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7 takeaways from Day 4 of COP26: 1.8 degrees within reach, a deal on coal, activists request fewer police

November 4, 2021 3:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, Amy Cassidy, Ingrid Formanek and Angela Dewan, CNN It was energy day at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday…

Generation Climate: How the crisis made young people the adults in the room

November 4, 2021 3:36 PM CNN

Three young climate activists reveal how they got involved in the cause and what they hope politicians at COP26 will do to enact…

First ancient fossil of Homo naledi child found in the Cradle of Humankind

November 4, 2021 3:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN For hundreds of thousands of years, the fossil of a small child has been hidden in the darkness of South Africa’s…

Europe facing 500,000 more Covid deaths by February, WHO warns

November 4, 2021 10:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Europe is facing a potentially devastating winter that could see half a million people die with Covid-19,…

Element found in our teeth detected for the first time in galaxy 12 billion light-years away

November 4, 2021 10:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN We truly are made of star stuff, as astronomer Carl Sagan once said. For the first time, astronomers have detected an…

Identifying ‘habitable worlds’ is a top priority for astronomers in the decade ahead

November 4, 2021 9:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN It’s quite a large to-do list. Over the next decade, scientists aim to unlock the secrets of the universe and…

US mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4

November 4, 2021 6:46 AM Associated Press

By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against…

Man charged over abduction of 4-year-old Cleo Smith

November 4, 2021 6:43 AM CNN

Police in Western Australia have released an audio recording of the moment four-year-old Cleo Smith was found. The toddler went missing from a…

Man charged over abduction of 4-year-old Cleo Smith

November 4, 2021 6:43 AM CNN

After two weeks of searching, four-year-old Cleo Smith has been found alive. Officials say a 36-year-old man with no connection to the family is in…

Fireballs may be visible as meteor shower peaks tonight

November 4, 2021 5:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Megan Marples, CNN A spectacle of light will shine Thursday evening as the South Taurid meteors shoot across the sky. The meteor shower peaks in…

The world is not adapting fast enough to the climate crisis, UN reports

November 4, 2021 5:32 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The gap is widening between the impacts of the climate crisis and the world’s effort to adapt to them, according to a…

Man charged over abduction of 4-year-old Cleo Smith

November 4, 2021 3:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Pauline Lockwood and Rob Picheta, CNN Police in Western Australia have charged a 36-year-old man in relation to the disappearance of 4-year-old…

Humanity needs to ditch coal to save itself. It also needs to keep the lights on.

November 4, 2021 2:04 AM CNN

Austria is one of only three European countries to break its dependency on burning coal for electricity. Yet even with a head start on renewable…

China doubles down on zero-Covid as it battles most widespread outbreak since Wuhan

November 3, 2021 11:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Jessie Yeung, CNN China is scrambling to contain its most widespread Covid-19 outbreak since the first wave of infections that began in Wuhan in…

Humanity needs to ditch coal to save itself. It also needs to keep the lights on.

November 3, 2021 7:35 PM CNN Newsource

By Angela Dewan, Angus Watson, Lauren Kent and Phil Black, CNN Graphics by Daniel Wolfe and Christopher Hickey Video by Tom Nicholson, Paul Devitt…

Chinese tennis star accuses former top Communist Party leader of sexual assault, triggering blanket censorship

November 3, 2021 6:38 PM CNN Newsource

By Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, CNN A Chinese tennis star’s explosive #MeToo allegation against a former state leader has been muffled by blanket…

Judge says ‘there appears to be intentional discrimination’ in Arbery jury selection, but allows trial to move forward with 1 Black juror

November 3, 2021 4:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells and Christina Maxouris, CNN After a long and contentious jury selection process in a coastal Georgia county in…

Democrat Murphy narrowly re-elected New Jersey governor

November 3, 2021 4:43 PM Associated Press

TRENTON, New Jersey — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has won re-election over Republican Jack Ciattarelli. Murphy eked out a victory that…

‘Not true’: Biden says families separated at border under Trump won’t get $450,000

November 3, 2021 3:38 PM CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that families separated at the border under the Trump administration’s so-called…

5 takeaways from Day 3 of COP26: A fossil-fuel breakthrough, $9 billion forest bill, climate ‘debt traps’

November 3, 2021 3:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, Amy Cassidy, Ingrid Formanek, Angela Dewan and Charles Riley, CNN As world leaders left Glasgow, delegates at COP26 rolled up…

Generation Climate: How the crisis made young people the adults in the room

November 3, 2021 3:24 PM CNN

Vanessa Nakate talks about her path to becoming a climate activist and the change she hopes will come from…

Biden urges parents to get their kids vaccinated for Covid

November 3, 2021 2:08 PM ABC News, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden called the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s authorization of the Covid-19 vaccine for…

Germany is experiencing a ‘massive’ pandemic of the unvaccinated, says health minister

November 3, 2021 2:31 PM CNN Newsource

By Sharon Braithwaite, Stephanie Halasz and Tara John, CNN Germany’s Health Minister Jens Spahn said the country was experiencing a…

Germany is experiencing a ‘massive’ pandemic of the unvaccinated, says health minister

November 3, 2021 2:31 PM CNN

Fareed on why Germany’s political parties have left behind the immigration-driven politics of old as veteran Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves…

Senate Republicans block John Lewis voting rights bill in key vote

November 3, 2021 11:52 AM CNN Newsource

By Clare Foran, CNN Senate Republicans blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights Act from advancing on Wednesday when the Senate took a procedural vote on…

Southwest Airlines pilot accused of assaulting another crew member over mask dispute

November 3, 2021 1:50 PM CNN Newsource

By Josh Campbell and Pete Muntean, CNN A Southwest Airlines pilot is accused of assaulting another crew member following a mask dispute last month in…

‘Historic breakthrough’: 20 countries say they will stop funding fossil fuel projects abroad

November 3, 2021 12:39 PM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, Ingrid Formanek, Angela Dewan and Rachel Ramirez, CNN The push to phase out fossil fuels is gaining momentum at the…

King Charles III Fast Facts

November 3, 2021 11:56 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. Personal Birth date:…

Air Force says nearly 8,500 miss deadline for Covid-19 shots

November 3, 2021 11:24 AM Associated Press

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force says nearly 8,500 active duty members of the Air Force and…

Human Spaceflight Fast Facts

November 3, 2021 11:06 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its…