Can we really ‘ride out’ the Omicron wave?
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The United Kingdom is experiencing the fastest growth in the number of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic started. But…
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Macron says he wants to ‘piss off’ the unvaccinated, as tensions rise over new French vaccine pass
By Joseph Ataman, Dalal Mawad and Rob Picheta, CNN French President Emmanuel Macron has said he “really wants to piss off” unvaccinated…
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By Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya, Mike Hayes and Veronica Rocha, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News…
Continue Reading South Korean stealth fighter makes emergency ‘belly landing’
By Brad Lendon and Gawon Bae, CNN The pilot of a South Korean F-35A jet fighter made an emergency “belly landing” at an air base on…
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In ‘zero-Covid’ Hong Kong, this is what happens when you test positive
By Eric Cheung and Will Ripley, CNN Darryl Chan tested positive for Covid-19 when he landed in Hong Kong last month. More than two weeks later…
Continue Reading In ‘zero-Covid’ Hong Kong, this is what happens when you test positive
CNN By Eric Cheung and Will Ripley, CNN Darryl Chan tested positive for Covid-19 when he landed in Hong Kong last month. More than two weeks later…
Continue Reading North Korea fires unidentified projectile into waters off Korean Peninsula, South Korea says
By Gawon Bae and Emiko Jozuka, CNN North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, South…
Continue Reading Webb telescope successfully unfurls its tennis court-size sunshield in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The most powerful space telescope ever built is keeping its cool in space. The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched…
Continue Reading How a child’s kidnapping shone a light on an alleged plot to topple the French government
By Joseph Ataman and Tara John, CNN Armed with homemade explosives, fueled by conspiracy theories and fermented during the pandemic, ​French…
Continue Reading Hong Kong activist sentenced to 15 months in prison over unauthorized Tiananmen Square vigil
By Jessie Yeung and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Tuesday for her part…
Continue Reading China, US, UK, France and Russia pledge to avoid nuclear war
By Brad Lendon and Jessie Yeung, CNN Five of the world’s largest nuclear powers pledged on Monday to work together toward “a world…
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Continue Reading Sudanese Prime Minister’s resignation triggered by military reneging on deal, sources say
By Yassir Abdullah, Nima Elbagir and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok‘s resignation on Sunday was triggered after…
Continue Reading Suspect arrested and charged as fire reignites at South Africa’s Parliament
By Ally Barnard, Alex Stambaugh and David McKenzie, CNN A 49-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged in connection to a large fire that…
Continue Reading Large fire tears through South Africa’s parliament, collapsing roof and gutting entire floors
A large fire has reignited after tearing through South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town, causing the roof of one building to collapse and gutting the…
Continue Reading Meteor showers, eclipses, full moons: All of the reasons to look up in 2022
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Total lunar eclipses, a multitude of meteor showers and supermoons will light up the sky in 2022. The new year is sure to…
Continue Reading Aoife Beary, Berkeley balcony collapse survivor, dies aged 27
By Hannah Ryan and Niamh Kennedy, CNN Aoife Beary, one of the survivors of the 2015 Berkeley balcony collapse that killed six people, has died aged…
Continue Reading Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest living person, turns 119
By Sana Noor Haq and Emiko Jozuka, CNN Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest living person, turned 119 years old on Sunday, according to a Twitter…
Continue Reading Tensions are high on Ukraine’s border with Russia. Here’s what you need to know
President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the US and its allies “will respond decisively if Russia further invades…
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Demonstrators in the Netherlands defied a government ban on large protests to voice their anger over Covid-19 restrictions. Meanwhile, more countries…
Continue Reading Map drawn from memory helps man reunite with family decades after abduction
By Jessie Yeung, CNN A man who was abducted as a child in China more than 30 years ago has been reunited with his parents — thanks to social…
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By Jessie Yeung, Adam Renton, Jack Guy, Ed Upright, Mike Hayes, Melissa Mahtani, Melissa Macaya and Meg Wagner, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & ©…
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Chief Medical Officer/VP of Texas Children’s Pediatric and Urgent Care Dr. Stanley Spinner tells CNN’s Pamela Brown what parents can do to protect…
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By Fernando Alfonso III and Mike Hayes, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights…
Continue Reading France cuts isolation times and plans crackdown on unvaccinated amid record surge in Covid cases
A CDC forecast is predicting 44,000+ new COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. over the next four weeks as the Omicron variant tightens its grip on the…
Continue Reading Sudan’s Prime Minister resigns amid violent anti-coup protests that have left at least 57 people dead
By Alaa Elassar and Pierre Meilhan, CNN Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned, according to a video address from Hamdok posted Sunday…
Continue Reading World-renowned Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey dies at 77
By Arnaud Siad, CNN Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey, who unearthed evidence that helped prove humankind evolved in…
Continue Reading Twitter bans Rep. Greene’s personal account for COVID claims
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says it’s banned the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for multiple violations of the…
Continue Reading Fauci: CDC mulling COVID test requirement for asymptomatic
By HOPE YEN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal…
Continue Reading What is aquamation? The green alternative to cremation chosen by Desmond Tutu
By Ghazi Balkiz and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Family members gathered to say their goodbyes to anti-apartheid hero Desmond Tutu at a private service at…
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