January 3 coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant news
Demonstrators in the Netherlands defied a government ban on large protests to voice their anger over Covid-19 restrictions. Meanwhile, more countries…
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Map drawn from memory helps man reunite with family decades after abduction
By Jessie Yeung, CNN A man who was abducted as a child in China more than 30 years ago has been reunited with his parents — thanks to social…
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Chief Medical Officer/VP of Texas Children’s Pediatric and Urgent Care Dr. Stanley Spinner tells CNN’s Pamela Brown what parents can do to protect…
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Continue Reading France cuts isolation times and plans crackdown on unvaccinated amid record surge in Covid cases
A CDC forecast is predicting 44,000+ new COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. over the next four weeks as the Omicron variant tightens its grip on the…
Continue Reading Sudan’s Prime Minister resigns amid violent anti-coup protests that have left at least 57 people dead
By Alaa Elassar and Pierre Meilhan, CNN Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned, according to a video address from Hamdok posted Sunday…
Continue Reading World-renowned Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey dies at 77
By Arnaud Siad, CNN Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey, who unearthed evidence that helped prove humankind evolved in…
Continue Reading Twitter bans Rep. Greene’s personal account for COVID claims
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says it’s banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the…
Continue Reading Fauci: CDC mulling COVID test requirement for asymptomatic
By HOPE YEN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal…
Continue Reading What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu
By Ghazi Balkiz and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Family members gathered to say their goodbyes to anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu at a private service at…
Continue Reading Look up as the Quadrantid meteor shower puts on a show in the new year
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The new year kicks off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is expected to peak in the overnight hours from Sunday to…
Continue Reading Man who crossed from South Korea into North Korea presumed to be North Korean defector, Seoul officials say
By Gawon Bae, CNN An unidentified man who crossed the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea on Sunday is presumed to be a North…
Continue Reading France cuts isolation times and plans crackdown on unvaccinated amid record surge in Covid cases
By Tara John and Sandrine Amiel, CNN The Omicron variant’s rapid spread across France has prompted the government to slash Covid-19 isolation…
Continue Reading Large fire tears through South Africa’s parliament, collapsing roof and gutting entire floors
By Ally Barnard and Jennifer Hauser, CNN A large fire tore through South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town on Sunday, causing the roof of one…
Continue Reading Holiday flight cancellations soar with Covid-19 disruptions and bad weather
CNN By Gregory Wallace and Matt McFarland, CNN Business Thousands of US flights were canceled over New Year’s weekend as a combination of…
Continue Reading 874 cars were torched in France on New Year’s Eve — fewer than in previous years
By Sandrine Amiel, CNN A total of 874 vehicles were set ablaze across France on New Year’s Eve as part of a decades-old tradition. But with…
Continue Reading This year, NASA will launch a mission to a valuable, unexplored world
By Ashley Strickland, CNN “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” I carry the optimism of “Back to the Future”…
Continue Reading Kim Jong Un focuses year-end speech on ‘food problem’ in North Korea
By Gawon Bae and Angus Watson, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has again admitted there is a “food problem” in the country, during a…
Continue Reading Pope Francis calls violence against women an ‘insult to God’ in New Year’s Day homily
By John Allen, Nicola Ruotolo, and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Pope Francis has condemned violence against women as an “insult to God” in…
Continue Reading 12 killed in stampede at Indian shrine
By Angus Watson, CNN A stampede at one of India’s holiest shrines left at least 12 people dead on New Year’s Day, a local official said.…
Continue Reading Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s ‘national conscience,’ laid to rest at state funeral
By Joshua Berlinger and Tara John, CNN Family, friends and dignitaries gathered for Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s official state funeral on New…
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Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99 – just weeks away from turning 100
LOS ANGELES, California — Actress Betty White, the self-described “lucky old broad” whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television…
Continue Reading Meteor showers, eclipses, full moons: All of the reasons to look up in 2022
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Total lunar eclipses, a multitude of meteor showers and supermoons will light up the sky in 2022. The new year is sure to…
Continue Reading Hong Kong reports first Omicron cluster as city welcomes New Year
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong has confirmed its first Omicron cluster, bringing an end to its long streak of zero locally transmitted cases and…
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The latest on coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant
Sara Nelson, the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, joins CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on New Day to discuss the new CDC guidelines and the…
Continue Reading Follow the New Year around the world
By Kendall Trammell and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN People around the world are beginning to wave goodbye to 2021 and welcome 2022. The Pacific Island…
Continue Reading Cats caused more than 100 house fires in the past 3 years, South Korea officials say
By Gawon Bae and Rhea Mogul, CNN Pet owners in South Korea have been warned to stay on their guard after more than 100 fires were started by cats…
Continue Reading Colorado governor slashes trucker’s prison term to 10 years
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a…
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