The rise of the AI beauty pageant and its complicated quest for the ‘perfect’ woman
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Ten women participating in a beauty pageant is nothing new. Some pose candidly, some play to the camera, their…
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Who is Zaccharie Risacher, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft?
By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The NBA is in the midst of a French revolution. First, it was Victor Wembanyama last year. Now, it is Zaccharie…
Continue ReadingEuropean Union leaders agree on top officials who will be the face of world’s largest trading bloc
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will be the face of the world’s biggest trading bloc in…
Continue ReadingTailandia es ahora el destino bancario preferido de la junta de Myanmar mientras aumentan los ataques militares, según un experto de la ONU
Julia Hernández (CNN) — Los bancos internacionales están desempeñando un papel importante en la capacidad de la junta militar de Myanmar…
Continue ReadingA 12-year-old who loved Harry Potter and old music: What we know about Jocelyn Nungaray and the men accused in her death
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — Twelve-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray was walking to a convenience store in Houston when she disappeared,…
Continue ReadingChina calls on scientists of all nations to study lunar samples, but notes obstacle with the US
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from around the world to apply to study the…
Continue ReadingList of threatened species grows by 1,000, but conservation efforts bring hope for some animals
Associated Press Over 1,000 new species have been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s “red list” as invasive species,…
Continue ReadingCanada’s 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes
AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers now calculate that catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more…
Continue ReadingThis mass bleaching event is the worst on record. Now scientists are hoping for hurricanes
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Unprecedented ocean heat has triggered the world’s worst mass coral bleaching event on record – a coral…
Continue Reading‘This disorder has almost killed me’: His addiction to ultraprocessed food began as a child
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Chicago native Jeffrey Odwazny says he has been addicted to ultraprocessed food since he was a child. “I was…
Continue ReadingBoeing blames missing paperwork for Alaska Air incident, prompting rebuke from safety regulators
By Gregory Wallace and Chris Isidore, CNN Renton, Washington (CNN) — For months, missing paperwork has hindered the investigation into how a…
Continue ReadingA Greek police officer guarding a top judge’s house is injured in a predawn gasoline bomb attack
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a police officer guarding the house of a top judge has been hospitalized with burns after a gasoline…
Continue ReadingThousands of doctors go on strike in England a week before the UK general election
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of doctors in England are staging their 11th walkout in a long-running dispute with the government over…
Continue ReadingShip attacked in Red Sea in latest maritime assault carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ship traveling through the Red Sea has reported being hit in an attack carried out by…
Continue ReadingAcusan a un militar estadounidense de agresión sexual a una menor en Japón
Julia Hernández (CNN) — La fiscalía japonesa acusó a un militar estadounidense de secuestrar y agredir sexualmente a una menor de edad el…
Continue ReadingWhy soccer players are demanding change to a calendar that has left them ‘at the limit’
By Sam Joseph, CNN London, England (CNN) — Just how much soccer is too much soccer? It’s a question on the lips of players, managers and…
Continue ReadingFrance is set for its most consequential election in decades. Here’s what you need to know
By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — France’s snap parliamentary election is one of the most momentous in decades, for both the country and the…
Continue ReadingJulian Assange plans to swim ‘every day,’ sleep in real bed, his wife says
By Manveena Suri, Chris Lau and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will take a dip in the sea, get some proper…
Continue ReadingUS Air Force member charged with kidnapping and raping Japanese schoolgirl
By Edward Szekeres, Himari Semans, Rinka Tonsho and Lex Harvey, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese prosecutors have charged a US Air Force member with…
Continue Reading8 things to watch for in CNN’s 2024 debate between Biden and Trump
By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his predecessor, Donald Trump, are set to make history…
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