Look up as the Quadrantid meteor shower puts on a show in the new year
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The new year kicks off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is expected to peak in the overnight hours from Sunday to…
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Man who crossed from South Korea into North Korea presumed to be North Korean defector, Seoul officials say
By Gawon Bae, CNN An unidentified man who crossed the heavily armed border from South Korea into North Korea on Sunday is presumed to be a North…
Continue Reading France cuts isolation times and plans crackdown on unvaccinated amid record surge in Covid cases
By Tara John and Sandrine Amiel, CNN The Omicron variant’s rapid spread across France has prompted the government to slash Covid-19 isolation…
Continue Reading Large fire tears through South Africa’s parliament, collapsing roof and gutting entire floors
By Ally Barnard and Jennifer Hauser, CNN A large fire tore through South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town on Sunday, causing the roof of one…
Continue Reading Holiday flight cancellations soar with Covid-19 disruptions and bad weather
CNN By Gregory Wallace and Matt McFarland, CNN Business Thousands of US flights were canceled over New Year’s weekend as a combination of…
Continue Reading 874 cars were torched in France on New Year’s Eve — fewer than in previous years
By Sandrine Amiel, CNN A total of 874 vehicles were set ablaze across France on New Year’s Eve as part of a decades-old tradition. But with…
Continue Reading This year, NASA will launch a mission to a valuable, unexplored world
By Ashley Strickland, CNN “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” I carry the optimism of “Back to the Future”…
Continue Reading Kim Jong Un focuses year-end speech on ‘food problem’ in North Korea
By Gawon Bae and Angus Watson, CNN North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has again admitted there is a “food problem” in the country, during a…
Continue Reading Pope Francis calls violence against women an ‘insult to God’ in New Year’s Day homily
By John Allen, Nicola Ruotolo, and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Pope Francis has condemned violence against women as an “insult to God” in…
Continue Reading 12 killed in stampede at Indian shrine
By Angus Watson, CNN A stampede at one of India’s holiest shrines left at least 12 people dead on New Year’s Day, a local official said.…
Continue Reading Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s ‘national conscience,’ laid to rest at state funeral
By Joshua Berlinger and Tara John, CNN Family, friends and dignitaries gathered for Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s official state funeral on New…
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Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, dies at 99 – just weeks away from turning 100
LOS ANGELES, California — Actress Betty White, the self-described “lucky old broad” whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television…
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 Hong Kong reports first Omicron cluster as city welcomes New Year
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Hong Kong has confirmed its first Omicron cluster, bringing an end to its long streak of zero locally transmitted cases and…
Continue Reading The latest on coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant
By Rhea Mogul, Adam Renton, Eliza Mackintosh, Melissa Macaya and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a…
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The latest on coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant
Sara Nelson, the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, joins CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on New Day to discuss the new CDC guidelines and the…
Continue Reading Follow the New Year around the world
By Kendall Trammell and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN People around the world are beginning to wave goodbye to 2021 and welcome 2022. The Pacific Island…
Continue Reading Cats caused more than 100 house fires in the past 3 years, South Korea officials say
By Gawon Bae and Rhea Mogul, CNN Pet owners in South Korea have been warned to stay on their guard after more than 100 fires were started by cats…
Continue Reading Colorado governor slashes trucker’s prison term to 10 years
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a…
Continue Reading Prince Andrew in the spotlight after Ghislaine Maxwell conviction
By Laura Smith-Spark and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Prince Andrew was barely mentioned in the course of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell‘s…
Continue Reading Prince Andrew in the spotlight after Ghislaine Maxwell conviction
Prince Andrew was served with legal papers in a civil sexual assault case against him when the senior British royal’s US-based lawyer was sent the…
Continue Reading At least four anti-coup protesters shot dead in Sudan as security forces raid broadcasters
By Kareem Khadder and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN At least four people were shot dead by Sudanese security forces during anti-coup demonstrations near the…
Continue Reading FDA expected to broaden Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine booster eligibility to youths ages 12 to 15
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to broaden eligibility for Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine boosters to youths ages 12…
Continue Reading Webb telescope spends ’29 days on the edge’ as it comes to life in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Heading to space was just the beginning for the James Webb Space Telescope. Heralded as NASA’s premier space…
Continue Reading Mourners pay tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu as his body lies in state
By Amy Cassidy and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN Mourners flocked to St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on Thursday to pay their respects to…
Continue Reading Former Afghan President was given ‘no more than two minutes’ to get ready to flee Kabul
By Niamh Kennedy and Rob Picheta, CNN The former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani said he was given “no more than two minutes” to…
Continue Reading Alleged Chinese smugglers publicly shamed for breaching Covid rules
CNN By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Police in southern China paraded four suspects through the streets for allegedly smuggling people…
Continue Reading Where there’s a fact, there’s a joke. Here’s how TikTok creators are making people laugh through science and history
By Sherry Liang, CNN In a TikTok video with more than 30 million views and 7 million likes, a chipmunk is paying for groceries at the cashier. The…
Continue Reading Lebanon’s soul has been eviscerated by its financial crisis. Not even the children want to play
Opinion by Arwa Damon, Senior International Correspondent I’m crouched down in front of a 10-year-old boy sitting hunched over himself in the…
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