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Boris Johnson pulls out of race to be leader of UK’s Conservative Party and next prime minister

October 23, 2022 2:27 PM CNN Newsource

By Jorge Engels, CNN UK former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pulled out of the contest to become the next Conservative Party leader and therefore…

Yemen Fast Facts

October 23, 2022 9:06 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Yemen, a country located on the southwestern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, sharing a border with Saudi…

Iraq Fast Facts

October 23, 2022 8:58 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the country of Iraq which borders Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran and the Persian…

Xi tightens grip on power as China unveils new leaders

October 23, 2022 1:50 AM CNN

Boris Johnson tries to win support for comeback bid, as Sunak enters race to be Britain’s next prime minister

October 23, 2022 12:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Hauser and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Boris Johnson was on Sunday battling to win enough support to make what would be a stunning comeback as…

Iran says it will sue US, alleging ‘direct involvement’ in protests

October 23, 2022 12:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Hande Atay Alam, Aliza Kassim and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Iran said Saturday it would take legal action against the United States, accusing it of…

Xi Jinping enters third term as China’s most powerful leader in decades surrounded by loyalists

October 22, 2022 8:55 PM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan, Steven Jiang, Yong Xiong and Wayne Chang, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has formally stepped into his norm-breaking…

Anti-Xi protest spreads in China and worldwide as Chinese leader begins third term

October 22, 2022 8:39 PM CNN Newsource

By CNN Staff Jolie’s nerves were running high as she walked into the campus of Goldsmiths, the University of London, last Friday morning.…

Xi tightens grip on power as China unveils new leaders

October 22, 2022 8:10 PM CNN Newsource

Ancient DNA reveals the social lives of the oldest known family group

October 22, 2022 9:22 AM CNN

Multiple telescopes witnessed one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever recorded in space. CNN’s Kristin Fisher has the stunning…

Ancient DNA reveals the social lives of the oldest known family group

October 22, 2022 9:22 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN Neanderthal is an insult still lobbed about to suggest someone is dim-witted and out of touch. The more we learn about our Stone…

Kherson resident describes a ghost town of exhausted people, with acute shortages of medicine

October 22, 2022 9:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Olga Voitovych and Tim Lister, CNN A resident of Kherson has described the situation in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city as tense, with people…

Here’s why mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others

October 22, 2022 8:36 AM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN If you have always suspected that you might just be a mosquito magnet, scientists now have evidence for you: Mosquitoes indeed…

Here’s why mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others

October 22, 2022 8:36 AM CNN

CNN’s Tom Foreman explains why some individuals could be more attractive to mosquitoes than others, according to a new…

Russia and China in the last 100 years: The love-hate relationship between the world’s largest communist powers

October 22, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

Stacker investigated the relationship between Russia and China during the last century, using a variety of historical, news, and other…

How car infrastructure is changing cities

October 22, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

Stacker reviewed historical records, news reports, and government documents to create a list of cities significantly impacted by car infrastructure.…

China’s Xi emerges from Communist Party Congress with more power, set for third term

October 22, 2022 1:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Simone McCarthy, CNN China’s top leader Xi Jinping is set to begin a norm-breaking third term with an even greater…

Xi Jinping enters third term as China’s most powerful leader in decades surrounded by loyalists

October 22, 2022 1:46 AM CNN

CNN By Simone McCarthy, Nectar Gan, Steven Jiang, Yong Xiong and Wayne Chang, CNN Chinese leader Xi Jinping has formally stepped into his…

Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi thanks supporters on social media, as official denies she is under house arrest

October 22, 2022 1:28 AM CNN Newsource

By Jomana Karadsheh and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN A female Iranian rock climber, who competed without a hijab at an international competition in South…

Ukrainian military says 18 Russian cruise missiles destroyed amid attacks on energy infrastructure

October 22, 2022 1:21 AM CNN Newsource

By Pierre Meilhan and Richard Roth, CNN The Ukrainian military said it used anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups to destroy Russian…

Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao unexpectedly led out of room as Party Congress comes to a close

October 22, 2022 12:12 AM CNN Newsource

By Simone McCarthy, Yong Xiong and Steven Jiang, CNN China’s former top leader, Hu Jintao, was unexpectedly led out of Saturday’s closing…

Giorgia Meloni sworn in as Italy’s prime minister. Some fear the hard-right turn she’s promised to take

October 21, 2022 10:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Valentina Di Donato, Ben Wedeman and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Giorgia Meloni, the hard-right leader who was sworn in as Italy’s first female…

‘I sent him bottles of Lambrusco’: Italy’s Berlusconi boasts about friendship with Putin in leaked audio

October 21, 2022 8:30 PM CNN

Newly leaked audio released by Italian news agency LaPresse reveals 86-year-old former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaking about his…

China wraps up 20th Party Congress with Xi set to become most powerful leader in decades

October 21, 2022 7:29 PM CNN Newsource

This teacher was tortured by the Russians and held for six months before returning to her town in Ukraine in a prisoner swap

October 21, 2022 7:24 PM CNN

According to human rights groups, hundreds of Ukrainian civilians have been imprisoned unlawfully in Russia, with the lucky ones being used as…

This teacher was tortured by the Russians and held for six months before returning to her town in Ukraine in a prisoner swap

October 21, 2022 7:24 PM CNN

Ukrainian military officials say they fear Russia could open a northern front in the war in Ukraine from Belarus. Ret. Major Mike Lyons explains how…

This teacher was tortured by the Russians and held for six months before returning to her town in Ukraine in a prisoner swap

October 21, 2022 7:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails, Tim Lister and Scott McWhinnie, CNN The letter had just three words: mama, alive, healthy. But Olena Yuzvak had no…

Singapore’s pre-execution photos seek to soften a policy activists say doesn’t work

October 21, 2022 5:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, CNN Nazira Lajim Hertslet can’t help but gush over pictures of her brother Nazeri. “Doesn’t he look so tall and so…

Ukrainian military says 18 Russian cruise missiles destroyed amid attacks on energy infrastructure

October 21, 2022 4:34 PM CNN

CNN correspondent Fred Pleitgen gets access to a secret Ukrainian military drone workshop that could be leveling the playing field in the war with…

Iranian teachers call for nationwide strike in protest over deaths and detention of students

October 21, 2022 4:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Celine Alkhaldi and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN A teachers’ union in Iran called for a nationwide teacher strike in protest over the recent deaths…