China conducts fresh military drills around Taiwan as US congressional delegation visits
By Wayne Chang and Simone McCarthy, CNN China’s military said it conducted combat alert patrols and military drills in the waters and airspace…
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Shoppers rush for the exits as Shanghai Ikea goes into lockdown
By Kathleen Magramo and CNN’s Beijing bureau Panicked shoppers rushed for the exits at an Ikea branch in Shanghai on Saturday after city health…
Continue Reading Iran blames Salman Rushdie and supporters for his stabbing
By Adam Pourahmadi, Alex Stambaugh and Kara Fox, CNN Iran denied any link to the stabbing of Salman Rushdie and cast the blame on the author and his…
Continue Reading August 16, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
In eastern Ukraine, fierce fighting has raged for months with a constant barrage of artillery inflicting massive casualties on soldiers and civilians…
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Continue Reading Gilad Shalit Abduction Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the abduction of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured and imprisoned by the military wing of Hamas from…
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CNN Editorial Research (CNN) – Here is a look at the life of North Korean government official Kim Yo Jong, sister of Kim Jong Un. Little is…
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New US intelligence assessment finds al Qaeda ‘has not reconstituted its presence in Afghanistan’
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN A new US intelligence assessment prepared after the US killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike earlier…
Continue Reading Norway euthanizes beloved 1,300-pound walrus named Freya
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Norwegian government euthanized its celebrity walrus Freya on early Sunday morning, after warning the public to stay away…
Continue Reading Man fatally shoots self after crashing car into barricade near US Capitol Building
By Daniella Diaz, CNN A man shot and killed himself after driving into a vehicle barricade near the US Capitol Building early Sunday morning, US…
Continue Reading How to make sure your private messages stay private
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Last year, Facebook-parent Meta effectively pushed back its timetable for rolling out end-to-end encryption by default…
Continue Reading 18 children among dozens killed in Egypt church fire
By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, Jorge Engels, Hira Humayun, Hamdi Alkhshali and Lina El Wardani, CNN At least 18 children died in a fire that killed…
Continue Reading Five Americans among injured in Jerusalem shooting attack
By Amir Tal and Hadas Gold, CNN At least eight people, including five Americans, were wounded in a shooting attack targeting a bus near the Western…
Continue Reading She fled Afghanistan with her law degree sewn into her dress. Many of her colleagues were left behind
By Salma Abdelaziz and Niamh Kennedy, CNN When Fawzia Amini worked as a senior judge in Afghanistan’s Supreme Court, she presided over cases of…
Continue Reading Getting up close and personal with Patagonia’s pumas
By Ashley Strickland, CNN When things feel overwhelming, an escape into nature is just the ticket. That’s what happened for the film crew and…
Continue Reading New species of giant deep-sea isopod discovered in the Gulf of Mexico
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A new deep-sea crustacean that bears a striking resemblance to the facehuggers from “Alien” has been identified in…
Continue Reading Appalled, devastated and worried. How the world is reacting to the attack on Salman Rushdie
Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie, whose writings generated death threats, was attacked on stage during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution…
Continue Reading Appalled, devastated and worried. How the world is reacting to the attack on Salman Rushdie
By Kara Fox and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Messages of outrage and support are pouring in from all corners of the globe after writer Salman Rushdie…
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Florida students return to schools reshaped by Gov. DeSantis’ anti-‘woke’ education agenda
By Steve Contorno, CNN After 15 years teaching second and third grade at Burney Elementary, a 350-student school 30 minutes outside Tampa, Emily Lee…
Continue Reading One dead, 17 injured after stage collapse at Spanish music festival
By Al Goodman and Alex Stambaugh, CNN One person died Saturday and 17 have been injured, three of them seriously, after a stage collapsed at a music…
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Learning loss is on the rise—here’s what schools are doing to help
HeyTutor outlined nine ways schools are tackling learning loss, drawing on news reports as well as studies of how COVID-19 impacted students’…
Continue Reading Inside the Ukraine power plant raising the specter of nuclear disaster in Europe
By Eliza Mackintosh and Oleksandra Ochman, CNN Every day Olga is bused from her home in the Russian-occupied town of Enerhodar, on the banks of the…
Continue Reading Colorado eliminates sales tax on diapers and menstrual products
By Zoe Sottile, CNN Buying diapers and feminine hygiene products is about to get just a little bit easier for Coloradans. HB22-1055, also known as…
Continue Reading Suspect in Salman Rushdie attack pleads not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges, attorney says
By Paul P. Murphy, Aya Elamroussi, Nicki Brown, Samantha Beech, Liam Reilly and Ray Sanchez, CNN The man suspected of stabbing renowned author Salman…
Continue Reading Man rescued from tunnel allegedly planned bank heist: Rome police
By Nicola Ruotolo and Tara Subramaniam, CNN A man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed tunnel in Rome has been accused of digging it as part of an…
Continue Reading 11 killed, including 2 children, in Montenegro gun attack, report state media
From Josh Pennington, Daniela Gonzalez-Roman, and Philip Wang, CNN At least 11 people were killed, including two children, in a deadly mass shooting…
Continue Reading Gray wolves should have over one-third of Western federal lands, experts say
By Megan Marples, CNN Gray wolves may be getting a major habitat upgrade, if these experts have any say, that is. A group of researchers from across…
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Legoland Rollercoaster crash at Germany injures 31
At least 31 people were injured at an amusement park in Germany. Local police say a roller coaster crashed at Legoland in Günzberg Thursday. Two…
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Houston ISD approves $2M funding for more guns and shields for district police
The Houston Independent School District has approved $2 million dollars in funding to buy more guns, shields, and ammunition for district police. The…
Continue Reading It’s not yet clear what caused blasts at a Crimea air base. But analysts say Russia suffered a significant loss
By Tim Lister, CNN When a series of explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea on Tuesday, sending Russian vacationers fleeing from nearby…
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