Airlines tweak plans to offer meals, hotels when flights are canceled
By Pete Muntean, CNN Major US airlines have updated their customer service agreements following pressure from the Biden administration to step up…
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Endangered Galapagos tortoises were hunted and eaten, Ecuadorean prosecutors fear
By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Ecuador’s Attorney General’s office has opened an investigation into the deaths of four giant tortoises in the…
Continue ReadingUN says similar numbers of refugees are fleeing Venezuela as war torn Ukraine
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN More than 6 million Venezuelans have fled their country amid deteriorating conditions, matching Ukraine in the number of…
Continue ReadingQueen won’t return to London to appoint new British PM, for first time in her reign
By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Queen Elizabeth II will receive the UK’s next prime minister at Balmoral rather than Buckingham…
Continue ReadingChina arrests hundreds in rural banking scandal
By Nectar Gan, CNN Business Police in China have arrested 234 suspects allegedly involved in a rural banking scandal, a month after hundreds of…
Continue ReadingAsia’s largest bird park to close
Heather Chen, CNN Jurong Bird Park, one of Singapore’s oldest and most iconic attractions, has announced that it will cease operations and shut…
Continue ReadingChris Dawson found guilty of murdering wife Lynette, ending 40-year Australian mystery
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN One of Australia’s longest-running cold cases has ended with the conviction of former high school teacher Chris Dawson…
Continue ReadingColombia and Venezuela reestablish diplomatic relations
By Stefano Pozzebon Colombia and Venezuela have reestablished diplomatic relations, in a tectonic shift in South American regional politics.…
Continue ReadingCDC adds a new country to its ‘high’ risk category for travel, but Morocco leaves it
Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN The CDC added one new destination on Monday to its “high” risk list for Covid-19. Azerbaijan, which…
Continue ReadingA man paddled 38 miles down the Missouri River in a hollowed-out pumpkin
By David Williams, CNN A Nebraska man paddled 38 miles down the Missouri River on Saturday in a “boat” made from a hollowed out pumpkin…
Continue ReadingAir traveler complaints up 270% from 2019 levels
By Pete Muntean, CNN Air traveler complaints in June were up a whopping 270% from pre-pandemic levels, according to new US Department of…
Continue ReadingBolsonaro launches personal attack on female journalist during election debate with rival Lula
By Camilo Rocha, Marcia Reverdosa and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his main election rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva…
Continue ReadingTwo Air France pilots suspended after cockpit fight
By Pierre Bairin and Lilit Marcus, CNN Two Air France pilots were involved in an inflight altercation and exchanged “inappropriate…
Continue ReadingLast member of indigenous tribe dies in Brazil after resisting contact for decades
CNN By Camilo Rocha and Maija Ehlinger, CNN The last remaining member of an uncontacted Brazilian indigenous tribe has died, Brazil’s…
Continue ReadingLast member of indigenous tribe dies in Brazil after resisting contact for decades
By Camilo Rocha and Maija Ehlinger, CNN The last remaining member of an uncontacted Brazilian indigenous tribe has died, Brazil’s indigenous…
Continue ReadingInvasions and illegal exploitation of indigenous lands in Brazil tripled under Bolsonaro, says advocacy group
By Marcia Reverdosa, Sahar Akbarzai and Camilo Rocha, CNN Invasions and illegal extraction of natural resources in Brazil’s protected…
Continue ReadingPrince Charles edits special edition of Black British newspaper
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN The Prince of Wales has guest-edited a special upcoming issue of British African-Carribean newspaper The…
Continue ReadingAt least 14 police injured as supporters of Argentina’s vice president protest
By Ana Cucalon, Omar Fajado and Jonny Hallam, CNN Police fired tear gas in the Argentine capital Saturday, as they clashed with supporters of vice…
Continue ReadingThe surprising backstory of AriZona Iced Tea’s name
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business When Don Vultaggio was considering names for his new iced tea business three decades ago, he wanted…
Continue ReadingThe surprising backstory of AriZona Iced Tea’s name
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business When Don Vultaggio was considering names for his new iced tea business three decades ago, he wanted something that…
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