Hong Kong tells teachers to study Xi Jinping’s speech
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN The Hong Kong government is distributing thousands of copies of a speech by Chinese leader Xi Jinping to schools in the city…
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August 17, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Heather Chen, Josh Berlinger, Adrienne Vogt and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.…
Continue Reading President Yoon wants South Korea to become one of world’s top weapons suppliers
By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea plans to become one of the world’s top four weapons suppliers, President Yoon Suk Yeol said…
Continue Reading North Korea fires two cruise missiles toward sea off its west coast, South Korean officials say
By Gawon Bae, CNN North Korea fired two cruise missiles early Wednesday morning from the coastal town of Onchon into waters off its west coast,…
Continue Reading He was abducted and tortured by Russian soldiers. Then they started using his Instagram to push pro-Kremlin propaganda
By Eliza Mackintosh and Yuliia Presniakova, CNN Before the war broke out, Igor Kurayan, a 55-year-old from the southern Ukrainian port city of…
Continue Reading Scientists plan the resurrection of an animal that’s been extinct since 1936
By Katie Hunt, CNN Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped…
Continue Reading Watch NASA’s mega moon rocket roll out to the launchpad ahead of liftoff
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket has begun to roll out to the launchpad — and this time, it’s for liftoff on a…
Continue Reading Artemis I is go for launch to the moon and back, NASA says
NASA crawlers transport the massive Artemis I rocket from the assembly building to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. CNN’s Kristin…
Continue Reading Who is Kenya’s new President-elect William Ruto?
By Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN William Ruto has emerged the winner of a tense and fiercely fought contest for Kenya’s presidency,…
Continue Reading Kenya election presidential candidate Odinga rejects results, vows court challenge
By Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga has spoken for the first time since he lost the election saying…
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First lady Dr. Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19
First lady Dr. Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, her spokesperson said Tuesday. “After testing…
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2nd day of jury selection begins in R. Kelly trial
Jury selection in R. Kelly’s latest trial for child pornography and obstruction charges is set to resume Tuesday morning in Chicago. Prosecutors…
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Dog contracted monkeypox from its owners
A monkeypox case in France appears to have spread from humans to a dog. According to a case published in the Lancet Medical Journal two men who live…
Continue Reading Russia blames sabotage as blasts rock another military facility in Crimea
By Uliana Pavlova, Alex Stambaugh, Fred Pleitgen, Vasco Cotovio and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN A blast at an ammunition depot in the village of…
Continue Reading Chinese research ship Yuan Wang 5 docks at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port
By Rhea Mogul, CNN A Chinese research ship docked at a southern Sri Lankan port Beijing leases from the government on Tuesday, officials said,…
Continue Reading IAEA says it will not close probe into Iran’s unexplained traces of uranium without answers
Members of the Iran nuclear deal will meet with Iran in Vienna, Austria, in an effort to kickstart face-to-face negotiations and salvage the pact,…
Continue Reading August 16, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Kathleen Magramo, Adrienne Vogt and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery…
Continue Reading Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 6 more years in prison
By Cape Diamond and Heather Chen, CNN A court in military-run Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six more years in prison after…
Continue Reading Iran wants compensation if US pulls out of nuclear deal again, diplomatic source says
By Mostafa Salem, Frederik Pleitgen and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN As attempts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal heat up, Tehran is seeking guarantees…
Continue Reading Snoopy, mannequins and Apollo 11 items will swing by the moon aboard Artemis I
By Ashley Strickland, CNN While no human crew will travel aboard NASA’s Artemis I mission, that doesn’t mean the Orion spacecraft will be…
Continue Reading How Iran exploited Rushdie’s Satanic Verses
By Tamara Qiblawi and Zeena Saifi, CNN Nearly 10 years after he was driven underground, Salman Rushdie believed he was free. The author had been…
Continue Reading Hassan Nasrallah Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite Muslim militant group.…
Continue Reading Hinduism Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Hinduism, the world’s third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. “Hinduism”…
Continue Reading Beslan School Siege Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Beslan School Siege. On September 1, 2004, armed Chechen rebels took approximately 1,200 children…
Continue Reading Shoppers rush for the exits as Shanghai Ikea goes into lockdown
CNN By Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing bureau Panicked shoppers rushed for the exits at an Ikea branch in Shanghai on Saturday after city…
Continue Reading William Ruto declared winner of Kenyan presidential vote amid chaos at election center
By Bethlehem Feleke, Larry Madowo, Nimi Princewill, and Stephanie Busari, CNN Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has been elected as the…
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Family of Vanessa Guillén, Fort Hood soldier found dead, seeks $35 million in damages
A court ruling this week opened the door for Vanessa Guillén’s family to file a $35 million lawsuit. It’s now possible for the family of the…
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‘Hamilton’ team responds to Texas church’s unauthorized performance
Lin-Manuel Miranda is taking legal action against a Texas church that put on an unauthorized performance of “Hamilton.” Officials behind the musical…
Continue Reading 50 killed and many displaced in northern Nigeria flooding
By Idris Mukhtar, Alex Stambaugh, Mike Saenz and Nimi Princewill, CNN At least 50 people have died and “many” displaced after recent…
Continue Reading Iran blames Salman Rushdie and supporters for his stabbing
Famed author Salman Rushdie is recovering at a hospital after being repeatedly stabbed on stage in an attack that left him with multiple severe…
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