Sri Lanka’s prime minister resigns amid protests over economic crisis
By Iqbal Athas, CNN and Reuters Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned on Monday, following weeks of protests against his…
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Shanghai declares zero-Covid milestone but residents cast doubt on reopening
CNN By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing bureau Shanghai officials on Tuesday said they had achieved “zero-Covid at the community level”…
Continue Reading On a Victory Day without new victories, Putin’s speech keeps the world guessing
By Angela Dewan, CNN Global leaders and defense officials had spent weeks speculating what Russian President Vladimir Putin might reveal about his…
Continue Reading ‘Stop asking why’: Shanghai intensifies Covid lockdown despite falling cases
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Shanghai is further tightening its stringent lockdown measures after China’s top leader Xi Jinping…
Continue Reading WHO chief censored on China’s internet after calling zero-Covid unsustainable
CNN By Nectar Gan, CNN The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is being censored on China’s internet after questioning the…
Continue Reading Dozens feared dead after Russia bombs school where Ukrainians were sheltering, official says
Russian forces bombed a school in Bilohorivka, Ukraine, and likely killed 60 people, according to an official in Luhansk. CNN’s Isa Soares…
Continue Reading Six new species of miniature frog have been discovered in Mexico
By Zoe Sottile, CNN They’re tiny, adorable and endangered: Six new species of miniature frog have been discovered in Mexico by researchers from…
Continue Reading Dozens feared dead after Russia bombs school where Ukrainians were sheltering, official says
By Rob Picheta, Olga Voitovych, Lizzy Yee, Svitlana Budzhak-Jones, Mick Krever and Olha Konovalova, CNN About 60 people are feared dead after a…
Continue Reading Zelensky’s iconic fleece sold for over $100,000 at Ukraine fundraiser
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A fleece jacket worn and signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sold for £90,000, or around $111,000, at a fundraiser…
Continue Reading First lady Jill Biden makes unannounced trip to Ukraine
CNN By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden spent part of Mother’s Day making an unannounced trip to Uzhhorod, Ukraine, a small city in the…
Continue Reading Rare case of monkeypox reported in England, UKHSA says
By Martin Goillandeau, CNN A rare case of monkeypox has been diagnosed in a patient in England, the UK Health Security Agency said in a statement…
Continue Reading The United States is in a maternal health crisis, Goldman Sachs wants to change that
CNN By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The United States is in a maternal health crisis. Maternal mortality and morbidity rates across the country have…
Continue Reading There are moms worse than you — in the animal kingdom
By Kristen Rogers, CNN If you’re a mother, you have probably experienced the mental “what if” game on repeat since you found out…
Continue Reading Hong Kong’s next leader is a hardline former police officer who took on the city’s protesters
By Jessie Yeung, CNN As night fell, chaos erupted when crowds of protesters outside Hong Kong’s legislative building hurled bottles at police,…
Continue Reading Researchers want to send nude illustrations of humans into space
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Space researchers want to send a coded message to aliens, including illustrations of nude humans. The proposal, “A Beacon…
Continue Reading NYPD investigates assault on rabbi in latest anti-Semitic incident in New York City
By Laura Studley and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN The New York Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating an assault on a Long…
Continue Reading Record-breaking Mali nonuplets celebrate their first birthday
By Toyin Owoseje, CNN The world-famous nonuplets born to a couple from Mali, West Africa have celebrated their first birthday with a small party at…
Continue Reading Deaths of 3 Americans at Sandals resort in the Bahamas are under investigation, officials say
By Hira Humayun, Jason Hanna and Rebekah Riess, CNN Three Americans died of unknown causes Friday at a Sandals resort on the Bahamas’ Great…
Continue Reading Unexpected discovery reveals massive, mysterious figures inside an Alabama cave
By Ashley Strickland, CNN As a kid, I wanted to be Indiana Jones — and I know I wasn’t alone in that wish. I would set out with a pail…
Continue Reading Unexpected discovery reveals massive, mysterious figures inside an Alabama cave
Scientists are flipping out over invisible ancient art hidden in a secret cave! It’s all explained in today’s…
Continue Reading Elon Musk aims to quintuple Twitter’s revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028, NYT says
CNN, CNN BUSINESS Reuters Elon Musk is aiming to increase Twitter’s annual revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028, up from $5 billion last year, the…
Continue Reading Taliban decree orders women in Afghanistan to cover their faces
CNN By Ehsan Popalzai and Irene Nasser, CNN Women in Afghanistan must cover their faces in public, according to a decree issued by the Taliban on…
Continue Reading Taliban decree orders women in Afghanistan to cover their faces
By Ehsan Popalzai and Irene Nasser, CNN Women in Afghanistan must cover their faces in public, according to a decree issued by the Taliban on…
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Remote work is changing American geography: inside the rise of “Zoom towns”
Twingate examined studies and news reports exploring factors leading to migration to remote-friendly areas outside of major metros during the…
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Health care workers left in droves during COVID-19—here’s where they went
Timetastic used U.S. Census Bureau data to compare which industries health care workers switched to after exiting the health care field between the…
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Biggest sources of excess food waste across America
Pela identified the 13 industrial and business sectors that contribute most to excess food waste by looking at the 2018 Wasted Food Report from the…
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What shopping in the metaverse might look like
Wicked Reports has gathered information from news reports to explore what shopping in the metaverse might look…
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There are about 26,500 used car dealerships in America—here’s how many are in your state
The coronavirus pandemic brought new problems to the auto manufacturing industry as supply chain problems caused factories to close. But what spelled…
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Spending on utilities, furniture, and other household goods rose in 5 years—here’s why
Giving Assistant analyzed consumer expenditure data from 2015 to 2020 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to see how households have increased…
Continue Reading The two largest reservoirs in California are already at ‘critically low levels’ and the dry season is just starting
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Against the backdrop of the water crisis in the Colorado River Basin, where the country’s largest reservoirs are…
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