Scores flee for their lives ahead of Russia’s sham independence vote in Kherson
CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh speaks to Ukrainians fleeing the growing Russian occupation who shared stories of the brutality they say they endured at the…
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Scores flee for their lives ahead of Russia’s sham independence vote in Kherson
By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Maryna Marukhnych and Brice Laine, CNN A steady flow of people make their way across fields and rivers dotting…
Continue Reading Watch the Venus-Jupiter conjunction this weekend
By Megan Marples, CNN Venus and Jupiter will appear to touch each other in the sky at the end of the month, despite actually being millions of miles…
Continue Reading The world’s oldest person is a French nun who enjoys chocolate and wine
By Simon Bouvier, Xiaofei Xu, Camille Knight and Elias Lemercier, CNN A 118-year-old nun living in a nursing home in southern France has become the…
Continue Reading Tiny spider catapults to safety after mating to avoid sexual cannibalism
By Megan Marples, CNN When one tiny species of spider mates, one partner needs a special move to survive the encounter. Philoponella prominens are…
Continue Reading Tigrayan forces say they are withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Afar region
By Zahid Mahmood and Hafsa Khalil, CNN and Reuters Tigrayan forces are fully withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Afar region, a spokesperson for the…
Continue Reading Second death reported in new Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
By Nimi Princewill and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are scrambling to contain an Ebola outbreak after a…
Continue Reading Germany agrees to send heavy weapons to Ukraine after major policy U-turn
By Ivana Kottasová, Stephanie Halasz and Ulrike Heil, CNN Germany has agreed to deliver anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine, the German Defense Ministry…
Continue Reading North Korea fires ballistic missile into Sea of Japan
CNN By Gawon Bae, Junko Ogura, Mayumi Maruyama and Jessie Yeung, CNN A short-range ballistic missile fired by North Korea Saturday reached an…
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6 states don’t have needle exchange programs—what it means for harm reduction efforts
Zinnia Health identified six states that don’t have sterile syringe exchange programs, citing data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, and explored…
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Classroom test scores were already dropping in early 2020—then the pandemic happened
Student math and reading scores fell before and after COVID-19 closed schools. Explore factors like chronic absenteeism and earning loss with…
Continue Reading Kim Jong Un vows full speed ahead for North Korea’s nuclear program, as he flaunts ICBM missiles
By Yoonjung Seo and Brad Lendon, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed on Monday to ramp up his development of nuclear arms, as a military parade…
Continue Reading Beijing tests 20 million residents amid ‘fast and furious’ Omicron outbreak
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Beijing has rolled out mass Covid testing for nearly 20 million residents in most of the city, as…
Continue Reading As Russian rockets rain down on Kharkiv, its paramedics are risking their lives to save others
While shadowing paramedics in Kharkiv, Ukraine, CNN’s Clarissa Ward and her team were forced to run for safety after getting caught in Russian…
Continue Reading As Russian rockets rain down on Kharkiv, its paramedics are risking their lives to save others
By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Scott McWhinnie, CNN Just before the start of Alexandra Rudkovskaya’s shift on Saturday, her mom gave her a…
Continue Reading Turkish businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala sentenced to life over Gezi Park protests
By Isil Sariyuce and Yusuf Gezer, CNN An Istanbul court on Monday sentenced Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala to life in…
Continue Reading As US retreats, Saudi Arabia and Iran are trying to mend fences
By Abbas Al Lawati, CNN As Gulf Arab states lose faith in the United States’ commitment to their security, two Middle East archrivals are…
Continue Reading Bono Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Bono, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter of the band U2. Personal Birth date: May 10,…
Continue Reading World’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, dies in Japan aged 119
By Emiko Jozuka and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, has died in Japan aged 119, according to a statement released…
Continue Reading ‘Voices of April’: China’s internet erupts in protest against censorship of Shanghai lockdown video
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau The shouts of locked-down residents demanding basic necessities, the cries of babies separated from…
Continue Reading Flying into Beijing is tougher than ever as China ramps up its zero-Covid measures
CNN By Selina Wang, CNN Beijing is partially locking down to control a Covid outbreak that could completely shutter the Chinese capital. But just as…
Continue Reading Emmanuel Macron wins France’s presidential election
Emmanuel Macron will win France’s presidential election, pollsters project, fending off a historic challenge from right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen.…
Continue Reading Emmanuel Macron wins France’s presidential election
By Joshua Berlinger and Joseph Ataman, CNN Emmanuel Macron has won France’s presidential election, fending off a historic challenge from…
Continue Reading Huge blast at illegal oil refinery in Nigeria kills scores of people, including children
By Nimi Princewill and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Women and children are among the scores of people killed in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in a…
Continue Reading Six drown off Lebanon coast after overloaded boat capsizes, says Lebanese navy
By Charbel Mello, Eyad Kourdi and Mia Alberti, CNN, and Reuters An overloaded boat transporting around 60 people who were fleeing Lebanon for an…
Continue Reading Eleven confirmed dead, including child, after sightseeing boat goes missing in Japan
By Emiko Jozuka, Junko Ogura, CNN and Reuters Eleven people have been confirmed dead after a Japanese sightseeing boat with 26 people on board went…
Continue Reading Beijing races to contain ‘urgent and grim’ Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues
CNN By Simone McCarthy Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said…
Continue Reading Beijing races to contain ‘urgent and grim’ Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues
CNN By Simone McCarthy Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said…
Continue Reading $35.2 million in meth was seized from a big rig hauling strawberry puree, customs and border officials say
By Holly Yan, CNN A plot to move almost a ton of methamphetamine in a shipment of strawberry puree got crushed when US Customs and Border Protection…
Continue Reading Death of Osama bin Laden Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the death of Osama bin Laden. On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special…
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