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Myanmar junta sentences ex-British ambassador to one year in prison over immigration charges

September 2, 2022 5:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Hannah Ritchie and Heather Chen, CNN Myanmar’s military junta on Friday sentenced former British ambassador Vicky Bowman and her husband to…

A now-dry branch of the Nile helped build Egypt’s pyramids, new study says

September 2, 2022 4:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Zoe Sottile, CNN New evidence about the Nile bolsters a long-standing theory of how ancient Egyptians managed to build the massive pyramids of…

A third of Pakistan is underwater amid its worst floods in history. Here’s what you need to know

September 2, 2022 4:08 AM CNN

CNN By Kathleen Magramo, CNN More than one third of Pakistan is underwater, according to satellite images from the European Space Agency (ESA), as…

A third of Pakistan is underwater amid its worst floods in history. Here’s what you need to know

September 2, 2022 3:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Kathleen Magramo, CNN More than one third of Pakistan is underwater, according to satellite images from the European Space Agency (ESA), as deadly…

Russia’s war in Ukraine

September 2, 2022 2:31 AM CNN Newsource

The 4 types of learners—and how to know which you are

September 2, 2022 2:19 AM Stacker

Not everyone learns the same. The VARK model identifies four types of learners: visual, auditory, read and write, and kinesthetic. Citing the VARK…

Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar’s former leader sentenced to three years of hard labor

September 2, 2022 2:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Larry Register, Heather Chen, CNN Aung San Suu Kyi, the deposed former leader of Myanmar and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been found guilty of…

India’s first homegrown aircraft carrier puts it among world’s naval elites

September 1, 2022 11:02 PM CNN Newsource

By Brad Lendon, Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Swati Gupta, CNN India joined an elite league of the world’s naval powers on Friday, when it…

Iran’s response to nuclear deal ‘not constructive,’ US State Department says

September 1, 2022 8:05 PM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Hansler, Mostafa Salem and Shafi Kakar, CNN An effort to save the Iran nuclear deal appeared to hang in the balance on Thursday after…

Iran’s response to nuclear deal ‘not constructive,’ US State Department says

September 1, 2022 8:05 PM CNN

Ernest Moniz, who served as energy secretary under former President Obama and was one of the original architects of the JCPOA, talks to CNN’s Jim…

Artemis I launch team is ready for another ‘try’ on Saturday

September 1, 2022 6:17 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I launch team is gearing up for another countdown that will begin early Saturday morning after a range of…

Artemis I launch team is ready for another ‘try’ on Saturday

September 1, 2022 6:17 PM CNN

Former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison and Astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell explain why NASA’s Artemis I mission is important in the overall goal to get…

Pakistan’s melting glaciers are ‘erupting’ and worsening floods

September 1, 2022 11:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Kara Fox, CNN and Reuters Pakistan is home to more glaciers than anywhere in the world outside the polar regions, but as the climate warms,…

Ukrainian prosecutors identify Russian soldier suspected of shooting civilians from CNN report

September 1, 2022 11:04 AM CNN

CNN has obtained new footage showing a different angle of an incident, first reported in May, in which Russian soldiers were caught on camera killing…

Ukrainian prosecutors identify Russian soldier suspected of shooting civilians from CNN report

September 1, 2022 11:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Sara Sidner, Lauren Kent, Victoria Butenko, Sandi Sidhu and Kostyantyn Gak, CNN It was a chilling shooting: Russian soldiers caught on camera…

Meet Commander Moonikin Campos, the mannequin going farther than any astronaut

September 1, 2022 11:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Artemis I will carry an unconventional crew when it’s expected to lift off Saturday on a journey around the moon.…

Webb telescope captures its first direct image of an exoplanet

September 1, 2022 9:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers have captured the first direct image of an exoplanet with the James Webb Space Telescope. The exoplanet, or…

Trump tells court that classified material should have been expected in presidential records found at Mar-a-Lago

September 1, 2022 7:14 AM Noelia Gonzalez

A judge is set to hear arguments this afternoon related to the search of Former President Donald Trump’s home. Attorneys for Trump and the Justice…

Saudi Arabia seizes record 47 million amphetamine pills hidden in flour shipment

September 1, 2022 6:55 AM CNN Newsource

By Mostafa Salem, CNN Authorities in Saudi Arabia have confiscated 47 million amphetamine pills which were hidden in a flour shipment, in an…

Biden to speak about ‘the continued battle for the soul of the nation’ Today

September 1, 2022 6:33 AM Noelia Gonzalez

President Biden is set to give a speech tonight on what he calls “The Continued Battle for the Soul of the Nation” during a primetime address in…

Gibraltar races to stop ‘significant’ oil leak from ship collision with gas tanker

September 1, 2022 6:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Alex Hardie, Chris Liakos and Manveena Suri, CNN A cargo ship that collided with a natural gas tanker earlier this week off Gibraltar has…

IAEA inspectors visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant despite shelling

September 1, 2022 5:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Uliana Pavlova, Olga Voitovych, Sarah Dean, Hannah Ritchie and Tara John, CNN Most of the international team of nuclear experts visiting the…

Putin snubs funeral of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

September 1, 2022 5:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová and Anna Chernova, CNN Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Kremlin said Thursday, in a snub of…

Taiwan shoots down unidentified drone over island near China

September 1, 2022 2:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Gladys Tsai and Larry Register, CNN Taiwan says it has shot down an unidentified civilian drone over one of its islands that lies just a few…

UN report on China’s Uyghurs: What you need to know

September 1, 2022 2:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN Just minutes before the end of her term on Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights dropped a damning…

LGBTQ activists call for protests at Peruvian embassies after Harvard student’s death in Bali

September 1, 2022 1:13 AM CNN Newsource

By Heather Chen, CNN The death of a transgender Harvard graduate student in police custody in Bali is causing anger in his native Peru, where…

IAEA inspectors visit Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant despite shelling

September 1, 2022 12:22 AM CNN

Ukraine’s second largest nuclear power station, the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, is under threat from Russian missiles as warnings of a nuclear…