How US gun culture stacks up with the world
By Kara Fox, Krystina Shveda, Natalie Croker and Marco Chacon, CNN Monterey Park. Atlanta. Orlando. Las Vegas. Newtown. Parkland. San Bernardino.…
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Amber captures rare plant behavior in an ancient, extinct pine cone
By Katie Hunt, CNN The first fossil evidence of a pine cone sprouting seeds has been preserved in 40 million-year-old amber. Seed germination…
Continue Reading Solomon Islands tells public workers to stay home as violent protests continue for third day
By Elizabeth Osifelo, Helen Regan, Lizzy Yee and Teele Rebane, CNN The Solomon Islands government has declared a nightly curfew and advised all…
Continue Reading A new Covid-19 variant could show immune evasion and enhanced transmissibility, South African scientists warn
CNN’s David McKenzie reports on the UK adding six African countries to the “red list” over a new variant South African scientists believe could evade…
Continue Reading A new Covid-19 variant could show immune evasion and enhanced transmissibility, South African scientists warn
By David McKenzie and Ghazi Balkiz, CNN South Africa’s health minister announced Thursday the discovery of a new coronavirus variant that…
Continue Reading French fishermen threaten to block Channel Tunnel, ports in protest over fishing licenses
By Dalal Mawad and Duarte Mendonça, CNN French fishermen have said they will block access to the Eurotunnel and English Channel ports in northern…
Continue Reading New Interpol president is an Emirati general accused of overseeing torture
By CNN Staff Global police agency Interpol has elected UAE Inspector General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, who has been accused of overseeing torture, as its…
Continue Reading French fishermen threaten to block Channel Tunnel, ports in protest over fishing licenses
CNN’s Cyril Vanier reports from a beach near Calais, France, after at least 27 people died when their boat capsized marking one of the largest losses…
Continue Reading Britain and France escalate war of words after dozens drown in Channel tragedy
By Sheena McKenzie, Helen Regan, Xiaofei Xu, and Niamh Kennedy, CNN British and French leaders have ramped up a war of words over dangerous crossings…
Continue Reading Eight dead and 13 children injured as bomb explodes near school in Somalia
By Radina Gigova and Nimi Princewill, CNN At least eight civilians were killed and 17 others injured, including 13 school children, after a suicide…
Continue Reading Politicians are failing to deliver climate justice. Lawyers and scientists could do it in court
By Angela Dewan and Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN There were few memorable moments at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow earlier this month, but a…
Continue Reading Ancient case of disease spillover discovered in Neanderthal man who got sick butchering raw meat
By Katie Hunt, CNN Scientists studying ancient disease have uncovered one of the earliest examples of spillover — when a disease jumps from an…
Continue Reading This is how astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving in space
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The holidays still happen in space, they just look a little bit different. But the sentiments are the same.…
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American food may be hard to categorize, but American food history shows people in the United States have similar tastes that go beyond fast…
Continue Reading China’s Foreign Ministry says Peng Shuai case should not be politicized
CNN By Helen Regan, CNN China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday the government hoped “malicious speculation” about…
Continue Reading Who is Zhang Gaoli? The man at the center of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s #MeToo allegation
By Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN Before retiring as vice premier, Zhang Gaoli was the face of China’s organizing efforts ahead of the 2022…
Continue Reading Australia defense personnel dispatched to Solomon Islands as violent protests continue for second day
From Elizabeth Osifelo, Helen Regan and Teele Rebane, CNN and Reuters Australia is deploying police and defense personnel to support authorities in…
Continue Reading Missouri dig site is home to at least 4 rare dinosaurs, and there could be more
By Sherry Liang, CNN The first tracings of dinosaurs in Missouri were found in the 1940s on the Chronister family’s property when they were…
Continue Reading New Swedish Prime Minister resigns hours after being voted in
Sweden’s first female prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, has resigned from office only hours after being voted in, Sweden’s official Twitter…
Continue Reading Dozens dead in Channel tragedy, after inflatable boat sinks off French coast
At least 27 migrants are dead after a boat capsized in the English Channel, off the coast of Calais, northern France, according to CNN affiliate…
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Jury convicts 3 white men of murder in killing of Ahmaud Arbery
BRUNSWICK, Georgia — A Georgia jury on Wednesday convicted three white men of murder for chasing down Ahmaud Arbery in their pickup trucks and…
Continue Reading Dozens dead in Channel tragedy, after inflatable boat sinks off French coast
By Helen Regan, Pierre Bairin, Dalal Mawad and Xiaofei Xu, CNN A young girl was among 27 people who drowned in bitterly cold waters off the coast of…
Continue Reading Murder plots and threats from anti-vaxxers pose challenge for Germany’s new chancellor
Three German political parties have sealed a deal for a new government, with left-leaning Olaf Scholz the proposed next chancellor following lengthy…
Continue Reading Russia’s Putin tests experimental intranasal Covid-19 vaccine
By Anna Chernova and Lindsay Isaac, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has tested an experimental Covid-19 nasal vaccine that is not yet in…
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Speaking with CNN’s Rosemary Church, Peter Drobac, an infectious-disease and global health expert with Oxford University, shares his concern about…
Continue Reading Jobless claims hit lowest level since 1969
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Weekly claims for unemployment benefits finally fell below their pre-pandemic levels, according to data from the Labor…
Continue Reading Migrants from three countries paid $2.2 billion trying to reach the US. Most of it went to smugglers
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador spend $2.2 billion every year trying to reach the United States, and…
Continue Reading Europe is facing 700,000 more Covid deaths — but masks could prevent many of them, WHO says
World Health Organization Europe director Dr. Hans Kluge says vaccines alone will not be enough to protect the continent from a new wave of…
Continue Reading Europe is facing 700,000 more Covid deaths — but masks could prevent many of them, WHO says
Intensive care units and morgues are filling up in Romania amid record levels of Covid-19 related deaths and one of Europe’s lowest vaccination…
Continue Reading Europe is facing 700,000 more Covid deaths — but masks could prevent many of them, WHO says
By Rob Picheta and Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN Europe could suffer another 700,000 Covid-19 deaths by March, the World Health Organization (WHO) has…
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