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Beslan School Siege Fast Facts

August 15, 2022 10:12 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Beslan School Siege. On September 1, 2004, armed Chechen rebels took approximately 1,200 children…

Shoppers rush for the exits as Shanghai Ikea goes into lockdown

August 15, 2022 9:42 AM CNN

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…

William Ruto declared winner of Kenyan presidential vote amid chaos at election center

August 15, 2022 9:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Bethlehem Feleke, Larry Madowo, Nimi Princewill, and Stephanie Busari, CNN Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has been elected as the…

Family of Vanessa Guillén, Fort Hood soldier found dead, seeks $35 million in damages

August 15, 2022 8:16 AM Noelia Gonzalez

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…

‘Hamilton’ team responds to Texas church’s unauthorized performance

August 15, 2022 7:53 AM Noelia Gonzalez

Lin-Manuel Miranda is taking legal action against a Texas church that put on an unauthorized performance of “Hamilton.” Officials behind the musical…

50 killed and many displaced in northern Nigeria flooding

August 15, 2022 6:42 AM CNN Newsource

By Idris Mukhtar, Alex Stambaugh, Mike Saenz and Nimi Princewill, CNN At least 50 people have died and “many” displaced after recent…

Iran blames Salman Rushdie and supporters for his stabbing

August 15, 2022 5:43 AM CNN

Famed author Salman Rushdie is recovering at a hospital after being repeatedly stabbed on stage in an attack that left him with multiple severe…

UK becomes first nation to approve Covid-19 vaccine targeting both Omicron and original strain

August 15, 2022 5:36 AM CNN Newsource

By Kara Fox, CNN The United Kingdom has become the first country to approve an updated version of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine booster that…

Chinese anime fan claims police interrogated her for wearing a kimono

August 15, 2022 4:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan, CNN A Chinese anime fan says she was detained and interrogated by police after she wore traditional Japanese dress to pose for photos…

China conducts fresh military drills around Taiwan as US congressional delegation visits

August 15, 2022 2:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Wayne Chang and Simone McCarthy, CNN China’s military said it conducted combat alert patrols and military drills in the waters and airspace…

Shoppers rush for the exits as Shanghai Ikea goes into lockdown

August 15, 2022 2:18 AM CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing bureau Panicked shoppers rushed for the exits at an Ikea branch in Shanghai on Saturday after city health…

Iran blames Salman Rushdie and supporters for his stabbing

August 15, 2022 2:17 AM CNN Newsource

By Adam Pourahmadi, Alex Stambaugh and Kara Fox, CNN Iran denied any link to the stabbing of Salman Rushdie and cast the blame on the author and his…

August 16, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

August 15, 2022 1:44 AM CNN

In eastern Ukraine, fierce fighting has raged for months with a constant barrage of artillery inflicting massive casualties on soldiers and civilians…

August 15, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

August 15, 2022 1:44 AM CNN Newsource

Gilad Shalit Abduction Fast Facts

August 14, 2022 1:59 PM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the abduction of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured and imprisoned by the military wing of Hamas from…

Kim Yo Jong Fast Facts

August 14, 2022 1:51 PM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) – Here is a look at the life of North Korean government official Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un. Little is…

New US intelligence assessment finds al Qaeda ‘has not reconstituted its presence in Afghanistan’

August 14, 2022 10:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN A new US intelligence assessment prepared after the US killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike earlier…

Norway euthanizes beloved 1,300-pound walrus named Freya

August 14, 2022 10:29 AM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Norwegian government euthanized its celebrity walrus Freya on early Sunday morning, after warning the public to stay away…

Man fatally shoots self after crashing car into barricade near US Capitol Building

August 14, 2022 7:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Daniella Diaz, CNN A man shot and killed himself after driving into a vehicle barricade near the US Capitol Building early Sunday morning, US…

How to make sure your private messages stay private

August 14, 2022 6:44 AM CNN Newsource

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Last year, Facebook-parent Meta effectively pushed back its timetable for rolling out end-to-end encryption by default…

18 children among dozens killed in Egypt church fire

August 14, 2022 5:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Jorge Engels, Hira Humayun, Hamdi Alkhshali and Lina El Wardani, CNN At least 18 children died in a fire that killed…

Five Americans among injured in Jerusalem shooting attack

August 14, 2022 2:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Amir Tal and Hadas Gold, CNN At least eight people, including five Americans, were wounded in a shooting attack targeting a bus near the Western…

She fled Afghanistan with her law degree sewn into her dress. Many of her colleagues were left behind

August 13, 2022 10:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Salma Abdelaziz and Niamh Kennedy, CNN When Fawzia Amini worked as a senior judge in Afghanistan’s Supreme Court, she presided over cases of…

Getting up close and personal with Patagonia’s pumas

August 13, 2022 9:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN When things feel overwhelming, an escape into nature is just the ticket. That’s what happened for the film crew and…

New species of giant deep-sea isopod discovered in the Gulf of Mexico

August 13, 2022 8:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A new deep-sea crustacean that bears a striking resemblance to the facehuggers from “Alien” has been identified in…

Appalled, devastated and worried. How the world is reacting to the attack on Salman Rushdie

August 13, 2022 8:48 AM CNN

Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie, whose writings generated death threats, was attacked on stage during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution…

Appalled, devastated and worried. How the world is reacting to the attack on Salman Rushdie

August 13, 2022 8:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Kara Fox and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Messages of outrage and support are pouring in from all corners of the globe after writer Salman Rushdie…

Florida students return to schools reshaped by Gov. DeSantis’ anti-‘woke’ education agenda

August 13, 2022 7:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Steve Contorno, CNN After 15 years teaching second and third grade at Burney Elementary, a 350-student school 30 minutes outside Tampa, Emily Lee…

One dead, 17 injured after stage collapse at Spanish music festival

August 13, 2022 3:23 AM CNN Newsource

By Al Goodman and Alex Stambaugh, CNN One person died Saturday and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music…

Learning loss is on the rise—here’s what schools are doing to help

August 13, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

HeyTutor outlined nine ways schools are tackling learning loss, drawing on news reports as well as studies of how COVID-19 impacted students’…