prices are fueling insecurity
By Sam Kiley, CNN A maelstrom of howling brown dust engulfs travelers through Isiolo. A few weeks earlier, 11 people were reported to have been…
Continue Reading For Asia’s migrant workers, extreme heat is ‘a matter of life and death’
By Heather Chen, CNN It was mid-afternoon on a sweltering Saturday when Raj, a laborer from northwest India, started feeling dizzy as he hauled heavy…
Continue Reading What you need to know about Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
CNN By Nectar Gan, Selina Wang, Eric Cheung and Simone McCarthy, CNN US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan Tuesday evening, marking a…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Berlin Wall, which enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, in an attempt to…
Continue Reading England and France have had their driest July in decades
By Xiaofei Xu and Jack Guy, CNN England has recorded its driest July since 1935, and France its driest since 1959, as a record-breaking heatwave…
Continue Reading What’s behind Iraq’s explosive political crisis?
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Iraq is in the midst of its worst and longest political crisis in years. At the center of this overheating conflict stands…
Continue Reading Europe’s last known panda species discovered
By Katie Hunt, CNN A previously unknown species of giant panda that roamed Europe’s wetlands 6 million years ago has been identified after the…
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Nichelle Nichols, Lieutenant Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 89
Nichelle Nichols, the actress revered by “Star Trek” fans everywhere for her role as Lieutenant Uhura, the communications officer on the starship…
Continue Reading Nigerian street vendor killed in broad daylight in Italy, sparking national outrage
By Livia Borghese, Sarah Dean and Jorge Engels, CNN The killing of a Nigerian man in broad daylight on the streets of an Italian seaside town while…
Continue Reading Grain ship departs key Ukrainian port for first time since early days of war
Ukraine hopes to soon begin shipping out grain to the…
Continue Reading Former high-level Russian official who left Putin’s government reportedly hospitalized
By Darya Tarasova and Larry Register, CNN Former high-level Russian official Anatoly Chubais is in a European hospital suffering from symptoms of…
Continue Reading Grain ship departs key Ukrainian port for first time since early days of war
By Rob Picheta and Vasco Cotovio, CNN The first ship carrying grain under a UN-brokered export deal left the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Monday,…
Continue Reading ‘Win hearts and minds’ in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Chinese leader Xi urges Communist Party
By Simone McCarthy, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged the Communist Party to “win hearts and minds” of people in Hong Kong, Macao…
Continue Reading Millions of women and children have fled the war in Ukraine. Traffickers are waiting to prey on them
By Ivana Kottasová and Ana Sârbu, CNN There was nothing obviously untoward about the woman who approached the Palanca border crossing between…
Continue Reading August 1, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Kathleen Magramo, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Megan Trimble, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia…
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