Tokyo Games cauldron lit with Olympic flame in Opening Ceremony
TOKYO, Japan — Tennis star Naomi Osaka has lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, ending the flame’s long journey from…
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Japan’s Emperor Naruhito declares the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics open
TOKYO (AP) — At long last, the Tokyo Olympics have officially been declared open by Japan’s Emperor Naruhito. The games, delayed for a year by…
Continue Reading European Medicines Agency recommends approving Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 17
LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended clearing Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 17, the first time the…
Continue Reading Bride dances too hard to Dave Matthews Band and dislocates knee
A bride’s first dance was a doozy as she dislocated a knee at her wedding. Here comes the bride … to the ER. CNN’s Jeanne Moos…
Continue Reading Tom Brady cracks stolen election joke at White House visit
During a visit to the White House, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady made a joke referring to some people believing Joe Biden lost the 2020…
Continue Reading See inside capsule during Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight
Video shows footage from inside the Blue Origin capsule as Jeff Bezos and his crew launched to…
Continue Reading Dog was missing for 5 days. Then a neighbor heard whining behind a wall
The Cincinnati Fire Department broke through a wall to free a dog that had been missing and trapped in a small space for five…
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By Rachael Scott, CNN A rocket launch goes in a different direction than planned, a young “America’s Got Talent” contestant turns a…
Continue Reading Frustration in Lebanon as residents search for essential items
CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports from Lebanon where residents grow increasingly frustrated at politicians while they search for medicine, gasoline, food and…
Continue Reading Lebanon’s water system on brink of total collapse, says UN
By Ghazi Balkiz, Ben Wedeman and Kareem Khadder, CNN Lebanon‘s water supply system is on the verge of total collapse, according to the United…
Continue Reading Athletes from more than 200 nations partake in Olympic parade at Japan’s empty national stadium
TOKYO (AP) —The parade of athletes at the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has taken place. Organizers said about 5,700 athletes took part…
Continue Reading Opening ceremony of virus-delayed Tokyo Olympics held at vast national stadium kept mostly empty by the pandemic
TOKYO (AP) — With a blaze of indigo and white fireworks lighting the night sky, the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony was held. It began with a…
Continue Reading Watch the July full ‘buck’ moon illuminate the sky tonight
By Sarah Molano and Ashley Strickland, CNN Lunar lovers, grab a cozy spot outside and set your sights to the southeast to gaze upon July’s full…
Continue Reading ‘Once in a thousand years’ rains devastated central China, but there is little talk of climate change
By Nectar Gan and Jessie Yeung, CNN As record heat waves hit western North America and deadly floods swept Germany, the growing risks associated with…
Continue Reading How skateboarding went mainstream in Japan
As skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan’s home team is gunning for gold. CNN’s Blake Essig speaks with the Osaka Daggers, a…
Continue Reading Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony just hours away
By Joshua Berlinger, Adam Renton, Aditi Sangal, John Sinnott and Matias Grez, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
Continue Reading Problems at China nuclear power plant are serious enough to warrant shutdown, French co-owner warns
By Barbara Wojazer, Zachary Cohen, Michael Callahan and Jessie Yeung, CNN The French power company that co-owns a nuclear plant in China would shut…
Continue Reading Afghan interpreter for US Army was beheaded by Taliban. Others fear they will be hunted down too
By Sandi Sidhu, Anna Coren, Helen Regan and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN Sohail Pardis was driving from his home in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul to…
Continue Reading Tragic death of translator highlights plight of allies left behind in Afghanistan
CNN’s Anna Coren speaks with Afghan interpreters who risked their lives helping the US government, and now face reprisals from the Taliban as many of…
Continue Reading Mississippi asks US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Mississippi’s attorney general told the Supreme Court on Thursday that Roe v. Wade was…
Continue Reading As the West winds down its ‘war on terror,’ jihadists are filling the vacuum, UN warns
By Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister and Nic Robertson, CNN As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the United Nations is warning that the threat from…
Continue Reading Internet outage that took down major websites now fixed
NEW YORK, NY — A sweeping internet disruption on Thursday briefly took out a wide range of major corporate websites — from FedEx and Delta…
Continue Reading More than 150 people still missing in German floods unlikely to be found, officials fear
By Nadine Schmidt, Frederik Pleitgen, Barbara Wojazer and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN A week after severe flooding hit western Europe, devastating Germany,…
Continue Reading More than 150 people still missing in German floods unlikely to be found, officials fear
CNN’s Sam Kiley takes a walk in Schuld, Germany, where the scale of destruction from the deadly flash flooding is revealed after the floodwater has…
Continue Reading GM is shutting down most of its pickup production for a week
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business General Motors will stop making most of its full-size pickup trucks for a week starting Monday. It’s another…
Continue Reading Daughter of detained man behind ‘Hotel Rwanda’ says she was spied on by Israeli software
By Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN The daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotelier who inspired the movie “Hotel Rwanda,”…
Continue Reading Chimpanzees have been spotted attacking and killing gorillas in the wild for the first time
By Rob Picheta, CNN Chimpanzees‘ lethal attacks on gorillas in the wild have been observed for the first time, a team of researchers has said.…
Continue Reading Astronomers spy first moon-forming disk around an exoplanet
By Ashley Strickland, CNN For the first time, astronomers have found a disk around a Jupiter-like planet outside of our solar system — the kind…
Continue Reading Death toll rises as passengers recount horror of China subway floods
By Nectar Gan and Zixu Wang, CNN At least 33 people have died and eight remain missing in central China, as authorities ramp up rescue and recovery…
Continue Reading Wildfires have erupted across the globe, scorching places that rarely burned before
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Photo editor Sarah Tilotta, CNN Yakutsk in Russian Siberia is known as the world’s coldest city. In a place where even…
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