Xi’s Olympic guest list heavy on strongmen and autocrats
By Simone McCarthy, CNN When China’s leader Xi Jinping opens the Beijing Olympics on Friday he will be flanked by leaders who are unlikely to…
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ISIS leader killed in US-led Syria raid, Biden says
By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Jeremy Herb and Eyad Kourdi, CNN ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was killed Wednesday during a US…
Continue Reading US carrier bolsters NATO to counter Russia as tensions reach fever pitch
Amid tensions with Russia, CNN goes on board one of the US Navy’s flagship aircraft carriers while it conducts military drills with other NATO…
Continue Reading US carrier bolsters NATO to counter Russia as tensions reach fever pitch
By Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen and Martin Bourke, CNN The smell of jet fuel fills the air as an F/A-18 Super Hornet prepares for take-off. Its…
Continue Reading UAE intercepts and destroys 3 ‘hostile’ drones
By Mostafa Salem and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN Three hostile drones were intercepted over the United Arab Emirates at dawn on Wednesday, the…
Continue Reading 19 people found frozen to death, sparking diplomatic row between Turkey and Greece
By Isil Sariyuce and Joshua Berlinger, CNN The number of people found frozen to death in a small Turkish town near the border with Greece has risen…
Continue Reading Earth has a newly discovered rare asteroid companion
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Our planet has a celestial sentry leading the way around the sun, and it’s only the second Earth Trojan asteroid ever…
Continue Reading International Space Station Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a spacecraft built by a partnership of 16 nations: United…
Continue Reading Ban Ki-moon Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general of the United Nations. Personal Birth date: June…
Continue Reading NASA’s Artemis 1 final prelaunch test delayed until March
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The final prelaunch test of Artemis I, an uncrewed mission serving as the first step of NASA’s ambitious program to…
Continue Reading New satellite images show buildup of Russian military around Ukraine
Citizens of Mariupol, Ukraine, don’t show apprehension as thousands of Russian soldiers and tanks are just miles…
Continue Reading New satellite images show buildup of Russian military around Ukraine
By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Tim Lister, CNN More evidence has emerged of a steady build-up of Russian military equipment and deployments around…
Continue Reading NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2031 by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean
By Katie Hunt, CNN NASA intends to keep operating the International Space Station until the end of 2030, after which the ISS would be crashed into a…
Continue Reading Amnesty accuses Israel of apartheid over treatment of Palestinians, prompting angry response
Agnès Callamard, the Secretary General of Amnesty International, outlines why the human rights organization has accused Israel of apartheid for its…
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Where the US exports its pet food
Ollie analyzed export data from the U.S. Census Bureau from 2010 through October 2021 to find the top 10 countries where the U.S. sends its pet…
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History of auto supply shortages
CoPilot researched seven auto supply shortage events that happened in car history, using information from news articles and historical…
Continue Reading Disaster-hit Tonga goes into lockdown after recording first local Covid cases
By Helen Regan, CNN The Pacific island nation of Tonga has gone into lockdown after reporting its first community cases of Covid-19, weeks after a…
Continue Reading In eastern Ukraine they don’t expect an invasion, but people are watching and waiting
Despite international concerns, some Ukrainians are indifferent over the prospect of an imminent Russian invasion. CNN’s Clarissa Ward visits…
Continue Reading In eastern Ukraine they don’t expect an invasion, but people are watching and waiting
By Tim Lister and Clarissa Ward, CNN On the frontlines east of the port city of Mariupol, the Ukrainian army’s defensive positions look much as…
Continue Reading Vladimir Putin says the West has ‘ignored’ Russia’s key concerns over Ukraine
Fareed gives his take on why the Russian president’s hand of cards is not as strong as it appears in his standoff with the West over…
Continue Reading 99 million-year-old flowers found perfectly preserved in amber bloomed at the feet of dinosaurs
By Katie Hunt, CNN Flowers discovered perfectly preserved in globs of amber bloomed at the feet of dinosaurs, suggesting that some flowering plants…
Continue Reading Guinea-Bissau’s president says coup attempt has failed, government is in control
By Umaro Djau, Stephanie Busari and Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló said an attempted military coup to…
Continue Reading Vladimir Putin says the West has ‘ignored’ Russia’s key concerns over Ukraine
By Nathan Hodge, Uliana Pavlova and Darya Tarasova, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that his government was studying the responses…
Continue Reading Denmark becomes first EU country to lift all Covid-19 restrictions
By Scott McLean, Livvy Doherty and Lauren Kent, CNN Denmark has lifted all Covid-19 restrictions within the country, with coronavirus no longer…
Continue Reading Vladimir Putin says the West has ‘ignored’ Russia’s key concerns over Ukraine
As the Kremlin weighs its next moves, the prospect of war doesn’t appear to be weighing too heavily on the Russian people. CNN’s Nic Robertson…
Continue Reading Russia says there was a ‘mix-up’ in its response to US on Ukraine crisis, as diplomatic pressure intensifies
By Ivana Kottasová, Nathan Hodge, Anna Chernova and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Kremlin said Tuesday that there had been a “mix-up” over…
Continue Reading How Qatar went from regional outcast to key Biden ally
By Tamara Qiblawi, Eoin McSweeney and Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Qatar is on its way to becoming a major non-NATO ally of the United States, a sign of its…
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Most expensive law schools—and what students actually pay
Testing.org cited data collected by Law School Transparency to identify the 10 most expensive law schools by tuition cost, with the average net…
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25 vintage photos of the first Winter Olympic Games
The first-ever Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France, showcasing a variety of sports and athletes. Stacker assembled a collection of photos…
Continue Reading Amnesty accuses Israel of apartheid over treatment of Palestinians, prompting angry response
By Andrew Carey, CNN Amnesty International has become the latest human rights organization to accuse Israel of apartheid for its treatment of…
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