April Fools’ Day Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at April Fools’ Day, also known as All Fools’ Day, celebrated on April 1 every year. History Some…
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Ukrainians claim to have destroyed large Russian warship in Berdyansk
By Andrew Carey, Tim Lister, Celine Alkhaldi, Olga Voitovych and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Ukrainian armed forces on Friday identified a large Russian…
Continue Reading What we know about North Korea’s new ICBM
CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea has confirmed it tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first long-range test in…
Continue Reading Flights are taking huge ‘detours’ to avoid Russian air space. Here’s what that means for emissions
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Since Russia closed its airspace to airlines from dozens of countries at the end of February — in response to sanctions…
Continue Reading Mysterious ‘odd radio circles’ seen in space, new image shows
By Ashley Strickland, CNN There is a new kind of mystery object in space, and after capturing their best image yet, astronomers are one step closer…
Continue Reading Taliban postpones return to school for Afghan girls above 6th grade
CNN By Masoud Popalzai and Alex Stambaugh, CNN The Taliban prevented girls above the 6th grade in Afghanistan from making their much-anticipated…
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How K-12 enrollment has changed in every state during COVID-19
HeyTutor investigated how K-12 enrollment has changed in every state and Washington D.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic, using data from the National…
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Places to celebrate Women’s History Month
In honor of Women’s History Month, Bounce explored a range of locations people can visit to celebrate and learn about influential women from U.S.…
Continue Reading North Korea fires first suspected ICBM since 2017
By Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae, Emiko Jozuka and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korea has fired what is believed to be its first intercontinental ballistic…
Continue Reading One in five South Koreans have had Covid, as latest wave sees deaths surge
By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN, and Reuters South Korea’s latest Covid-19 wave has pushed the country’s total infections past 10…
Continue Reading Inside the race to prevent Russia gaining full control of the skies above Ukraine
Although Ukraine remains outgunned in its war with Russia, as CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen reports, Ukrainian pilots are more than answering the…
Continue Reading Russia invades Ukraine
Former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was once the richest man in Russia before spending 10 years in prison for going against Vladimir Putin,…
Continue Reading March 24, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Helen Regan, Seán Federico O’Murchú, George Ramsay, Sana Noor Haq, Adrienne Vogt, Melissa Macaya, Maureen Chowdhury, Meg Wagner and Jason…
Continue Reading March 23, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
The besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol has been under nearly constant Russian bombardment from long-range missiles and artillery since early…
Continue Reading A dinosaur bigger than T. rex swam and hunted its prey underwater
By Katie Hunt, CNN It’s long been thought that dinosaurs were land lubbers — terrestrial creatures that steered largely clear of water. A…
Continue Reading DNA tests reveal Dug the giant potato is not, in fact, a potato
By Megan Marples, CNN Dug may not be the world’s largest potato, but it’s still pretty spudtacular. When New Zealand couple Colin and…
Continue Reading NASA wants sustainable lunar lander concepts for future Artemis missions
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Before NASA returns humans to the moon this decade, they have to be able to land on the lunar surface — and…
Continue Reading A pizza dough without yeast has been risen by scientists in Italy
By Kristen Rogers, CNN The star ingredient responsible for an airy, bubbly pizza crust is yeast. As cells that eat sugar and convert into carbon…
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US formally declares Russian military has committed war crimes in Ukraine
 (CNN) — The US government has formally declared that members of the Russian armed forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State…
Continue Reading The bodies of Russian soldiers are piling up in Ukraine, as Kremlin conceals true toll of war
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Lviv, Ukraine (CNN) — The first warm, sunny days of spring in the southern Mykolaiv region are ushering in a grim new…
Continue Reading The bodies of Russian soldiers are piling up in Ukraine, as Kremlin conceals true toll of war
CNN’s Ivan Watson goes to a gravesite and makeshift morgue in Dnipro, Ukraine, for those killed in the Russian…
Continue Reading European countries now battling Covid BA.2 variant lifted restrictions too ‘brutally,’ WHO warns
By Rob Picheta and Isabelle Jani Friend, CNN Several European nations are facing a new spike in Covid-19 cases because they scrapped pandemic…
Continue Reading European countries now battling Covid BA.2 variant lifted restrictions too ‘brutally,’ WHO warns
China says it recorded more than 4,300 new Covid-19 cases on March 20, according to the National Health Commission. The country has been battling an…
Continue Reading Russia destroys Chernobyl radiation monitoring lab, says Ukraine
By Andrew Carey, Kostan Nechyporenko and Jack Guy, CNN Russian forces have looted and destroyed a laboratory near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear…
Continue Reading North Korea Nuclear Timeline Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and the history of its weapons program. 1985 North Korea signs the…
Continue Reading ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer ends 1st spacewalk with water in his helmet
By Ashley Strickland, CNN European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer’s first spacewalk was an eventful one, beginning and ending with…
Continue Reading Inside the race to prevent Russia gaining full control of the skies above Ukraine
By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen and Byron Blunt, CNN The roar of a fighter jet engine forces Andriy into silence. As he waits for the aircraft to…
Continue Reading Analysis: Why some African countries are thinking twice about calling out Putin
By Stephanie Busari, CNN Nelson Mandela was once asked why he still had relationships with, among others, Fidel Castro and Yasser Arafat, the Cuban…
Continue Reading ‘No end is in sight.’ Living with Covid means a life of lockdown for England’s most vulnerable
By Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN Deepti Gurdasani has spent the past two years debunking Covid-19 myths and misinformation on TV and online. Her work as…
Continue Reading Taliban postpones return to school for Afghan girls above 6th grade
By Masoud Popalzai and Alex Stambaugh, CNN The Taliban prevented girls above the 6th grade in Afghanistan from making their much-anticipated return…
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