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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Bono, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter of the band U2. Personal Birth date: May 10,…
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World’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, dies in Japan aged 119
By Emiko Jozuka and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, has died in Japan aged 119, according to a statement released…
Continue Reading ‘Voices of April’: China’s internet erupts in protest against censorship of Shanghai lockdown video
By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau The shouts of locked-down residents demanding basic necessities, the cries of babies separated from…
Continue Reading Flying into Beijing is tougher than ever as China ramps up its zero-Covid measures
CNN By Selina Wang, CNN Beijing is partially locking down to control a Covid outbreak that could completely shutter the Chinese capital. But just as…
Continue Reading Emmanuel Macron wins France’s presidential election
Emmanuel Macron will win France’s presidential election, pollsters project, fending off a historic challenge from right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen.…
Continue Reading Emmanuel Macron wins France’s presidential election
By Joshua Berlinger and Joseph Ataman, CNN Emmanuel Macron has won France’s presidential election, fending off a historic challenge from…
Continue Reading Huge blast at illegal oil refinery in Nigeria kills scores of people, including children
By Nimi Princewill and Eyad Kourdi, CNN Women and children are among the scores of people killed in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in a…
Continue Reading Six drown off Lebanon coast after overloaded boat capsizes, says Lebanese navy
By Charbel Mello, Eyad Kourdi and Mia Alberti, CNN, and Reuters An overloaded boat transporting around 60 people who were fleeing Lebanon for an…
Continue Reading Eleven confirmed dead, including child, after sightseeing boat goes missing in Japan
By Emiko Jozuka, Junko Ogura, CNN and Reuters Eleven people have been confirmed dead after a Japanese sightseeing boat with 26 people on board went…
Continue Reading Beijing races to contain ‘urgent and grim’ Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues
CNN By Simone McCarthy Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said…
Continue Reading Beijing races to contain ‘urgent and grim’ Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues
CNN By Simone McCarthy Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said…
Continue Reading $35.2 million in meth was seized from a big rig hauling strawberry puree, customs and border officials say
By Holly Yan, CNN A plot to move almost a ton of methamphetamine in a shipment of strawberry puree got crushed when US Customs and Border Protection…
Continue Reading Death of Osama bin Laden Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the death of Osama bin Laden. On May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special…
Continue Reading Tony Blair Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Personal Birth date: May 6, 1953 Birth place:…
Continue Reading A second Amazon union election begins in New York
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business After a historic union victory at an Amazon warehouse in New York City earlier this month, a grassroots…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at WikiLeaks and the trial of Chelsea Manning. Facts WikiLeaks is purportedly an organization that…
Continue Reading Antonio Guterres Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Personal Birth date: April 30, 1949…
Continue Reading When anchovies mate, they stir the ocean and spur a healthy ecosystem, study finds
By Zoe Sottile, CNN It’s not about the size of the fish — it’s about the motion in the ocean. A new study led by Southampton…
Continue Reading Felons turned firefighters find new lives on the front lines
By Paul Vercammen, CNN John Reyna peeled off protective gear at the firefighter Ventura Training Center (VTC), and reflected on dark days in prison.…
Continue Reading Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen face off again, with France’s future direction at stake
French President Emmanuel Macron and his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen went head-to-head in a televised debate days before a run-off in the…
Continue Reading Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen face off again, with France’s future direction at stake
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN French voters will choose between two very different visions for their country during Sunday’s presidential runoff…
Continue Reading Ukrainians celebrate Easter in the shadow of war
Ukrainians are on alert this Orthodox Easter weekend amid fighting across the country. Still, many are descending on churches for blessings and…
Continue Reading Ukrainians celebrate Easter in the shadow of war
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Isa Soares, Madalena Araujo, Sofiya Harbuziuk, Oleksandra Ochman and Marc Seeman, CNN They’ve endured intense…
Continue Reading Whitby Abbey seeks vampires to beat world record in honor of Dracula’s 125th anniversary
By Zoe Sottile, CNN The Gothic ruins that inspired “Dracula” are inviting in the world’s largest gathering of vampires — or…
Continue Reading April 24, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
CNN’s Ed Lavandera visits a Ukrainian village where survivors say Russians rounded up the villagers at gunpoint and locked them in a basement for…
Continue Reading April 24, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
CNN’s Ed Lavandera speaks to 16-year-old Ivan Onufrienko and his family about the damage the war is having on the people of Ukraine, especially the…
Continue Reading April 24, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Joe Ruiz, Maureen Chowdhury, Mike Hayes, Simone McCarthy, Amy Woodyatt, Amir Vera, Helen Regan and Andrew Raine, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ &…
Continue Reading April 24, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow has expressed full support of Putin’s war against Ukraine, despite the fact that it’s killing many of the…
Continue Reading Beijing races to contain ‘urgent and grim’ Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues
By Simone McCarthy Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said over…
Continue Reading Russia’s war in Ukraine
By Jessie Yeung, Brad Lendon, Amy Woodyatt, Sana Noor Haq, Emma Tucker, Angela Dewan, Adrienne Vogt and Joe Ruiz, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ &…
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